2025: Returning safety who transitioned from running back during the summer of 2024 ... in 24 career games, has registered two tackles and five rushes for 42 yards (8.40) … carded one tackle versus Elon and Georgia Tech in 2024 ... tallied a career-high three rushes against Lafayette in 2023 … posted a career-best 32 yards rushing against Northwestern in 2023 … has played 254 career snaps.

2024: Academic All-ACC selection ... played in seven games, missing the Northwestern, Florida State, SMU, NC State, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest contests … booked two tackles with one each versus Elon and Georgia Tech ... a valuable member of Duke's kick coverage units ... on the field for 48 snaps.

2023: Saw action in all 13 games … rushed five times for 42 yards (8.40) … recorded a season-best 32 rushing yards on one carry against Northwestern … posted a year-high three rushes against Lafayette ... also added two tackles on special teams … on the field for 151 snaps.

2022: Played in four games, seeing action against Boston College, Kansas, UCF and Virginia … recorded two tackles on special teams against Virginia … on the field for 55 snaps.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Lettered four seasons at Berkeley Prep under head coach Dominic Ciao … tabbed as a three-star recruit by 247sports.com and Rivals.com … listed as the No. 36 running back in the country by Rivals.com … amassed 3,845 rushing yards in 44 career games … rushed for 2,045 yards as a senior, the second-most rushing yards in school history … led Berkeley Prep to a 35-9 record, including a 12-1 mark as a senior … helped the Buccaneers to an appearance in the 2021 Florida state championship game … all-conference selection and offensive player of the year as a senior … lettered two seasons in track & field … placed first in the long jump at the district championships and graduated with the third-best distance in Berkeley Prep history.

PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology while pursuing a certificate in markets and management … son of Travis and Lashawn Bates … cousin, Julius Peppers, was a three-year letterwinner as a defensive end at the University of North Carolina (1999-2000-01), who received the Lombardi and Bednarik Awards and finished second at UNC in career sacks and TFL en route to being named a two-time All-America honoree (2000 and 2001 [unanimous]) before being selected as the second overall pick in the 2002 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers and playing 17 professional seasons with the Panthers (2002-09; 2017-18), Chicago Bears (2010-13) and Green Bay Packers (2014-16) as a nine-time NFL Pro Bowl selection who was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2021 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2024.

Travis Bates