Ben Tate is the all-time leading rusher in Maryland High School Football history.
Ben Tate averaged 10.9 yards per carry in high school (good lord).
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TATE (real name) AVERAGED 12 YARDS PER CARRY HIS SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.
Ben Tate was the 44th rated recruit and 12th best running back in America coming out of HS and chose Auburn over Maryland and Penn State. That year’s runningback class included Shady McCoy, Beanie Wells, CJ Spiller, and DeMarco Murray because in 2006 kids still wanted to play runningback.
Ben Tate was the prototypical early 00’s back.