- Originally a 2nd-round (60th pick overall) draft choice by the Seattle Seahawks in 2010…Signed as a free agent by the Detroit Lions on March 12, 2014…Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2019 3rd-round draft choice on Oct. 20, 2018…Signed as a free agent by the Giants on March 14, 2019.
- Tate has played in 137 regular-season games with 100 starts for Seattle, Detroit and Philadelphia, and has played in at least 15 games in each of the previous 8 years…Career totals include 611 receptions for 7,214 yards and 38 touchdowns…His 611 catches tied tight end Jimmy Graham for 11th among active players at the end of the 2018 season.
- Tate has played in 11 postseason games with 8 starts, and he has 35 catches for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns…He was a member of the Seahawks team that crushed Denver in Super Bowl XLVIII (in MetLife Stadium), and he was a Pro Bowler in his first season with the Lions in 2014 when he had career-high totals of 99 receptions for 1,331 yards. It was the first of 4 consecutive seasons in which he caught at least 90 passes, and 1 of 3 in which he exceeded 1,000 yards.
- In 2018, Tate played 7 games for the Lions before being traded to the Eagles, with whom he played another 8 games, plus 2 in the playoffs. He totaled 74 receptions for 795 yards and 4 touchdowns…Had a career-long 30-yard run at Miami (10/21)…Finished with season-high totals of 8 catches for 132 yards and 2 touchdowns for Detroit at Dallas (9/30)…Caught 7 passes for 109 yards at San Francisco (9/16)…Made his debut with Philadelphia vs. Dallas (11/11) and had 2 receptions for 19 yards, ending his streak of 35 consecutive games with at least 3 catches…Tallied 4 receptions for 39 yards vs. the Giants (11/25)…Tate’s 7 receptions for 85 yards and 1 touchdown vs. Washington (12/3) were his season-high totals with the Eagles…Caught 5 passes for 46 yards, including a 4th-down, 2-yarder from Nick Foles for the game-winning touchdown in an NFC Wild Card Game in Chicago (1/6).
- In 2017, played in 16 games with 12 starts in his final full season with Detroit…Recorded 92 receptions – his 4th consecutive season with 90+ catches – for 1,003 yards and 5 touchdowns…Became the first player in Lions history and the 7th player in NFL history to record 90+ receptions in 4 consecutive seasons…Began the year with a season-high 10 receptions for 107 yards vs. Arizona (9/10)… Amassed 7 receptions for 96 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown, at New Orleans (10/15)…Registered a season-best 113 yards on 7 catches at Green Bay (11/6)… Concluded the year with 7 receptions for 104, including a season-long 71-yard touchdown, vs. Green Bay (12/31).
- In 2016, started all 16 regular-season games for the 3rd consecutive season, and the NFC Wild Card Game…Caught 91 passes for 1,077 yards and 4 touchdowns…Recorded a career-high 165 yards and 1 touchdown on 8 receptions vs. the Rams (10/16)…Tied his career high with 11 catches, for 79 yards, including a 28-yard touchdown, at Minnesota (11.6)...Registered 8 catches for 122 yards, including a 67-yarder, at the Giants (12/18)…Had 3 receptions for 25 yards in the postseason game at Seattle (1/7).
- In 2015, started all 16 games and finished with 90 catches for 813 yards and 6 touchdowns…Also contributed a career-high 41 rushing yards on 6 carries…Caught a season-high 9 passes for 60 yards and tied his career-high with 2 touchdowns at St. Louis (12/13)…Followed that with 6 receptions for 45 yards and 2 more scores at New Orleans (12/21), the only time in his career he has scored multiple touchdowns in back-to-back games.
- In 2014, started all 16 regular-season games for the first time and the NFC Wild Card Game in his first season in Detroit…Posted career-high totals of 99 receptions and 1,331 yards and scored 4 touchdowns…Exceeded 100 yards 5 times in a 6-game span, including in 3 consecutive games…Caught 10 passes for a season-high 154 yards, including a season-long 73-yard touchdown, vs. New Orleans (10/19)…Followed that with a 7-catch, 151-yard performance that included a 59-yard touchdown at Atlanta (10/26)…Became the 3rd Lions player to ever record 150+ receiving yards in consecutive games…In the Lions’ next game, set a career high with 11 catches for 109 yards vs. Miami (11/8).
