Player Profile: Bazie Bates IV
#24 Bazie Bates IV
Rivals.com: Profile as recruit
Position: Safety
Height: 6-1
Weight: 197
Class: Senior
Hometown: Allen, Texas
High School: Allen HS
Previous School: Trinity Valley CC
Career Honors: 2015: Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (spring).
2015 (Jr.): Saw action in 11 games, earning a start in the last four contests of the season against Texas, TCU, West Virginia and K-State… Totaled 26 tackles, 1.0 tackle-for-loss and an interception during his first year in the KU secondary… Logged a career-best eight tackles against Oklahoma… South Dakota State: Made his Jayhawk debut against, but did not record any statistics… Memphis: Notched four tackles… at Rutgers: Did not play… at Iowa State: Secured one tackle… Baylor: Saw extended playing time and posted two tackles… Texas Tech: Saw action, but did not record any statistics… at Oklahoma State: Saw extended playing time in the secondary and made four tackles… Oklahoma: Wrapped up a career-best eight tackles… at Texas: Made the first start of his career at safety, but did not record any statistics… at TCU: Posted two tackles… West Virginia: Recorded three tackles… K-State: Intercepted the first pass of his career and secured two tackles - one for loss.
Trinity Valley Community College (2012-14): Spent two seasons at Trinity Valley Community College suiting up for head coach Brad Smiley… A three-star prospect according to Rivals.com, 247Sports.com and Scout.com... Played as a cornerback on the 2014 team that was a perfect 12-0… Helped lead the Cardinals to the SWJCFC championship, the Region XIV championship and the Heart of Texas Bowl title in 2014... Recorded 26 total tackles, including 16 solo stops, as a sophomore in 2014... Led TVCC with four interceptions... Also had four pass breakups... Spent the 2013 season as a redshirt... Collected 11 tackles and one pass breakup for TVCC as a freshman in 2012.
High School: Earned four letters playing football under head coach Tom Westerberg at Allen HS... Named first-team all-district in both 2010 and 2011... Helped lead Allen HS to an 11-1 mark and the second round of the playoffs as a senior in 2011... Credited with 43 tackles, 4.0 TFLs and one interception in 2011... As a junior helped guide AHS to a 10-2 mark and the second round of the playoffs.
Personal: Son of Karen and Bazie Bates III... Has one sister, Danielle... Majoring in liberal arts and sciences... Bazie is pronounced Bazz-(like Jazz)-ee.