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Arizona football: Donavan Tate ‘can definitely compete’ for starting quarterback job

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.