John Bates

WAS Commanders • #87 • Tight End

Active
Position Tight End
Height 6'6"
Weight 256
Age 28
Birthdate Nov 6, 1997
Birthplace Nyssa, OR, USA

John Bates Projections, Player Props and Stats

Score a Touchdown

0.0 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent TDs Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 1200
Oct 19 @ SF SF 0 1100
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 0 1200
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 1200
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 0 1200
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 600
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 0 1400
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 1 1000
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 750
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 700
Last 10 average 0.1

Receptions Made

0.71 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Rec Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 1 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 1 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 1 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0(u) 1.5 (-162)
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 2 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 2 -
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0(u) 0.5 (-225)
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0(u) 1.5 (-128)
Last 10 average 0.7

Score 2+ Touchdowns

0.0 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent TDs Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 0 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 0 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 0 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 -
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 1 10000
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 6000
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 7000
Last 10 average 0.1

Score 3+ Touchdowns

0.0 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent TDs Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 0 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 0 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 0 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 -
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 1 25000
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 25000
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 25000
Last 10 average 0.1

Passing Completions

0.0 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Comp Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 0 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 0 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 0 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 -
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 -
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Last 10 average

Passing Attempts

0.0 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Att Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 0 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 0 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 0 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 -
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 -
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Last 10 average

Passing Yards

0.0 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent YDs Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 0 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 0 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 0 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 -
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 -
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Last 10 average

Passing and Rushing Yards

0.0 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent P/R Yds Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 0 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 0 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 0 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 -
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 -
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Last 10 average

Receiving Yards

3.86 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Rec YDs Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 4 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 1 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 9 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0(u) 15.5 (-105)
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 13 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 13 -
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0(u) 10.5 (-140)
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0(u) 10.5 (-105)
Last 10 average 4.0

Rushing Attempts

0.0 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Att Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 0 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 0 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 0 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 -
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 -
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Last 10 average

Rushing Yards

0.0 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Rush YDs Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 0 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 0 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 0 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 -
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 -
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Last 10 average

Rush and Rec Yards

3.86 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent Rec YDs Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 4 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 1 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 9 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 -
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 13 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 13 -
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 -
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Last 10 average 4.0

Interceptions Thrown

0.0 / game
(2025-2026) avg
Date Opponent INTs Close
Nov 1 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Oct 19 @ SF SF 0 -
Oct 11 vs NYG NYG 0 -
Oct 4 vs IND IND 0 -
Sep 27 vs SEA SEA 0 -
Sep 20 @ DAL DAL 0 -
Sep 13 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Jan 4 @ PHI PHI 0 -
Dec 25 vs DAL DAL 0 -
Dec 20 vs PHI PHI 0 -
Last 10 average

John Bates Game Logs

Receiving

Rushing

Date Opp Score TG Rec Yds TD LG Att Yds TD LG ATS O/U
Nov 1 vs PHI T 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - -
Oct 19 @ SF L 23 - 17 1 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 W 7 U 51.5
Oct 11 vs NYG T 27 - 27 (OT) 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 L -3 O 41.5
Oct 4 vs IND L 30 - 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L 5 U 46.5
Sep 27 vs SEA W 33 - 31 1 1 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 W 8 O 40.5
Sep 20 @ DAL L 37 - 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L 4 O 51.5
Sep 13 @ PHI L 24 - 22 3 2 13 0 8 0 0 0 0 W 5 O 43.5
Last 7 Avg 0.9 0.7 3.9 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

John Bates' NFL career stats

Rushing

Receiving

Season Team G GS ATT YDS AVG LG TD REC YDS AVG LG TD
2026-2027 WAS 6 6 0 0 - 0 0 5 27 5.4 9 0
2025-2026 WAS 15 11 0 0 - 0 0 11 103 9.4 22 1
2024-2025 WAS 17 6 0 0 - 0 0 8 84 10.5 20 0
2023-2024 WAS 17 4 0 0 - 0 0 19 151 7.9 35 0
2022-2023 WAS 16 7 0 0 - 0 0 14 108 7.7 20 1
2021-2022 WAS 17 8 0 0 - 0 0 20 249 12.5 32 1


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