Washington Commanders · TE · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Boise State (2021 Round 4, Pick 124)

John Bates

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Downfield Score v7.0 withheldNeeds 15 targets; 6 recorded. The score is withheld until John Bates reaches the minimum.

Rec / Targets: 5/64.2% target share
Receiving yards: 275.4 YPR
Receiving TD: 03.9 yds/G
Snap share: 42%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: −0.1616 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 50.0%Play-by-play positive EPA

Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 45 qualified TEs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game15% weight · Raw −0.163 → Shrunk n/a

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Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.119 → Shrunk n/a

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Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 4.50 → Shrunk n/a

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Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 4.33 → Shrunk n/a

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Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 2.17 → Shrunk n/a

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Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.64 → Shrunk n/a

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Target share34% weight · Raw 4.2% → Shrunk n/a

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First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 0.0% → Shrunk n/a

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20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 0.0% → Shrunk n/a

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for John Bates. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ PHI	L 22-24	2	3	13
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ DAL	L 20-37	0	0	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs SEA	W 33-31	1	1	9
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs IND	L 13-30	0	0	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	vs NYG	T 27-27	1	1	1
Week 6	Oct 19, 2026	@ SF	L 17-23	1	1	4
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs PHI	W 27-10	0	0	0

College to the NFL: Boise State to Washington Commanders

Verified identity bridge linking John Bates's college regular-season yards at Boise State to official NFL game lines.

Boise State (College yards)

342017

1552018

2532019

1172020

124124th pick
2021 Draft

WAS (NFL yards)

2492021

1082022

1512023

842024

1032025

272026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 6 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2021	WAS	17	20/25	249	1
2022	WAS	16	14/22	108	1
2023	WAS	17	19/28	151	0
2024	WAS	17	8/13	84	0
2025	WAS	15	11/16	103	1
2026 (so far)	WAS	7	5/6	27	0

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John Bates vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score n/a vs. 96.5 John Bates vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score n/a vs. 89.5 John Bates vs. George Kittle (SF)Score n/a vs. 86.4 John Bates vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score n/a vs. 86.4 John Bates vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score n/a vs. 84.9 John Bates vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score n/a vs. 82.3