Age
29
Feb 26, 1997
Jessie Bates
#3
CIN · 2018–2022→ATL · 2023–presentACT
JessieBates#3S
2025 Season
Latest productionTackles
98
2025
PD
6
regular season
INT
3
regular season
INT Yds
54
regular season
TD
1
regular season
Snap %
99%
avg / game
Career
Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career
Career Path
2015 — Present · Includes honors2023–
Atlanta Falcons · Safety
S · 51 active weeks
2023All-Pro (2nd Team) · Pro Bowl
2025All-Pro (2nd Team)
NFL
2018–2022
Cincinnati Bengals · Safety
S · 89 active weeks
2020All-Pro (2nd Team)
NFL
2015–2017
Wake Forest · DB
NCAA
Draft Profile
2018 DraftSelection
Round 2, Pick 54
#54 overall by Cincinnati Bengals
TeamCIN
Overall#54
Data Sources & Attribution
CreditsHeadshot — wikipediaAtlanta Falcons. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.