He’s 26 years old and his teammates call him “Grandpops,” but Donavan Tate is the least experienced quarterback on the Arizona Wildcats’ roster, to say the least.
A former Minor League Baseball player, Tate has not played organized football since 2008 when he was a senior at Cartersville High School in Georgia.
So to say Tate has a long way to go to get up to speed for Pac-12 football would be an understatement. However, Rich Rodriguez said the walk-on “can definitely compete” for the Wildcats’ starting quarterback job.
“He’s a grown man,” Rodriguez said of the 6-foot-2, 207-pound freshman.