24 Bill Bass

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Name: Bill Bass
Pos: CB
Year: sr
HT: 5’9”
WT: 180
Star: 5
Current Team: Florida State
Seasons: 19, 20, 21, 22

Bass is well known in southeastern Michigan, despite coming from an extremely small town. Growing up in a, surprise, grape farming family, Bass developed strong hands and legs. Bass doubled as a pitcher in high school, being a guy who could strikeout anyone but just could not control his pitches and decided to go full time for football. The joke with Bass is that he locks down receivers so well that they look like a fish out of water on the field.

Just don’t ask him to tackle.

CFSL

Season	Team	G	Tck	TFL	INT	Yds	PD	FF	TD
19	Illinois	9	29	3	4	72	5	0	1
20	Illinois	9	28	4	2	25	2	0	0
21	Florida State	9	42	3	0	0	2	0	0
22	Florida State	7	31	2	3	129	2	1	2
Total	-	34	130	12	9	226	11	1	3

Date	Opponent	Result	Tck	TFL	INT	Yds	Lng	PD	FF	TD	KR	Yds	Lng	PR	Yds	Lng
February 18, 2025	North Carolina	W28–48	3								3	77	29	5	51	16
February 13, 2025	Notre Dame	W31–38	2					1			4	101	28	5	36	13
February 3, 2025	Virginia Tech	L42–38	5		1	8	8	1			4	129	40	2	20	11
January 30, 2025	Clemson	W34–28	5		1	78	78		1	1	3	83	32	5	54	13
January 23, 2025	Colorado	W45–38	6		1	43	43			1	7	163	29	6	52	12
January 14, 2025	Ohio State	L30–31	6								2	68	46	3	32	11
January 7, 2025	Auburn	W30–37	4	2							4	94	25	4	37	12
October 30, 2024	Florida	L51–41	3											3	39	16
October 21, 2024	Miami	W24–45	2											4	29	9
October 16, 2024	Virginia Tech	W38–35	3											11	132	15
October 8, 2024	North Carolina	W42–27	2											3	22	9
October 2, 2024	Clemson	W41–45	7											3	38	17
September 25, 2024	Notre Dame	W48–20	6					2						6	57	15
September 16, 2024	Penn State	W34–24	8	3										2	14	7
September 12, 2024	Florida	L57–38	5											3	23	11
September 2, 2024	LSU	W35–37	6											5	45	11
July 4, 2024	Michigan	L34–62									3	69	26
June 27, 2024	Michigan State	W66–52	2								1	25	25
June 20, 2024	Michigan	L35–42	2								1	29	29
June 13, 2024	West Virginia	W31–32	5		1	8	8	1			1	26	26
June 5, 2024	Oregon	L21–49	6	1							1	30	30
May 27, 2024	USC	L33–30	3								3	69	24
May 22, 2024	Ohio State	W34–63	2		1	17	17				2	45	23
May 15, 2024	Kentucky	L28–56									3	58	23
May 7, 2024	Penn State	L44–31	8	3				1			4	103	30
March 7, 2024	USC	L34–29	4		1	2	2	1
February 29, 2024	North Carolina	W41–38	4	1
February 22, 2024	Ohio State	W61–13	6		1	41	41			1
February 14, 2024	Washington	W31–52	2
February 5, 2024	Michigan	W32–51	4
January 29, 2024	Penn State	W45–42	4		1	26	26	2
January 24, 2024	USC	W50–31	3	1	1	3	3
January 16, 2024	Cincinnati	W14–52						1
January 11, 2024	Oregon	W10–63	2	1				1

Defensive

Tackles

Rank	Record	Game
1	8	PSU vs ILL
2	8	FSU vs PSU
3	7	CLEM vs FSU

Tackles For Loss

Rank	Record	Game
1	3	PSU vs ILL
2	3	FSU vs PSU
3	2	AUB vs FSU

Passes Defended

Rank	Record	Game
1	2	FSU vs ND
2	2	ILL vs PSU
3	1	WVU vs ILL

Defensive Interceptions

Rank	Record	Game
1	1	WVU vs ILL
2	1	OSU vs ILL
3	1	ILL vs OSU

Yards Gained on Interceptions

Rank	Record	Game
1	78	FSU vs CLEM
2	43	FSU vs COL
3	41	ILL vs OSU

Forced Fumbles

Rank	Record	Game
1	1	FSU vs CLEM

Returns

Kick returns

Rank	Record	Game
1	7	FSU vs COL
2	4	PSU vs ILL
3	4	AUB vs FSU

Kick return yards

Rank	Record	Game
1	163	FSU vs COL
2	129	VT vs FSU
3	103	PSU vs ILL

Longest kick return

Rank	Record	Game
1	46	FSU vs OSU
2	40	VT vs FSU
3	32	FSU vs CLEM

Punt returns

Rank	Record	Game
1	11	FSU vs VT
2	6	FSU vs COL
3	6	FSU vs ND

Punt return yards

Rank	Record	Game
1	132	FSU vs VT
2	57	FSU vs ND
3	54	FSU vs CLEM

Punt return long

Rank	Record	Game
1	17	CLEM vs FSU
2	16	PLAYOFFS – FLA vs FSU
3	16	UNC vs FSU

Florida State CB Bill Bass breaking on the outside pass to get his hands up for the pick

Florida State CB Bill Bass snagging the interception and taking it back for six

Florida State CB Bill Bass knocking the ball loose to force the fumble

Florida State CB Bill Bass leaping to make the interception and return it for six

Illinois CB Bill Bass playing in coverage across the middle

Illinois CB Bill Bass deep in coverage to go up and snag the interception

Illinois CB Bill Bass going up to snag the interception

Illinois CB Bill Bass leaping up in front of the receiver to make the interception

Illinois CB Bill Bass stepping in front of the receiver for the interception taking it back for six

Illinois CB Bill Bass jumping the pass in the endzone to take the interception away

Illinois CB Bill Bass snagging the interception away from the receiver

Award	Season
Defensive POTW	22