Brenden Bates

lifecycle: veteran — 2 NFL regular-season line(s) 2024–2025 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-10-17T09:11:05.374Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-10-17T09:11:05.374Z)

• Signed through

  Not sourced yet · signed through is not on a provisioned source

• APY$1,075,000Over The Cap · 2026-08-15
• Cap hit

  Not sourced yet · OTC CLE y2026 Active/IR table had no Cap Number matching this official-chart name.

• Free agency2027 · RFAOver The Cap · 2026-08-15

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

1. 2025 · CLE · TE · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved4 rec · 5 tgt · 48 rec yds · 0 rec TD
2. 2024 · CLE · TE · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 rec · 1 tgt · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · CLE at CHI0 tackles (0-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

1. 2023 · Kentucky · receiving4 rec · 89 yds · 0 TDHC Mark StoopsCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
2. 2022 · Kentucky · receiving10 rec · 99 yds · 1 TDHC Mark StoopsCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
3. 2021 · Kentucky · receiving11 rec · 70 yds · 1 TDHC Mark StoopsCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
4. 2020 · Kentucky · receiving1 rec · 14 yds · 0 TDHC Mark StoopsCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15

Searched — none · searched nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 (12927 rows) by gsis_id 00-0039458: no pick row — undrafted (the ledger carries every selection since 1980) (asOf 2026-09-20)

Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id BateBr00: no recorded combine row in the covered dataset; invitation status is not established (a pro-day-only workout is not in this table and stays unknown) (asOf 2026-09-20)

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

• 2026-08-17 → 2026-08-26 · CLE · Waived/injured · ended: waivedwaived TE Brenden Bates with an injury designationCLE transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20

derived from filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

• 2026-08-26 · CLEWaived TE Brenden Bates from injured reserve

  Sources disagree · the filing names 2 reserve/departure states (ir, waived) — the filing is the fact; no single verb is asserted for this player

• 2026-08-17 · CLEwaived TE Brenden Bates with an injury designation
• 2026-04-06 · CLESigned tendered exclusive rights free agents TE Brenden Bates, WR Malachi Corley, LB Winston Reid, LS Rex Sunahara, K Andre Szmyt and WR Jamari Thrash
• 2026-03-04 · CLETendered TE Brenden Bates, WR Malachi Corley, LB Winston Reid, LS Rex Sunahara, K Andre Szmyt and WR Jamari Thrash

window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19

filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source

Source not provisioned · nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 carries drafted players only; no pick row for gsis_id 00-0039458 (undrafted or pre-1980). Honors for undrafted players are not on a provisioned source — a bounded search, not a true negative Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)