Utah State · W 37-18
No catches.
Fresno State · W 38-31
No catches.
Texas State · W 46-45
4 catches, 29 yards
The other 5 games average 14 yards. This one was 15 above.
Bates has catches in 6 of Boise State’s 8 games: none against Utah State and Fresno State.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Cameron Bates
Three seasons in the Boise State receiving corps to date. On tape: 29 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Texas State, Week 9, 2026.
101 receiving yards · 14 catches · 3 receiving TD
Play style
Moves the chains on third down.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Against Texas State on Oct. 31: 4 catches for 29 yards, 2 of 2 on third and fourth down. In the 6 games drawn here: 14 catches for 101 yards. Boise State has thrown to him 20 times in 181 passes.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Boise State | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 3 | 13 |
| 2025 | Boise State | 18 | 307 | 17.1 | 1 | 44 |
| 2024 | Boise State | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 0 | 19 |
| Career | 41 | 475 | 11.6 | 4 | 44 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Boise State | -- | -- | -- | 59 | 1 |
| 2025 | Boise State | 6 | 78 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Boise State | 4 | 43 | 76 | -- | -- |
| Career | 10 | 121 | 76 | 59 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 29 receiving yards, 4 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-34@ No. 2 Oregon | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-20vs Memphis | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-24vs South Dakota | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | W 32-7@ Western Michigan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-10@ Washington State | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 9 | W 46-45vs Texas State | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 11 | Season-high 29 yds |
| Total | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 3 | 13 |
Week 1 · 2026
L 27-34
at Oregon
The plays that mattered most
765th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +17 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
209% of team targetsCatch rate
70%14 of 20 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
70% catch rate on 20 targets · 9% of the team's targets.
3 seasons under Spencer Danielson, all run-leaning offenses — 28-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 22.3 | 7.4 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 11.3 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 14.8 | 7.1 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 21.0 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Spencer Danielson
Pass share
41.9%
235 pass / 326 run
Plays / game
70.1
8 games
Team sack rate
2.4%
252 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #428 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #25 of 41 Mountain West WRs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
The No. 1,266 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Pac-12.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 27 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Spencer Danielson.
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