2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Travis Bates
Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Kansas State. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Colorado — Week 9, 2026.
13 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 7 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kansas State | 13 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2025 | Kansas State | 20 | 13 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Kansas State | 13 | 6 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Career | 46 | 24 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 9): 5 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 71-3vs Nicholls | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-7vs Washington State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-20vs Tulane | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 26-31@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-24vs Kansas | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 17-28@ Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27@ Colorado | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2026
W 34-7
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
Dominant 27-point win at home against Washington State.
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +7 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
8%1 sackTFL rate
19%2 TFL13 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Collin Klein
Pass share
47.0%
263 pass / 296 run
Plays / game
69.9
8 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
287 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #11 of 22 Big 12 DEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chris Klieman → Collin Klein. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
