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American football and baseball player
Donovan Tate Born: (1990-09-27 ) September 27, 1990 (age 33)
Cartersville, Georgia Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 205 lb (93 kg) College
Donavan Reed Tate (born September 27, 1990) is an American former
college football
quarterback for the
University of Arizona Wildcats . Previously, he was a
Minor League Baseball
outfielder who was selected third overall by the
San Diego Padres in the
2009 Major League Baseball draft .
Career
High school career
Tate attended Cartersville High School in
Cartersville, Georgia . He played
baseball and
American football for Cartersville, and was named a High School
All-American in both sports. In his senior year, he broke a rib playing football. Tate committed to play baseball and
college football for the
North Carolina Tar Heels .
[1]
Baseball career
The
San Diego Padres selected Tate in the first round, with the third overall selection, in the
2009 Major League Baseball draft .
[2]
[3] Tate chose to sign with the Padres for a $6.7 million
signing bonus rather than attend North Carolina.
[4] His professional baseball career was limited by injuries. In his first two seasons, he had surgery for a sports hernia, broke his jaw, and sprained a shoulder.
[5] He also underwent treatment for substance abuse.
[6]
[7] The Padres released Tate after the 2015 season, and he signed with the
Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2016 season.
[8] He played six seasons in
Minor League Baseball , but never played above
Class A-Advanced , last playing for the
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes before being released by the Dodgers in 2016.
[9]
[10]
In 2017, after his release from the minor leagues, Tate returned to college and joined the
Arizona Wildcats football team as a
quarterback .
[11] On December 24, 2017, Tate left Arizona to be closer to his family in Georgia.
[12]
Personal life
Tate is the son of former NFL tailback
Lars Tate .
[13] He is married and has four children.
[14]
References
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"Dual-sport star Donavan Tate makes it look easy" . Espn.com . April 1, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
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"Tate is front and center" . Utsandiego.com. June 10, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
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"Tate brings tools, no trials" . Utsandiego.com. June 9, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
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Friars sign No. 3 overall Draft pick Tate . MLB (August 17, 2009). Retrieved on 2011-07-09.
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"Tate ready to prove he can play injury-free season - News-Sentinel.com" . www.news-sentinel.com . Archived from
the original on November 25, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2022 .
^ Brock, Corey (January 20, 2016).
"Former first-round Draft pick Donavan Tate rebooting San Diego Padres career" . MLB. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
^ Calcaterra, Craig (June 18, 2013).
"Donovan Tate, a spring training no-show, has finally returned to the Padres organization" . NBC Sports. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
^ Barry Lewis (January 18, 2016).
"Pro baseball: Dodgers assign former Padres' top draft choice to Drillers | Pro Baseball" . tulsaworld.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
^
"Donavan Tate" . Milb.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
^ Dorman, Daryll (January 24, 2016).
"Catching up with 2009 Padres Draft Pick Donavan Tate" . Friarsonbase.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
^ Lev, Michael (May 4, 2017).
"Donavan Tate, former MLB megaprospect, to join Arizona Wildcats as walk-on QB | Arizona Wildcats football" . tucson.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
^ Lev, Michael (December 24, 2017).
"QB Donavan Tate no longer with Arizona Wildcats; family reasons cited for departure" .
^
ArizonaVarsity.com – Donavan Tate: Two Sport Star
Archived July 15, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine . Arizonavarsity.rivals.com. Retrieved on July 9, 2011.
^
"Padres' Donavan Tate starting anew in Lake Elsinore" . The San Diego Union-Tribune . July 23, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
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