Receiver, Notre Dame, 2007–09
Golden Tate
- Number
- No. 23
- Height
- 5′11″
- Hometown
- Hendersonville, TN
- Born
- Aug 2, 1988, in Hendersonville, Tennessee
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Golden Tate played receiver at Notre Dame (2007–09). He won the 2009 Biletnikoff Award. He finished 10th in the 2009 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2009. The Seattle Seahawks took Tate in round 2, No. 60 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
11catches, career highvs. Boston College, 2009244receiving yards, career highvs. Washington, 20093receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Stanford, 2009Honors
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007* | Notre Dame | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 1 | 43 |
| 2008* | Notre Dame | 58 | 1,080 | 18.6 | 10 | 69 |
| 2009 | Notre Dame | 93 | 1,496 | 16.1 | 15 | 78 |
| Career | 157 | 2,707 | 17.2 | 26 | 78 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008* | Notre Dame | – | – | – | 24 | 116 | 0 |
| 2009 | Notre Dame | 3 | 62 | 0 | 32 | 171 | 1 |
| Career | 3 | 62 | 0 | 56 | 287 | 1 | |
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007* | Notre Dame | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008* | Notre Dame | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 1 | 24 |
| 2009 | Notre Dame | 25 | 186 | 7.4 | 2 | 33 |
| Career | 31 | 227 | 7.3 | 3 | 33 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Notre Dame | 23 | WR | |
| 2008 | Notre Dame | 23 | WR | |
| 2009 | Notre Dame | 23 | WR | 5′11″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2009 Notre Dame 12 games, 93 catches, 1,496 yards, 15 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Nevada | W 35–0 | 3 | 59 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 12 | at Michigan | L 34–38 | 9 | 115 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 19 | vs. Michigan State | W 33–30 | 7 | 127 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 26 | at Purdue | W 24–21 | 5 | 57 | 0 | – | – | 4 |
| Oct 3 | vs. Washington | W 37–30 | 9 | 244 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Oct 17 | vs. USC | L 27–34 | 8 | 117 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 2 |
| Oct 24 | vs. Boston College | W 20–16 | 11 | 128 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 31 | vs. Washington State | W 40–14 | 4 | 80 | 1 | – | – | 6 |
| Nov 7 | vs. Navy | L 21–23 | 9 | 132 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 14 | at Pittsburgh | L 22–27 | 9 | 113 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Nov 21 | vs. UConn | L 30–33 | 9 | 123 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Nov 28 | at Stanford | L 38–45 | 10 | 201 | 3 | – | – | 1 |
2008 Notre Dame 13 games, 58 catches, 1,080 yards, 10 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. San Diego State | W 21–13 | 6 | 93 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 13 | vs.Michigan | W 35–17 | 4 | 127 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 20 | atMichigan State | L 7–23 | 5 | 83 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 27 | vs.Purdue | W 38–21 | 5 | 64 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 4 | vs.Stanford | W 28–21 | 3 | 30 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 11 | at North Carolina | L 24–29 | 5 | 121 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 25 | atWashington | W 33–7 | 3 | 47 | 0 | – | – | 4 |
| Nov 1 | vs.Pittsburgh | L 33–36 | 6 | 111 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Nov 8 | atBoston College | L 0–17 | 6 | 66 | 0 | – | – | 5 |
| Nov 15 | vs.Navy | W 27–21 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Nov 22 | vs. Syracuse | L 23–24 | 7 | 146 | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 29 | atUSC | L 3–38 | 2 | 15 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Dec 24 ✦ | vs. Hawai’i | W 49–21 | 6 | 177 | 3 | – | – | 2 |
2007 Notre Dame 5 games, 6 catches, 131 yards, 1 TD
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10¼″ |
| Weight | 199 lb |
| Arm length | 30½″ |
| Hand size | 9¼″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.42 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.54 sW |
| Vertical jump | 35″ |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ |
| Bench press | 17 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.12 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.34 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 159 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.
Pro Bowl: 2014
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Seattle Seahawks | 11 | 21 | 227 | 0 |
| 2011 | Seattle Seahawks | 15 | 35 | 382 | 3 |
| 2012 | Seattle Seahawks | 15 | 45 | 688 | 7 |
| 2013 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 64 | 898 | 5 |
| 2014 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 99 | 1,331 | 4 |
| 2015 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 90 | 813 | 6 |
| 2016 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 91 | 1,077 | 4 |
| 2017 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 92 | 1,003 | 5 |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Eagles | 15 | 74 | 795 | 4 |
| 2019 | New York Giants | 11 | 49 | 676 | 6 |
| 2020 | New York Giants | 12 | 35 | 388 | 2 |
| NFL career | 159 | 695 | 8,278 | 46 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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