D'Wayne Bates

D'Wayne Bates, a WR, appears on NFL rosters across 1999–2003. Everything below is drawn from open roster data; the figures are facts, not our opinion of the player.

The basics

Position	WR
Born	1975-12-04
Height	6 ft 2 in
Weight	215 lb
Drafted	pick 71 by CHI in 1999

Seasons on an NFL roster

5 seasons of roster appearances, 1999–2003. A row here means the player was on that team's roster that year.

1999	Chicago Bears
2000	Chicago Bears
2001	Chicago Bears
2002	Minnesota Vikings
2003	Minnesota Vikings

Career statistics

Regular-season totals, 1999–2026 (the seasons the open statistics cover). Play-offs are not included.

Receiving yards by season. Every figure is in the table below.

Season	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD
1999	4	0	0	2	19	0
2000	5	1	-2	4	42	0
2001	5	0	0	9	160	1
2002	14	0	0	50	689	4
2003	9	0	0	15	151	1
Career	37	1	-2	80	1061	6

Defensive statistics

Regular-season totals, 1999–2026. Solo and assisted tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, quarterback hits, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles and opponent fumbles recovered. Sacks are shared between players, so a total can end in a half. Play-offs are not included.

Season	G	Solo
1999	4	1
Career	4	1

What is not recorded

Everything this page could not tell you, and why. An empty field in the source is not a fact about the player.

College. Not recorded. nflverse carries a college for 39% of the 25,916 players in this set, and the gap is in the roster data rather than in the player's history.

Where this came from

Roster appearances, position, college, draft and physicals from nflverse open roster data. Seasons before about 1999 are roster-only, so there are no game statistics for them. Teams are linked where the franchise is certain; earlier seasons show the code used at the time.

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