2015 Preseason: All-CAA Preseason First Team ... STATS FCS Preseason All-America Third Team.
2014: Named to the All-CAA second team ... CFPA National Defensive Lineman of the Week (11/11) ... Team Most Valuable Player ... Started all 11 games ... Ranked 10th in the league with three interceptions ... ranked 46th in the league, second among defensive linemen, with 5.5 tackles per game ... was sixth in the league in pass deflections (7) ... finished the year with 60 tackles (3rd highest on team), 9.0 for loss, 5.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, a 33-yard fumble recovery, three interceptions, one for a 23 yard score, and seven pass breakups ... had six or more tackles in seven of Maine's 11 games ... had a TFL in eight of Maine's final nine games ... tallied six tackles, 1.0 sack, a forced fumble and returned a fumble for 33-yards at Towson (9/27) ... had six tackles and 1.5 sacks against Albany (10/18) ... returned an interception 23-yards for a touchdown while adding six tackles, including a sack, against Richmond ... closed out the year with a season-high eight tackles, 1.5 for loss including a sack, and a pass breakup against New Hampshire (11/22).
PRESEASON 2014: All-CAA Preseason First Team ... Beyond Sports Network Preseason All-CAA Selection
2013: Named to the All-CAA third team ... made 54 tackles (29 unassisted) with 9.0 (-61) for loss to go along with 4.0 sacks (-46), two forced fumbles, one pass breakup and one blocked kick ... recorded a career-high 10 tackles, with 2.0 sacks, against Delaware (10/5) ... had five tackles in three-straight games (against Bryant, at Northwestern and at Richmond) ... had a sack and forced a fumble at Richmond ... picked up seven tackles, a sack and forced a game-clinching fumble at Albany (11/9) ... Had six tackles at New Hampshire (11/23) ... named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Bronze Medalist ... received CAA Academic All-Conference honors.
2012: Played in all 11 games, picking up 36 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss (-19 yards) and two sacks (-18 yards)... notched three tackles at Boston College (9/8)... picked up two tackles at Bryant (9/15)... recorded six tackles and one tackle for a loss vs. Albany (9/22)... grabbed two tackles vs. Villanova (9/29)... notched two tackles at Delaware (10/6)... recorded two tackles at Towson (10/13)... picked up six tackles against UNH (10/20)... recorded two tackles, including a 1.0 sack (-4 yards) at William and Mary (10/27)... notched three tackles against James Madison (11/3)... recorded five tackles, including 1.0 sack (-14 yards) vs. Georgia State (11/10)... picked up three tackles at Rhode Island (11/17).
2011: Satout the season as a redshirt...has four years of eligibility remaining.
BEFORE MAINE/PERSONAL: Team captain for coach Jeff Guerette at Westbrook . . . an All-Conference selection and finalist for the outstanding lineman award . . . also played basketball and captained the baseball team . . . an Honor Roll member . . . born August 28, 1993 . . . son of Christy Bates . . . a kinesiology physical education major.
