Daren Bates
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Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
 Bates with the Tennessee Titans in 2019 | |||||||||||
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| Title | Assistant special teams coordinator | ||||||||||
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| Born | November 27, 1990 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||
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| Position | Linebacker (No. 53, 56) | ||||||||||
| High school | Olive Branch (Olive Branch, Mississippi) | ||||||||||
| College | Auburn | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2013: undrafted | ||||||||||
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Daren Weston Bates[1] (born November 27, 1990) is an American former professional football linebacker and current assistant special teams coordinator for the Carolina Panthers. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers and was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He has also played for the Oakland Raiders, Houston Texans, and Tennessee Titans. He previously coached for the Seattle Seahawks and is co-host of the Raw Room podcast.
Bates played his freshman through junior year at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, Tennessee. While there, Bates was a 2-time first-team Tennessee All-State safety. His senior year, Bates played at Olive Branch High School in Mississippi for coach Scott Samsel. He collected 90 tackles and four interceptions and had nearly 900 yards of total offense as a senior and was named MHSAA All-Region 1 Class 5A team.
College career
In 2009, Bates was tied for 39th in the SEC in tackles per game, with 5.4. In 2009, he started all 13 games at safety and totaled 70 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery. In 2010, he appeared in 12 games with nine starts and was 8th on team with 48 tackles. Bates was made the Freshman All SEC team and also was a second-team Freshman All American. Bates made his first collegiate start at linebacker in the season opener vs. Arkansas State after playing safety the previous years. In 2011 Bates started all 13 games and led the team with 104 tackles and was third on team with 8.5 tackles for loss (-30), 2.5 quarterback sacks (-15), and nine quarterback hurries. In 2012 Bates made 94 tackles (39) solo and 5.5 for losses he also batted away 4 passes and recovered 2 fumbles and intercepted a pass.
