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Ivan Yates
Jersey Number 29

Ivan Yates

  • Position:
    Cornerback
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    170
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Roswell, Ga.
  • High School:
    Roswell
  • Prev School:
    Furman
AT COLORADO
2024 (Gr.)
  • Saw action in 11 games, primarily on special teams.
  • Played in seven games on defense, seeing the field for 53 snaps and finished with five tackles.
  • Played on four different special teams groups: kickoff, punt return, punt coverage, and field goal block.
TRANSFER RANKINGS
  • 247 Sports lists him with a transfer rating of .8300 as the No. 1,620 ranked player overall and No. 219 cornerback (as of July 27, 2024).
  • Comes to Colorado as a graduate transfer with one year to play one. 
AT FURMAN (2020-23)
  • Played in 37 games across four seasons at Furman finishing with 93 total tackles, three-and-a-half for loss, one sack,13 pass deflections, one interception, and one forced fumble.
  • Named to the 2022 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
  • He started all 13 games in 2023 with 40 tackles, one tackle for loss, and five pass deflections.
  • Earned playing time in all 13 games in 2022 starting in two. Credited with 35 tackles, six pass breakups, an interception, one sack, and a forced fumble.
  • In 2021 he started the first four games before being sidelined for the rest of the season due to injury. Before injury he had 13 tackles, half a tackle for loss, and one pass deflection.
  • During his freshman campaign he saw the field in seven games as a backup cornerback with five tackles and one tackle for loss.
AT ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL
  • Played for head coach Matt Kemper at Roswell high school in Georgia.
  • Helped lead Roswell to an 8-3 record as a senior, a Region 4-AAAAAAA championship, and a second round playoff appearance.
  • Also competed in track and field.
PERSONAL
  • Son of Nile and Cory Yates.
  • Has a sister, Brooke.
  • Father played football at Texas A&M Commerce.
  • Born on March 3, 2002.
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