Mario Bates
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Mario Bates (Mario Doniel Bates) was born on January 16, 1973 in Victoria, Texas. After going to high school at Amphitheater (Tucson, AZ), Bates attended Arizona State University. Bates made his professional debut in the NFL in 1994 with the New Orleans Saints. He played for the New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals and Detroit Lions over the course of his 7 year career.
Most people believe that 1995 was Mario Bates's best year, as he ran for 951 yards and ran in 7 TDs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1994
| NOR
| NFL
| 11
| 151
| 579
| 3.8
| 6
| 40
|
| 1995
| NOR
| NFL
| 16
| 244
| 951
| 3.9
| 7
| 66t
|
| 1996
| NOR
| NFL
| 14
| 164
| 584
| 3.6
| 4
| 33
|
| 1997
| NOR
| NFL
| 12
| 119
| 440
| 3.7
| 4
| 74t
|
| 1998
| ARI
| NFL
| 16
| 60
| 165
| 2.8
| 6
| 15
|
| 1999
| ARI
| NFL
| 16
| 72
| 202
| 2.8
| 9
| 16
|
| 2000
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 31
| 127
| 4.1
| 2
| 23
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 98
| 841
| 3048
| 3.6
| 38
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1994
| NOR
| NFL
| 11
| 8
| 62
| 7.8
| 0
| 14
|
| 1995
| NOR
| NFL
| 16
| 18
| 114
| 6.3
| 0
| 26
|
| 1996
| NOR
| NFL
| 14
| 13
| 44
| 3.4
| 0
| 15
|
| 1997
| NOR
| NFL
| 12
| 5
| 42
| 8.4
| 0
| 15
|
| 1998
| ARI
| NFL
| 16
| 1
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 14
|
| 1999
| ARI
| NFL
| 16
| 5
| 34
| 6.8
| 0
| 18
|
| 2000
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 15
| 109
| 7.3
| 0
| 17
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 98
| 65
| 419
| 6.4
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1994
| NOR
| NFL
| 11
| 1
| 20
| 20
| 26
| 0
|
| 1995
| NOR
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| NOR
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| NOR
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| ARI
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| ARI
| NFL
| 16
| 52
| 1231
| 23.7
| 68
| 0
|
| 2000
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 98
| 53
| 1251
| 23.6
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1994
| NOR
| NFL
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| NOR
| NFL
| 16
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| NOR
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| NOR
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| ARI
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| ARI
| NFL
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 98
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1994
| NOR
| NFL
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| NOR
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| NOR
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| NOR
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 21
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 158.3
|
| 1998
| ARI
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| ARI
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 98
| 1
| 1
| 100
| 21
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 158.3
|
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