TCU’s low-profile, high-reliability long snapper
Bates profiles as a **special-teams specialist** whose value is in precision, consistency, and trust rather than box-score production. The available public data on his TCU career is limited, but his role as a long snapper is typically won through clean operation, timing, and error-free execution—exactly the kind of detail work coaches value when building a dependable kicking game. If you need a roster fit who can quietly stabilize special teams, he is the type of player worth caring about.
