Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 38-3@ Syracuse | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | 39 | Season-high 44 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 45-21@ California | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 9 | 57 | 6.1 | 0 | 39 |
#13
Travis Bates
Junior running back for Duke. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 200 lb · Tampa, FL
Returning to Duke for 2026
The numbers
57
rushing yards · 2025
6.3 per carry
2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 44 rush yds, at Syracuse
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for Duke. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2022.
Travis Bates
Travis Bates has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Duke. The receipt on tape: 44 rush yds against Syracuse, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Duke3-star out of Berkeley Prep
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Duke
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Elko, Trooper Taylor, and Manny Diaz. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning
2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning
2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (90th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 28.5 YDS/g, 6.1 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 5 · Syracuse · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.25Travis Bates run for 39 yds to the DUKE 49 for a 1ST down
- Week 5 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -1.13Travis Bates run for no gain to the DUKE 49
- Week 5 · Syracuse · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA -0.97Travis Bates run for no gain to the SYR 47
- Week 6 · California · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +0.93Travis Bates run for 9 yds to the CAL 28 for a 1ST down
- Week 6 · California · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.60Travis Bates run for 1 yd to the CAL 37
- Week 6 · California · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.39Travis Bates run for 1 yd to the CAL 27
- Week 6 · California · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA -0.34Travis Bates run for 2 yds to the CAL 25
- Week 5 · Syracuse · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA -0.22Travis Bates run for 1 yd to the DUKE 10
- Week 5 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.03Travis Bates run for 4 yds to the DUKE 9
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Duke
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Duke
Returning around him
- 17% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 3 Duke players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (19 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Duke · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #69 · 2026 recruiting class #71
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology