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    Tate, who is 6-foot-3, 195 pounds, finishes his three-year career with 1,872 yards receiving and 14 touchdowns. In a program filled with the sport’s top wide receiver prospects, he played in 13 games as a true freshman and flashed star power as a sophomore with 52 catches for 733 yards on Ohio State’s national title winning team.

    Tate’s sophomore year included seven catches against Texas for 87 yards in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

    He projects as the latest OSU first-round receiver; over the past four years, there have been five first-rounders. Ohio State’s run includes both Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave in 2022, Jaxon Smith-Njigba in 2023, Marvin Harrison Jr. in 2024 and Emeka Egbuka last year.

    Last year, OSU was the first team in the common draft era to have wide receivers picked in the first round in four straight years. Tate projects to extend that unprecedented run.

    A veteran NFL scout summed up Tate to ESPN this way: “He’s very smooth, fast and a good athlete. He has good hands and ball skills, as he reminds me of Pro Bowl receiver Chris Chambers, but a taller version, coming out of college.”