Cai Bates
Wisconsin Badgers
79
Solid

Cai Bates

Wisconsin BadgersSolid
RESDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Florida State
Projected Starter

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Cai Bates is the projected starter at RES for Wisconsin Badgers.

Redshirt sophomore · #3 · 6'3", 200 lbs

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Depth at RES · Wisconsin Badgers

  1. 1379Cai BatesStarter
  2. 21579Nate Palmer

Wisconsin Starting Lineup

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Up next for Wisconsin

Wisconsin plays Rutgers at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Edgewater, ranked #92 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 1 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit4★ · #92 NatlTeam Share0%
Orlando, FL
Jersey
#3
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
200 lbs
Transfer
Florida State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—100

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9547
National Rank
#92
High School
Edgewater
Hometown
Orlando, FL

Why this rating?

On a 97-rated defense; 0th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.92 for competition level) put them -13 vs unit starters → 79.

Team defense (SP+)
97
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 0% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 21% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
-13 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 12WWIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 36-9

Cai Bates's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
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