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Arizona’s Khalil Tate has the tools to make it as a receiver in the NFL — as well as role models

Yogi Roth might be one of the last people to have seen Khalil Tate run a pass route.

Tate participated in the Elite 11 competition during the summer of 2015, before his senior year of high school. He played quarterback, receiver and defensive back. Roth, a Pac-12 Networks analyst, has served as an Elite 11 coach and TV host.

“I was like, ‘Wow, he’s talented. This guy can do anything,’ ” Roth said Monday.

Tate enrolled at Arizona the following winter, hellbent on playing quarterback. He started 29 games at the position for the Wildcats, authoring an unforgettable if ultimately unfulfilling career.