Carnell Tate with the Tennessee Titans, 2026
With the Tennessee Titans, 2026. Photo: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Ohio State, 2023–⁠25

Carnell Tate

Number
No. 17
Height
6′3″
Weight
195 lb
Class (2025)
Junior
Hometown
Chicago, IL
Born
Jan 19, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois

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Carnell Tate played receiver at Ohio State (2023–⁠25). The Tennessee Titans took Tate in the first round, No. 4 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
875
Receiving yards, 2025 (Ohio State, 12–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 4
Overall, 2026 NFL Draft (Tennessee Titans)

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Minnesota, 2025183receiving yards, career highvs. Minnesota, 20252receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Wisconsin, 2025

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2024

All-America: AP second team 2025

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2023Ohio State1826414.7155
2024Ohio State5273314.1440
2025Ohio State5187517.2957
Career1211,87215.51457

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2023Ohio State17WRFr.
2024Ohio State17WRSo.
2025Ohio State17WRJr.6′3″195

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2023Ohio State270.43––11.54%
2024Ohio State610.9553rd (n=581)0.9257.77%
2025Ohio State671.1199th (n=1040)0.4674.610%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Ohio State 11 games, 51 catches, 875 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.TexasW 14–⁠7249140–
Sep 6vs.GramblingW 70–⁠0569140–
Sep 13vs.OhioW 37–⁠951011498
Sep 27atWashingtonW 24–⁠63330118
Oct 4vs.MinnesotaW 42–⁠39183149–
Oct 11atIllinoisW 34–⁠16441011–
Oct 18atWisconsinW 34–⁠06111233–
Nov 1vs.Penn StateW 38–⁠145124157–
Nov 29atMichiganW 27–⁠9582150–
Dec 6vs.IndianaL 10–⁠13445120–
Dec 31 ✦vs.MiamiL 14–⁠24337015–
2024 Ohio State 15 games, 52 catches, 733 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.AkronW 52–⁠6458134–
Sep 7vs.Western MichiganW 56–⁠0345036–
Sep 21vs.MarshallW 49–⁠14464030–
Sep 28atMichigan StateW 38–⁠7352029–
Oct 12atOregonL 31–⁠32113013–
Oct 26vs.NebraskaW 21–⁠174102140–
Nov 2atPenn StateW 20–⁠1321508–
Nov 9vs.PurdueW 45–⁠06560176
Nov 16vs.NorthwesternW 31–⁠7452225–
Nov 23vs.IndianaW 38–⁠15468025–
Nov 30vs.MichiganL 10–⁠13658013–
Dec 21 ✦vs.TennesseeW 42–⁠17118018–
Jan 1 ✦vs.OregonW 41–⁠21110010–
Jan 10 ✦vs.TexasW 28–⁠14787018–
Jan 20 ✦vs.Notre DameW 34–⁠23235020–
2023 Ohio State 11 games, 18 catches, 264 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2atIndianaW 23–⁠3115015–
Sep 9vs.Youngstown StateW 35–⁠7120020–
Sep 16vs.Western KentuckyW 63–⁠10240128–
Oct 7vs.MarylandW 37–⁠171808–
Oct 14atPurdueW 41–⁠7379055–
Oct 21vs.Penn StateW 20–⁠12321015–
Oct 28atWisconsinW 24–⁠10114014–
Nov 4atRutgersW 35–⁠16231022–
Nov 11vs.Michigan StateW 38–⁠3226019–
Nov 18vs.MinnesotaW 37–⁠31606–
Dec 29 ✦vs.MissouriL 3–⁠141404–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2026
Height6′2¼″
Weight192 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size10¼″
Wingspan78″
40-yard dash4.53 s
10-yard split1.61 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

1 season, 5 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2026 (so far)Tennessee Titans5232740

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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