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| Position | Safety | ||||||||
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| Born | (1970-11-27)November 27, 1970 (age 54) Galveston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Ball (Galveston, Texas) | ||||||||
| College | UCLA Texas A&M | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1993: 1st round, 12th overall pick | ||||||||
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Patrick James Bates (born November 27, 1970) is an American former professionalfootball player who was asafety in theNational Football League (NFL). He was selected in the first round of the1993 NFL draft by theLos Angeles Raiders and later played for theAtlanta Falcons after being traded by the Raiders in exchange for the Falcons' second-round selection in the1996 NFL draft.[2]
Out of high school, Bates playedcollege football with theUCLA Bruins, but transferred toTexas A&M Aggies in 1991. Soon, Bates would become one of the best players of the A&M's famed "Wrecking Crew" of the early 1990s. In 1993, Bates was a first-round draft pick by the Los Angeles Raiders.
After several off-field mishaps, he never realized his full potential, which is whyESPN named him the 37th of the top 50 busts inNFL draft history.[3]
As a child, Bates' mother Jean was an alcoholic, and Bates' older brother Jarvis was shot dead when he was 22 and Patrick was still a junior in high school. Bates, Jarvis, and their younger sister Sonia Nicole had spent time under foster care.
During his freshman year at UCLA, Bates' mother and grandmother Isabel Singleton died within a month of each other. Recently in 2019 he “remarried “ and had another child by Whitney S. in Galveston Texas where he now resides.
Patrick Bates on Pro Football ReferenceNo Longer a Raider, and No Longer Miserable,New York Times, Thomas George, May 21, 1996.