#23

Charles Yates Jr.

Former cornerback at Liberty. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Liberty · Sr. · #23

5′11″ · 195 lb · Mobile, AL

CFB Index 4 · #326 of 327 cornersLow confidenceLiberty 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 247 nationally · Joined Arizona

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Liberty. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Arizona in 2023.
Transferred from Old Dominion to Liberty in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Liberty, 17 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2023

Signed with Arizona2-star out of Los Angeles Pierce College

20249 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#247 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Arizona10-3HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

2024Liberty8-4HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

4Below cohort / limited sample #326 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (95th percentile). Concern: tackles (17th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Forced fumbles#12 / 700 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#1748 / 2892 · 37th pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Tackles#2363 / 2892 · 17th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Backup

Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

4 · #326 of 327 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #326 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Liberty	15	12	1.0	--	--	1
2023	Arizona	2	2	0.0	--	--	--
Career		17	14	1.0	--	--	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–24

vs Campbell

1 SOLO · 1 TOT

With K. Salter — 242 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 49.1 · 48 rush yds (9 car) · T. Sibley — 5 rec · 109 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 41-24vs Campbell	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 30-24@ New Mexico State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 28-10vs UTEP	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 35-24vs East Carolina	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 31-24vs Florida International	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 9	L 24-27@ Kennesaw State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 21-31vs Jacksonville State	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 11	W 37-17@ Middle Tennessee	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 18-20@ Sam Houston	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		15	12	1.0	0.0	—	0

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology