| Wallace Bates |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Woodland Hills, Calif.
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| High School:
Taft
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| Last College:
Canyons
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 230
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| Position:
LB
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Mid-year transfer student that enrolled at Temple in January 2007 ... signed with Oregon State in 2004 before attending junior college.
Honors: Preseason 2007 second team All-MAC choice by Athlon Sports and honorable mention all-league selection by Phil Steele's.
2007: Did not play.
Junior College: Played the 2006 season at the College of the Canyons in Valencia, Calif., under head coach Chuck Lyon ... earned first-team All-Western States Conference honors after leading the team with 46 (37 solo) tackles, two TFLs, one sack and two PBUs ... competed at Moorpark (Calif.) College in 2005 and was an honorable mention All-WSFC choice ... did not play football during the 2004 season.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Taft HS in Woodland Hills, Calif. ... Superprep All-Region selection and the 38th-rated linebacker in the nation by Rivals ... Rivals three-star prospect ... made 131 tackles, three sacks and two INTs as a senior under head coach Troy Star to help team to a 13-1 record ... Los Angeles Daily News first-team All-City honoree ... defensive MVP of the East-West All-Star game ... as a junior, was credited with 102 tackles, two sacks, and two INTs.
Personal: Born April 10, 1986, in Lynwood, Calif. ... son of Wallace and Debra Bates ... cousin Justin Tryon played CB at Arizona State ... African-American studies major.
