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.
Baseball career The
San Diego Padres selected Tate in the first round, with the third overall selection, in the
2009 Major League Baseball draft. Tate chose to sign with the Padres for a $6.7 million
signing bonus rather than attend North Carolina. 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. He also underwent treatment for substance abuse. The Padres released Tate after the 2015 season, and he signed with the
Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2016 season. 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.
College football career In 2017, after his release from the minor leagues, Tate returned to college and joined the
Arizona Wildcats football team as a
quarterback. On December 24, 2017, Tate left Arizona to be closer to his family in Georgia. ==Personal life==