Adam Bates

CAREER: Short but stout offensive lineman who is working as a reserve center…Non-scholarship player who spent the 2003 season as a redshirt working with the scout team…An excellent blocker with a low center of gravity…Made impressive gains in strength and quickness since coming to Miami…Uses his power andleverage to create running lanes…Psychology major.

2003 (REDSHIRT): A member of the Hurricanes’ scout team during his redshirt season in 2003.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterman for head coach Lance Manning at Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Okla….recorded 80 knockdown blocks while playing guard his senior year…he was a second- team All-State and a first-team All-City selection by the DailyOklahoman…first-team All-District 4A-1…played in the Jim Thorpe All-Star Game…was a second-team All-City pick by the Daily Oklahoman as a junior…helped his Deer Creek team to a 10-3 record that included a district championship (3A-2) and a trip to the state semifinals… started as a sophomore on Deer Creek’s state champi-onship team.