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Brenden Bates Jacksonville Jaguars · #82

Tight End · 6' 5", 255 lbs · Cincinnati, OH · Age 27

Brenden Bates is a Tight End for the Jacksonville Jaguars, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 2 passes for 25 yards and 0 touchdowns.

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Jacksonville Jaguars · #82 · Tight End

Brenden Bates

Season avg2 rec · 25 yds · 0 td

Career avg2 rec · 25 yds · 0 td

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

2rec

25yds

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Scouting report

Brenden Bates — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Brenden Bates is a Tight End for the Jacksonville Jaguars, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 2 passes for 25 yards and 0 touchdowns.

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Receiving

Big-play

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Scoring

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Receiving yards

Solid · offense

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Volume

Average · offense

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Scoring

Solid · offense

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Big-play

Elite · offense

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Target share

Average · offense

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Act II

Where Brenden Bates stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬

29%

Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬

23%

Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬

22%

Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬

11%

Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #1137 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

6Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Brenden Bates — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

B+

Receiving

25 YDS

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Volume

2 REC

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Big-play

12.5 Y/R

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Scoring

0 TD

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The engine

How the model sees Brenden Bates

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026 modeled

rec

1–2

rec yds

7–27

0–0

targets

2–3

games

3–6

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.

What moves the rec line vs last season

Last season 2 → projected 1 rec

Baseline (recency-weighted)

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Age curve

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Net vs last season-0.7 rec

Everything it reads

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2 seasons of real box production

every game line, verified

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Recency × games weight

recent, healthy years anchor the baseline

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Year-over-year trend

his own trajectory, season to season

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Position aging curve

age 27 — applied to the projection

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Role & usage context

target / carry share and snaps fold in

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Availability signal

games last 3: 2 / 6

health

The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Brenden Bates career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	G	Rec	Yds	Tgt	Y/R
2024	2	0	0	1	0.0
2025	6	2	25	3	12.5
Career	8	2	25	4

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Luke Farrell 98%James Mitchell 98%Tyler Conklin 95%Stephen Carlson 94%Keleki Latu 94%Stone Smartt 94%

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Context

Are the Jacksonville Jaguars built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

13–4proj record

94off index

99def index

+59net

95%playoff odds

67roster

Roster delta · what changed

Offense grades A (94), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 91, pass rush 99, coverage 99.

How his role moves

Projected 13–4 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Brenden Bates

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1999-10-16

The beginning

Brenden Bates is a Tight End for the Jacksonville Jaguars, in his 3rd NFL season.

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Brenden Bates is a Jacksonville Jaguars tight end, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 2 seasons (2024–2025) he has caught 2 passes for 25 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 2 passes for 25 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2025.

Where things stand

Where Bates goes from here.

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Bates's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Daren Bates told this story too well 🤣 CBS Sports

Off the field

Measurables

Active

Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 255 lbs
Born: Cincinnati, OH
Age: 27
Jersey: #82

Background

Brenden Bates is from Cincinnati, OH and is 27 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays tight end at 6' 5", 255 lbs.

Over 2 seasons (2024–2025) he has caught 2 passes for 25 yards and 0 touchdowns. Bates is currently on the Jacksonville Jaguars roster.

The person

Brenden Bates is a blocking and depth tight end who has caught 2 passes for 25 yards and 0 touchdowns across 2 seasons (2024–2025).

Receiving2 career receptions for 25 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Best season2 catches for 25 yards in 2025.

UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Brenden Bates — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Brenden Bates, answered.

What position does Brenden Bates play?

Brenden Bates is a Tight End for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

When was Brenden Bates drafted?

Brenden Bates entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.

How many seasons has Brenden Bates played?

2 (2024–2025).

What are Brenden Bates's career stats?

He has caught 2 passes for 25 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Brenden Bates career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Brenden Bates Jacksonville Jaguars · #82

Brenden Bates — the report card

Where Brenden Bates stands

Brenden Bates — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Brenden Bates

Brenden Bates career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Jacksonville Jaguars built to win?

The Ballad of Brenden Bates

The beginning

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Chapter

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the field

Brenden Bates — frequently asked

Current role & opportunity

Weekly matchups

Injury history

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