
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
Career highs
9catches, career highvs. Minnesota, 2025183receiving yards, career highvs. Minnesota, 20252receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Wisconsin, 2025Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2024
All-America: AP second team 2025
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ohio State | 18 | 264 | 14.7 | 1 | 55 |
| 2024 | Ohio State | 52 | 733 | 14.1 | 4 | 40 |
| 2025 | Ohio State | 51 | 875 | 17.2 | 9 | 57 |
| Career | 121 | 1,872 | 15.5 | 14 | 57 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ohio State | 17 | WR | Fr. | ||
| 2024 | Ohio State | 17 | WR | So. | ||
| 2025 | Ohio State | 17 | WR | Jr. | 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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ohio State | 27 | 0.43 | – | – | 11.5 | 4% |
| 2024 | Ohio State | 61 | 0.95 | 53rd (n=581) | 0.92 | 57.7 | 7% |
| 2025 | Ohio State | 67 | 1.11 | 99th (n=1040) | 0.46 | 74.6 | 10% |
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
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 14–7 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 40 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 70–0 | 5 | 69 | 1 | 40 | – |
| Sep 13 | vs. | W 37–9 | 5 | 101 | 1 | 49 | 8 |
| Sep 27 | at | W 24–6 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| Oct 4 | vs. | W 42–3 | 9 | 183 | 1 | 49 | – |
| Oct 11 | at | W 34–16 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Oct 18 | at | W 34–0 | 6 | 111 | 2 | 33 | – |
| Nov 1 | vs. | W 38–14 | 5 | 124 | 1 | 57 | – |
| Nov 29 | at | W 27–9 | 5 | 82 | 1 | 50 | – |
| Dec 6 | vs. | L 10–13 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 20 | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. | L 14–24 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 15 | – |
2024 Ohio State 15 games, 52 catches, 733 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 52–6 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 34 | – |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 56–0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 36 | – |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 49–14 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 30 | – |
| Sep 28 | at | W 38–7 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 29 | – |
| Oct 12 | at | L 31–32 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 21–17 | 4 | 102 | 1 | 40 | – |
| Nov 2 | at | W 20–13 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Nov 9 | vs. | W 45–0 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| Nov 16 | vs. | W 31–7 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 25 | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 38–15 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 25 | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | L 10–13 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Dec 21 ✦ | vs. | W 42–17 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 41–21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Jan 10 ✦ | vs. | W 28–14 | 7 | 87 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Jan 20 ✦ | vs. | W 34–23 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 20 | – |
2023 Ohio State 11 games, 18 catches, 264 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at | W 23–3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 35–7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 63–10 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 28 | – |
| Oct 7 | vs. | W 37–17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Oct 14 | at | W 41–7 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 55 | – |
| Oct 21 | vs. | W 20–12 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Oct 28 | at | W 24–10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Nov 4 | at | W 35–16 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 38–3 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Nov 18 | vs. | W 37–3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | L 3–14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2026 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2¼″ |
| Weight | 192 lb |
| Arm length | 31¾″ |
| Hand size | 10¼″ |
| Wingspan | 78″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.53 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.61 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.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | Tennessee Titans | 5 | 23 | 274 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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