Houston Bates
Bates with the Washington Redskins in 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Born | December 20, 1991 Pineville, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | St. Paul's (Covington, Louisiana) | ||||||||||||
| College | Illinois Louisiana Tech | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2015: undrafted | ||||||||||||
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William Houston Bates (born December 20, 1991) is an American former professional football player who was an outside linebacker for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini and Louisiana Tech Bulldogs as a defensive end. He signed with the Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2015.