Mario Bates
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| Position: | Running Back |
Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | January 16, 1973 |
| Place of birth: | Victoria, Texas |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 239 lb (108 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Tucson (AZ) Amphitheater |
| College: | Arizona State |
| NFL draft: | 1994 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44 |
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Mario Doniel Bates (born January 16, 1973) is a former American football running back in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, and the Detroit Lions. His brother, Michael also played in the NFL.[1]
Playing for the 1993 Arizona State Sun Devils, he carried the ball 246 times for 1,162 yards with 8 TD in just 11 games. He became a 2nd Round pick in the 1994 NFL Draft.[2]