As of week 7, Jessie Bates was an FS for ATL, age 29.5, 8 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 96% of snaps; his line was 5 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.3 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 137 games (postseason included) over 8 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl and 3 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 5 episodes (groin 1, knee 1, neck 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 10.
The full read
In short
Jessie Bates is a starter at strong safety for ATL — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. His team has not listed him on the final report.
He is not on this week's injury report
Which is the ordinary state of a healthy player, and it is a successful read rather than a missing one. We publish a call for every player a team lists; if the week has not been called yet, it will say so on the week's page.
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game5.0 range 1.0–7.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.3 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share95.7% range 82–100
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
94%wk 2
98%wk 3
82%wk 4
100%wk 5
100%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 16
Not injury related
3
—
2025 · wk 12
Not injury related
1
—
2025 · wk 9
knee
2
Questionable
2024 · wk 15
shoulder
1
—
2022 · wk 14
groin
1
—
2021 · wk 4
neck
2
Out
2020 · wk 11
Not injury related
1
—
2019 · wk 2
wrist
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 12 weeks on a report · same site more than once: not injury related ×3
2019
wrist · 1w
2020
Not injury related · 1w
2021
neck · 2w
2022
groin · 1w
2024
shoulder · 1w
2025
Not injury related · 3wNot injury related · 1wknee · 2w
2026
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
A.J. Terrell
CB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Divine Deablo
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Brian Robinson
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
JD Bertrand
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Michael Jerrell
T
DNP
team's word
Out
Billy Bowman Jr.
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Beaux Collins
WR
FULL
team's word
Out
Cameron Williams
T
LTD
team's word
Out
Anterio Thompson
DT
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
Profile — as of week 7
Role
FS1 · 96% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game
5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.3 passes defended
Career
8 seasons · 137 games before 2026
Honors
1× Pro Bowl · 3× second-team All-Pro
Injuries
5 episodes · last: knee, 2025 wk 10
Bio
age 29.5 · 8 seasons' experience · drafted round 2
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.