Career
3 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Wisconsin#33 · 5-3 | 1 | 7% |
| 2025 |  Florida State#43 · 5-7 | 1 | 1% |
| 2024 | Florida State#96 · 2-10 | 1 | 1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Cai Bates's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Cai Bates's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 | vs Notre Dame | L 13–41 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2 |  Western Illinois | W 36–9 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 3 |  Eastern Michigan | W 54–10 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 4 | @ Penn State | W 24–20 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 5 |  Michigan State | W 31–3 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 7 | @ UCLA | L 7–17 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 8 |  USC | W 24–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 9 | @ Iowa | L 0–30 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2026 · 1 game | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4438th / 5664 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Opp. plays | Est. snaps | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Western Illinois | 63 | ~39 (0–63) | 1 | 62% |
| Season | 539 | 39 (0–64) | 1 | 7% |
Position Room
17 DBs on the Wisconsin roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Matthew Jung | S | SR | 57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Bryce West | CB | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Javan Robinson | CB | SR | 21 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 7 |
| 6 | Jai'mier Scott | CB | SO | 20 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 |
| 21 | Cairo Skanes | S | SO | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Marvin Burks Jr. | S | SR | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Eric Fletcher Jr. | CB | JR | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 18 | Donovan Dunmore | CB | FR | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Carson Van Dinter | S | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | ||
| Matthew Traynor | S | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | ||
| 27 | Raphael Dunn | S | JR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 3 | Cai Bates | CB | JR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 16 | Grant Dean | S | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Carsen Eloms | CB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Luke Emmerich | S | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Will Mikonowicz | S | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Dashaun Moss | CB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Wisconsin depth chart →