Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 9 | L 24-27@ South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#17
Dillon Bates
Senior linebacker for Tennessee. 2018: 1 tackle.
6′3″ · 229 lb · Ponte Verda Beach, FL
Tennessee 2018 alumnus
Recruiting
4★
OLB recruit
No. 96 nationally · Signed with Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Tennessee. 2018: 1 tackle.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2014.
Dillon Bates
Three seasons at Tennessee, two different head coaches: Butch Jones and Jeremy Pruitt. The receipt: 1 tackles against South Carolina — Week 9, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Tennessee, 10 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2014
- Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Ponte Vedra
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Tennessee
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coaches2016–2017
Tennessee
Coaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2018 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning
2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2018Tennessee5-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2018
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology