Khalil Tate

Khalil Tate (born October 23, 1998) is an American former football quarterback. He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as a wide receiver in 2020.

Early life Tate attended Junípero Serra High School in Gardena, California. As a senior, he had over 2,000 passing and 2,000 rushing yards and accounted for 43 touchdowns. Tate was a consensus 4-star recruit and named a top-ten dual threat quarterback by ESPN. On March 16, 2015, Tate committed to play college football for the University of Arizona.

College career

In 2016, at only 17 years old, Tate started his college career as a true freshman at Arizona. He became the first true freshman to start a game at Arizona since Willie Tuitama in 2005. Two weeks later he made his first career start against USC and completed seven of 18 passes for 58 yards with an interception and added 72 rushing yards and a touchdown. For the season, Tate completed 18 of 45 passes for 243 yards, three touchdowns, three interceptions and rushed for 237 yards over 49 carries with one touchdown.

Tate entered his sophomore season in 2017 as the backup to Brandon Dawkins. When Dawkins went down with an injury early against Colorado, Tate relieved him for the remainder of the game. During the game, he rushed for an FBS quarterback-record 327 yards, breaking the previous record of 321 held by Jordan Lynch. Following his performance, Tate was awarded the Pac-12 Offensive player of the week and would be named starting quarterback. He would follow up his opening performance with wins over UCLA, Cal, and Washington State eventually being named Pac-12 Offensive player of the week for four consecutive weeks – setting a conference record.

Tate entered his senior season as the full-time starter for the Wildcats. He made his season debut against Hawaii, narrowly losing 38–45. Tate completed 22 of 39 attempts for 361 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions.

Statistics Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD INT Rtg Att Yds Avg TD 2016 Arizona 7 1 0–1 18 45 40.0 243 5.4 3 3 94.0 49 237 4.8 1 2017 Arizona 11 8 4–4 111 179 62.0 1,591 8.9 14 9 152.4 153 1,411 9.2 12 2018 Arizona 11 11 5–6 170 302 56.3 2,530 8.4 26 8 149.8 74 224 3.0 2 2019 Arizona 11 9 3–6 160 266 60.2 1,954 7.3 14 11 131.0 90 413 4.6 3Career 40 29 12–17 459 792 58.0 6,318 8.0 57 31 140.9 366 2,285 6.2 18

Awards and honors AP Pac-12 Newcomer Player of the Year (2017) 4× Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (2017) All-Pac-12 Academic Honorable Mention (2017) All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2017)

Professional career

Philadelphia Eagles On April 26, 2020, the Philadelphia Eagles signed Tate as an undrafted free agent with the intention of converting him to wide receiver. He was waived on July 20. On January 13, 2021, Tate signed a reserve/futures contract with the Eagles. He was waived on June 9.

Edmonton Elks On January 18, 2022, Tate signed with the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a quarterback. He was released at the start of training camp on May 15.

Toronto Argonauts On July 27, 2022, Tate signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Tate was released by the Argos on August 9. He did not make an appearance for the Argonauts during the 2022 season.

Edmonton Elks (second stint) Tate returned to the Elks on March 21, 2023. On May 28, he was released by the Elks as part of the training camp roster cuts. The Elks brought Tate back on June 27.