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2025 Defensive

STATS CMB
Total Tackles
INT
Interceptions
TD
Interceptions Returned For Touchdown
FUM
Forced Fumbles
SCK
Sacks
Regular Season 24 0 0 0 0.0

Top Jessie Bates III News

  • Falcons' Jessie Bates: Leading tackler in win

    Bates recorded seven tackles (four solo) in the Falcons' win over the Commanders on Sunday.

    Bates delivered a dominant performance in the win, leading the team with seven takedowns. Throughout the first four games of the season, the 2018 second-round pick has compiled 24 tackles (10 solo), and he will look to keep up his high level of play following Atlanta's Week 5 bye.

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  • Falcons' Jessie Bates: Three tackles in win

    Bates recorded three tackles (one solo) in Atlanta's win over Minnesota on Sunday night.

    Bates played all 47 defensive snaps in the victory, as the Vikings couldn't sustain any drives and mustered just six points. Through two games to begin the season, Bates has piled up 10 tackles (three solo) on 100 percent of the defensive snaps.

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  • Falcons' Jessie Bates: Six tackles in loss

    Bates recorded six total tackles (two solo) in Sunday's 23-20 loss to the Buccaneers.

    Bates finished tied for the team lead in tackles in Week 1, playing all 56 of the team's defensive snaps. The safety is in his third season in Atlanta, and he remains one of the best players at his position in the league.

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  • Falcons' Jessie Bates: Excellent again in 2024

    Bates recorded 102 tackles, including 1.0 sacks, along with 10 pass defenses (including four interceptions, one of which was a pick-six), four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery over 17 regular-season games.

    Bates wasn't able to approach the career-high 132 stops he made in 2023, but he was still prolific as a tackler, notching his fifth career season with triple-digit stops. He also had two fewer interceptions than in the previous campaign, though he had twice as many pickoffs than anyone else on the Falcons and tied for 10th in the NFL in that category. For good measure, Bates recorded his second career pick-sick in Week 16 against the Giants and tied for fifth in the NFL with a career-best four forced fumbles. He's slated to be the centerpiece of Atlanta's secondary -- and an elite IDP option -- again in 2025, when he'll be in the third year of the four-year contract he inked in March of 2023.

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    Bates recorded 12 total tackles (seven solo), including 1.0 sacks, in Sunday night's 30-24 overtime loss to the Commanders.

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Player Bio

HT/WT: 6-1, 210 lbs
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, IN
Age: 28
School: Wake Forest
Experience: 8