Receiver, Western Illinois, 2018–⁠21

Tony Tate

Number: No. 21
Height: 5′8″
Weight: 170 lb
Hometown: DeKalb, IL

Tony Tate played receiver at Western Illinois (2018–⁠21).

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

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Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2018	Western Illinois	3	68	22.7	1	49
2019	Western Illinois	4	45	11.3	1	26
2021	Western Illinois	2	−1	−0.5	0	2
Career		9	112	12.4	2	49

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds
2018	Western Illinois	2	34
2021	Western Illinois	2	30
Career		4	64

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2018	Western Illinois	3	41	13.7	0	18
2019	Western Illinois	4	18	4.5	0	10
2021	Western Illinois	2	1	0.5	1	1
Career		9	60	6.7	1	18

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht	Wt
2018	Western Illinois	21	WR
2019	Western Illinois	21	WR
2021	Western Illinois	21	WR	5′8″	170

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
2018	Western Illinois (FCS)	11	0.23	–	–	2.6	–
2019	Western Illinois (FCS)	10	0.33	–	–	3.3	–
2021	Western Illinois (FCS)	5	0.22	–	–	1.1	–

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

2021 Western Illinois 1 game, 2 catches, −1 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds
Sep 2	atBall State	L 21–⁠31	2	−1	0	2	30

2019 Western Illinois 1 game, 4 catches, 45 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds
Sep 7	atColorado State	L 13–⁠38	4	45	1	–	–

No box score in the source for Aug 30 at North Alabama; Sep 14 vs. Montana State; Sep 21 vs. Tennessee Tech; Oct 5 vs. Missouri State; Oct 12 at Indiana State; Oct 19 vs. Illinois State; Oct 26 at Youngstown State; Nov 2 vs. South Dakota; Nov 9 at North Dakota State; Nov 16 vs. Southern Illinois; Nov 23 at Northern Iowa, so those games are not listed.

2018 Western Illinois 1 game, 3 catches, 68 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds
Sep 8	atIllinois	L 14–⁠34	3	68	1	2	34

No box score in the source for Aug 31 at Montana State; Sep 15 vs. Montana; Sep 29 vs. Youngstown State; Oct 6 at Illinois State; Oct 13 vs. North Dakota State; Oct 20 at Missouri State; Oct 27 vs. Northern Iowa; Nov 3 at Southern Illinois; Nov 10 at South Dakota; Nov 17 vs. Indiana State, so those games are not listed.

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

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