Carnell Tate
Buzz vs Tape
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Carnell Tate
Beats you over the top. He has spent three seasons in the Ohio State receiving corps. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Big Ten. The receipt on tape: 183 rec yds, 9 receptions against Minnesota, Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio State, 1,872 receiving yards — drafted at #4 overall by Tennessee.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Ryan Day.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Tennessee2026 NFL rookie season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | 51 | 875 | 17.2 | 9 | -- |
| 2024 | Ohio State | 52 | 733 | 14.1 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | Ohio State | 18 | 264 | 14.7 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 121 | 1,872 | 15.5 | 14 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | 2 | 16 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Ohio State | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Ohio State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 22 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025
W 24–6
at Washington
8 rush yds (1 car)
How he plays
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Camden Brown’s 2025 season.
Matches Camden on
Differs from Camden on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kahtero Summers’s path through Rhode Island.
Matches Kahtero on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Adonai Mitchell's junior season at Texas (2023).
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Differs from Adonai on
Player DNA
Players who play like Carnell Tate
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #69
Peaked at #69 this season.
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+231%
Up 231% from first season to most-recent.