Punter, Michigan State, 2007–⁠10

Aaron Bates

Number: No. 18
Height: 6′0″
Hometown: New Concord, OH

Aaron Bates played punter at Michigan State (2007–⁠10).

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,742

2,979

2,621

2,565

7–⁠69–⁠4AP 246–⁠711–⁠2AP 14

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2007*	Michigan State	69	2,742	39.7	67
2008*	Michigan State	71	2,979	42.0	59
2009	Michigan State	63	2,621	41.6	59
2010	Michigan State	57	2,565	45.0	69
Career		260	10,907	42.0	69

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2007	Michigan State	18	P
2008	Michigan State	18	P
2009	Michigan State	18	P
2010	Michigan State	18	P	6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Michigan State 13 games, 57 punts, 45.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 4	vs.Western Michigan	W 38–⁠14	7	312	57
Sep 11	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 30–⁠17	1	57	57
Sep 18	vs.Notre Dame	W 34–⁠31	8	363	62
Sep 25	vs.Northern Colorado	W 45–⁠7	3	129	48
Oct 2	vs.Wisconsin	W 34–⁠24	1	43	43
Oct 9	atMichigan	W 34–⁠17	4	180	69
Oct 16	vs.Illinois	W 26–⁠6	2	100	60
Oct 23	atNorthwestern	W 35–⁠27	6	258	53
Oct 30	atIowa	L 6–⁠37	6	291	58
Nov 6	vs.Minnesota	W 31–⁠8	3	125	54
Nov 20	vs.Purdue	W 35–⁠31	5	217	53
Nov 27	atPenn State	W 28–⁠22	4	186	53
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Alabama	L 7–⁠49	7	304	55

2009 Michigan State 13 games, 63 punts, 41.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 5	vs.Montana State	W 44–⁠3	2	114	57
Sep 12	vs.Central Michigan	L 27–⁠29	5	228	57
Sep 19	atNotre Dame	L 30–⁠33	3	135	52
Sep 26	atWisconsin	L 30–⁠38	4	161	46
Oct 3	vs.Michigan	W 26–⁠20	3	129	52
Oct 10	atIllinois	W 24–⁠14	7	267	59
Oct 17	vs.Northwestern	W 24–⁠14	6	243	52
Oct 24	vs.Iowa	L 13–⁠15	6	257	52
Oct 31	atMinnesota	L 34–⁠42	4	174	51
Nov 7	vs.Western Michigan	W 49–⁠14	6	231	53
Nov 14	atPurdue	W 40–⁠37	4	164	56
Nov 21	vs.Penn State	L 14–⁠42	9	337	47
Jan 2 ✦	vs.Texas Tech	L 31–⁠41	4	181	51

2008 Michigan State 13 games, 71 punts, 42.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 30	atCalifornia	L 31–⁠38	5	189	49
Sep 6	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 42–⁠10	3	118	50
Sep 13	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 17–⁠0	10	408	53
Sep 20	vs.Notre Dame	W 23–⁠7	5	226	52
Sep 27	atIndiana	W 42–⁠29	5	206	48
Oct 4	vs.Iowa	W 16–⁠13	5	200	49
Oct 11	atNorthwestern	W 37–⁠20	4	175	57
Oct 18	vs.Ohio State	L 7–⁠45	6	274	55
Oct 25	atMichigan	W 35–⁠21	4	171	48
Nov 1	vs.Wisconsin	W 25–⁠24	7	318	49
Nov 8	vs.Purdue	W 21–⁠7	5	217	59
Nov 22	atPenn State	L 18–⁠49	7	287	54
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Georgia	L 12–⁠24	5	190	53

2007 Michigan State 13 games, 69 punts, 39.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.UAB	W 55–⁠18	3	97	35
Sep 8	vs.Bowling Green	W 28–⁠17	6	250	49
Sep 15	vs.Pittsburgh	W 17–⁠13	6	236	52
Sep 22	atNotre Dame	W 31–⁠14	5	207	48
Sep 29	atWisconsin	L 34–⁠37	4	177	54
Oct 6	vs.Northwestern	L 41–⁠48	4	140	46
Oct 13	vs.Indiana	W 52–⁠27	2	59	30
Oct 20	atOhio State	L 17–⁠24	8	328	54
Oct 27	atIowa	L 27–⁠34	7	258	43
Nov 3	vs.Michigan	L 24–⁠28	9	375	67
Nov 10	atPurdue	W 48–⁠31	4	164	47
Nov 17	vs.Penn State	W 35–⁠31	5	199	45
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Boston College	L 21–⁠24	6	252	52

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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