Washington Commanders / John Bates

John Bates

TE · Washington Commanders · ACT · Boise State

2021 Rd 4 #124 · Commanders · 00-0036628 · OTC 9588

2026 cap hit

$5.79M

APY

$7.00M

Guaranteed

$11.52M

Contract

3 yr · 2025

Total value $21.00M · APY was 2.5% of the cap at signing · OTC player page. Capster does not scrape that page; the link is attribution only.

Season stats

Receiving · key metrics with weekly trend

As of Aug 26, 2026 · nflverse snapshot

Rec YDS

103

#270 league

Rec TD

1

#218 league

REC

11

15 gms

YPR

9.4

16 tgt

Receiving yards · #270View Stats leaders →

Contract years

Year-by-year rows from nflverse season_history. Void / poison-pill tails (no cash after the last paid year) stay on the schedule for dead-cap math.

  • 2025

    WAS

    Cap number

    $4.33M

    Base
    $1.51M
    Prorated
    $2.33M
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $490K
    Gtd salary
    $1.51M
  • 2026

    WAS

    Cap number

    $5.79M

    Base
    $3.01M
    Prorated
    $2.33M
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $490K
    Gtd salary
    $3.01M
  • 2027

    WAS

    Cap number

    $10.83M

    Base
    $7.26M
    Prorated
    $2.33M
    Option
    $0
    Roster / other
    $1.24M
    Gtd salary
    $0

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