- In his final season in Seattle in 2013, played in all 16 games with 13 starts, and played in 3 postseason games with 2 starts for a Seahawks team that won the Super Bowl…Caught 64 passes for 898 yards and 5 touchdowns in the regular season, and 8 for 621 yards in the playoffs…Had 3 receptions for 17 yards in a victory against Denver in Super Bowl XLVIII…Recorded season-high totals of 6 catches for 106 yards, including a 6-yard touchdown, at Atlanta (11/10).
- In 2012, started all 15 games in which he played after being inactive for the season opener with an ankle injury…Also played in 2 postseason games with 1 start…Caught a career-high 7 touchdown passes while finishing with 45 receptions for 688 yards…Registered career postseason high totals with 10 catches for 138 yards and 1 touchdown…Scored both of Seattle’s touchdowns, on 41 and 24-yard receptions, the latter on the game’s final play, in a 14-12 victory vs. Green Bay (9/24)…Tallied a season-high 7 receptions at Detroit (10/28)…Had touchdown catches of 6 and 11 yards in a victory vs. Minnesota (11/4)…Recorded a season-best 103 receiving yards on 3 catches vs. St. Louis (12/30)…Caught 6 passes for 103 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown, in the Seahawks’ NFC Wild Card Game loss in Atlanta (1/13).
- In 2011, played in all 16 games for the first time with 5 starts…Finished the season with 35 receptions for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns…Scored his first career touchdown on an 8-yard catch vs. San Francisco (9/11)…Also scored in back-to-back games vs. Washington (11/27) and Philadelphia (12/1)…Finished with season-high totals of 5 receptions at Arizona (1/1) and 61 yards at Chicago (12/18).
- As a rookie in 2010, played in 11 games and finished with 21 catches for 227 yards…Also played in 2 postseason games with 1 start and had 1 catch for 5 yards…Made his NFL debut at Denver (9/19) and caught 1 pass for 52 yards – his highest single-game yardage total of the year…Had a season-high 4 receptions for 33 yards vs. San Diego (9/26)…Had one 5-yard catch in his postseason debut in the NFC Wild Card Game vs. New Orleans (1/8).
- Played in 37 games with 22 starts at Notre Dame… Career totals included 157 receptions, 2,707 receiving yards and 26 touchdowns…The 157 catches placed him 3rd in Fighting Irish history…Established the school’s single-season record with 93 receptions as a junior in his final season in 2009…Was a consensus first-team All-America and the recipient of the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation’s premier wide receiver…Shared team Most Valuable Player honors with quarterback Jimmy Clausen…Set the school season-record with nine 100-yard receiving performances and became the first Irish player to register two 200-yard receiving games in both a season and career…When he left Notre Dame, Tate was 8th on school’s career list with 909 yards on kickoff returns and 2nd with 4,130 all-purpose yards…Also played 2 seasons of baseball for the Irish…In 2008, played in 18 games and hit .262 batting average with 3 doubles and 3 stolen bases…In 2009, played both centerfield and left field in 55 games and batted .329 and ranked 3rd on the team with 45 runs scored…Succeeded on 13 of 14 stolen base attempts…His 73 hits (in 222 at-bats) included 8 doubles, 4 triples, 1 home run and 21 runs batted in.
- Represented his Golden Future Foundation for the My Cause My Cleats NFL Initiative. Started the Golden Future Foundation to provide support to American Heroes through resources, energy and time…Hosts an annual “Stars and Strikes” bowling tournament to raise money for Afghanistan Veterans of America and Pets for Vets…Participated in the 2016 NFL USO Tour, visiting US troops in Kuwait and Germany…Packed 1,000+ care packages with front office staff, coaches and teammates that were donated to My Sisters’ Place, a safe haven for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking…Hosted The Golden Tate Football Camp for youth athletes in Hendersonville, Tenn.
- Tate and his wife, Elise, have a daughter, Londyn, and a son, Golden IV…Attended Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville, Tenn….Was a USA Today 2nd-team All-America selection on defense…As a senior, rushed for 1,413 yards and 23 touchdowns on 140 carries and added 28 receptions for 510 yards and 6 scores…Also intercepted 3 passes as a defensive back…Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 42nd round of the 2007 MLB Draft…Father, Golden Tate, Jr., played wide receiver at Tennessee State and was a 5th-round pick by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1984 NFL Draft.
