SAN FRANCISCO – The Donavan Tate experiment, at least at Arizona, is over.
The MLB draft bust-turned-college quarterback has left the program, Wildcats coach Rich Rodriguez confirmed Sunday. Rodriguez said Tate – no relation to UA starting QB Khalil Tate – wanted to be closer to his family in Georgia. Tate has a wife and three small kids.
“It’s been tough on him,” Rodriguez said. “I love Donavan. He’s a great young man.”
Rodriguez said Tate, 27, might try to play somewhere closer to his hometown of Cartersville, which is about 45 miles northwest of Atlanta.