# Mario Bates
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{{Short description|American football player (born 1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Mario Bates
| number = 24, 31
| position = [Running back](/source/Running_back)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|1|16}}
| birth_place = [Victoria, Texas](/source/Victoria%2C_Texas), U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 217
| high_school = [Amphitheater](/source/Amphitheater_High_School) {{nowrap|([Tucson, Arizona](/source/Tucson%2C_Arizona))}}
| college = [Arizona State](/source/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_football)
| draftyear = 1994
| draftround = 2
| draftpick = 44
| pastteams =
* [New Orleans Saints](/source/New_Orleans_Saints) ({{NFL Year|1994|1997}})
* [Arizona Cardinals](/source/Arizona_Cardinals) ({{NFL Year|1998|1999}})
* [Detroit Lions](/source/Detroit_Lions) ({{NFL Year|2000}})
| highlights =
* First-team [All-Pac-10](/source/List_of_All-Pac-12_Conference_football_teams) ([1993](/source/1993_All-Pacific-10_Conference_football_team))
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards
| statvalue1 = 3,048
| statlabel2 = Rushing average
| statvalue2 = 3.6
| statlabel3 = Rushing [touchdown](/source/touchdown)s
| statvalue3 = 38
| statlabel4 = [Reception](/source/Reception_(American_football))s
| statvalue4 = 65
| statlabel5 = Receiving yards
| statvalue5 = 419
| pfr = BateMa00
}}
'''Mario Doniel Bates''' (born January 16, 1973) is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) player who was a [running back](/source/running_back) in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL) for the [New Orleans Saints](/source/New_Orleans_Saints), [Arizona Cardinals](/source/Arizona_Cardinals), and the [Detroit Lions](/source/Detroit_Lions). He played [college football](/source/college_football) for the [Arizona State Sun Devils](/source/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_football) and was selected in the second round of the [1994 NFL draft](/source/1994_NFL_draft).[{{Cite web |title=1994 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1994/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}]
Playing for Arizona State in [1993](/source/1993_Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_football_team), Bates carried the ball 246 times for 1,162 yards with eight [touchdown](/source/touchdown)s in 11 games. His brother, [Michael](/source/Michael_Bates_(athlete)), also played in the NFL.[[http://www.profootballhof.com/assets/history/Brothers_Mar_28_2006.pdf Brothers in Pro Football] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020074304/http://www.profootballhof.com/assets/history/Brothers_Mar_28_2006.pdf |date=2013-10-20 }}]
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 0 5/8
| weight = 217
| dash = 4.43
| ten split = 1.56
| twenty split = 2.63
| shuttle = 4.12
| vertical = 36.0
| broad ft = 10
| broad in = 8
| bench = 15
| arm span = 33 1/4
| hand span = 9 1/2
}}
==NFL career statistics==
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="5"| Rushing
! colspan="5"| Receiving
|-
! G !! GS !! Att !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD
|-
! [1994](/source/1994_NFL_season) || [NO](/source/1994_New_Orleans_Saints_season)
| 11 || 7 || 151 || 579 || 3.8 || 40 || 6 || 8 || 62 || 7.8 || 14 || 0
|-
! [1995](/source/1995_NFL_season) || [NO](/source/1995_New_Orleans_Saints_season)
| '''16''' || '''16''' || '''244''' || '''951''' || 3.9 || 66 || 7 || '''18''' || '''114''' || 6.3 || '''26''' || 0
|-
! [1996](/source/1996_NFL_season) || [NO](/source/1996_New_Orleans_Saints_season)
| 14 || 10 || 164 || 584 || 3.6 || 33 || 4 || 13 || 44 || 3.4 || 15 || 0
|-
! [1997](/source/1997_NFL_season) || [NO](/source/1997_New_Orleans_Saints_season)
| 12 || 7 || 119 || 440 || 3.7 || '''74''' || 4 || 5 || 42 || 8.4 || 14 || 0
|-
! [1998](/source/1998_NFL_season) || [ARI](/source/1998_Arizona_Cardinals_season)
| '''16''' || 1 || 60 || 165 || 2.8 || 15 || 6 || 1 || 14 || '''14.0''' || 14 || 0
|-
! [1999](/source/1999_NFL_season) || [ARI](/source/1999_Arizona_Cardinals_season)
| '''16''' || 2 || 72 || 202 || 2.8 || 16 || '''9''' || 5 || 34 || 6.8 || 18 || 0
|-
! [2000](/source/2000_NFL_season) || [DET](/source/2000_Detroit_Lions_season)
| 13 || 0 || 31 || 127 || '''4.1''' || 23 || 2 || 15 || 109 || 7.3 || 17 || 0
|-
! colspan="2"| Career[{{cite web |url= https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BateMa00.htm|title= Mario Bates |author= |date= |publisher= Football-Reference.com |access-date=January 30, 2020}}] !! 98 !! 43 !! 841 !! 3,048 !! 3.6 !! 74 !! 38 !! 65 !! 419 !! 6.4 !! 26 !! 0
|}
==References==
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Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:American football running backs
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils football players
Category:New Orleans Saints players
Category:Arizona Cardinals players
Category:Detroit Lions players
Category:Players of American football from Victoria, Texas
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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