Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Florida State
Auden Tate
WR • 6'5" • 225 lbs • Irmo, SC, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Auden Tate reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
94
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Florida State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Florida State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Auden Tate built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Irmo, SC wearing No. 18, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Auden Tate's career was his receiving role: 65...
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- Committed To
- Florida State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 35
- Overall
- No. 253
- NFL Team
- Cincinnati Bengals
Auden Tate, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Florida State. Auden Tate reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 957
- Receptions
- 65
- Touchdowns
- 16
Quick Answers
Auden Tate quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 957
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Florida State
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Wharton · Florida State
- High school pipeline
- A B Shepard · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 7 · Pick 35 · Cincinnati Bengals
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Class 2017
- 2017 Receiving yards rank
- 548 receiving yards · WR 180th (top 19%) · ACC 25th (top 12%) · National 191st (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Florida State | 10 | 25 | 409 | 6 | 63.9 |
| 2017 Postseason | Florida State | 12 | 5 | 84 | 3 | 73.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Florida State | 12 | 35 | 464 | 7 | 73.9 |
Related Context
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Auden Tate played WR for Florida State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Auden Tate recorded 957 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 16 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Florida State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Florida State paired 548 primary output with 75.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 75.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Florida State
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
45.7
Efficiency
75.4
Usage
20.7
Consistency
51.2
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 84. Alabama: 41. NC State: 138. Wake Forest: 47. Miami: 56. Duke: 30. Louisville: 62. Boston College: 12. Clemson: 33. Delaware State: 3. Florida: 19. UL Monroe: 23
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 5 by 100. Alabama: 2 by 100. NC State: 9 by 100. Wake Forest: 2 by 100. Miami: 3 by 100. Duke: 3 by 66.7. Louisville: 5 by 82.7. Boston College: 2 by 40. Clemson: 4 by 55. Delaware State: 1 by 20. Florida: 2 by 63.3. UL Monroe: 2 by 76.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins34.3 · Games = 6 · -22.7 vs Losses
Losses57 · Games = 6 · +22.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
NC State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Southern Miss
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/27 | vs Southern Miss2+ TD | W 42-13 | — | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 16.80 | 3 | 26 |
| Sat 12/2 | vs UL Monroe | W 42-10 | — | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Florida | W 38-22 | — | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 1 | 16 |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Delaware State | W 77-6 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Clemson | L 14-31 | — | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 8.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Boston College | L 3-35 | — | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Louisville | L 28-31 | — | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Duke | W 17-10 | — | 3 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Miami | L 20-24 | — | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 18.70 | 1 | 21 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Wake Forest | W 26-19 | — | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 23.50 | 1 | 40 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs NC State100 receiving yards · High volume | L 21-27 | — | 9 | 138 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 1 | 51 |
| Sun 9/3 | @ Alabama | L 7-24 | — | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 1 | 38 |
Player Story
Auden Tate story
Auden Tate built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Irmo, SC wearing No. 18, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Auden Tate's career was his receiving role: 65 catches, 957 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Florida State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida State.
The arc is straightforward: Auden Tate moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Florida State
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Florida State | 409 | 87.7 | 14.3 | 409 |
| 2017 Postseason | Florida State | 548 | 75.4 | 20.7 | 139 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Florida State | 548 | 75.4 | 20.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs NC State
Week 4 · L 21-27 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
138
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
138 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Boston College
Week 11 · W 45-7 · Conference game
101
Receiving Yards
98.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
101 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Syracuse
Week 12 · W 45-14 · Conference game
77
Receiving Yards
88 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Southern Miss
Week 1 · W 42-13 · Postseason
84
Receiving Yards
82.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
84 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Louisville
Week 8 · L 28-31 · Conference game
62
Receiving Yards
75.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
62 receiving yards with a 82.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Florida State
548 primary output · 75.4 efficiency · 20.7 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Florida State
73.9
548 primary · 75.4 efficiency · 20.7 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Florida State
63.9
409 primary · 87.7 efficiency · 14.3 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
3
2+ TD games
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