On paper, Carnell Tate isn’t a player who should be flying under the radar for Ohio State fans.
He enters his sophomore year with the pedigree of a top-60 prospect in the 247Sports composite and was a five-star according to 247Sports' own rankings. Tate made good on some opportunities to flash as a freshman with 18 catches for 264 yards, including a 79-yard performance at Purdue while Emeka Egbuka was out with an ankle injury.
But with a freshman generating as much excitement as a freshman ever has at Tate’s position in Jeremiah Smith, Tate is perhaps not talked about as much as he would normally be in Ohio State’s fan circles.