Khalil Tate’s 2018 started with so much promise. It ended that way, too. If only all that stuff in the middle—Sports Illustrated, Heisman hype, an injury, growing pains in a new system—didn’t happen.
The Arizona Wildcats were only going to go as far as Tate took them, and it’s safe to say they didn’t go far. The Wildcats finished the season 5-7, missing out on a bowl game in Kevin Sumlin’s first year, leaving everybody who had to sit through multiple games last year with a bad taste in their mouth, but none more than the now-senior quarterback.