Millersville

Career Highlights

• 2X All-PSAC East First Team (2021, 2022)
• Harlon Hill Trophy Nominee (2021)
• Gene Upshaw Award Nominee (2022)
• PSAC East Athlete of the Week (Oct. 4, 2021)

2022 (Redshirt Senior)

• Became the first Millersville defensive lineman named All-PSAC East First Team twice since 1994
• Served as a team captain for the second season in a row
• Ranked sixth in the PSAC in tackles for loss with 15 1/2 and ranked sixth in total sacks with 6 1/2 despite playing end in a three-man front
• Totaled 31 tackles for loss and 17 1/2 sacks over his final 22 games at Millersville
• Recorded a team-high seven quarterback hurries
• Key member of a defense that helped Millersville hold opponents to 20 points or fewer in its five victories
• Ranked fourth on the team in total tackles and first among all defensive linemen
• Recorded at least one TFL in nine games an closed the season with 8 1/2 TFL and 3 1/2 sacks in the final four games
• Recorded double-digit tackles against Slippery Rock and West Chester
• Made a season-high three TFL against West Chester
• Closed his Millersville career with 2 1/2 TFL and 1 1/2 sacks against Seton Hill

2021 (Redshirt Junior)

• Breakout season for the defensive tackle, ranking second in the PSAC and 10th in Division II in sacks with 11
• Ranked fourth in the PSAC in tackles for loss per game (1.41), totaling 15 1/2 on the season
• The first Marauder since 1999 to total double-digit sacks in a season
• Voted a team captain and award the jersey No. 0 after fall camp for his leadership and performance
• Totaled 70 tackles, ranking third on the team despite playing on the interior defensive line
• Led the team in quarterback hurries with 10 and led the team in forced fumbles with three
• Recorded at least one TFL in nine of 11 games and at least a half-sack in eight games
• Totaled a season-high nine tackles against both American International and Lock Haven
• Recorded 2 1/2 sacks and 3 1/2 TFL against nationally ranked Cal U
• Recorded 2 1/2 TFl and four QB hurries against West Chester
• Set a career high with 3 1/2 sacks and forced two fumbles against Lock Haven
• Recorded a safety against in the opener against AIC
• Forced a momentum-changing fumble against Lock Haven that was returned for a defensive touchdown

2019 (Sophomore)

• Led the team in quarterback hurries (3)
• Set a career high eight tackles in a game against West Chester on Sept. 28

2018 (Wesley)

• Totaled 30 tackles and a half sack
• Recorded a season-high five tackles against Southern Virginia and against Frostburg State

High School

• Totaled over 300 tackles and 40 sacks in career
• Named PAC-10 Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2017
• All-league selection as a junior and senior
• Also lettered in basketball

About The Marauder 

• Why Millersville: A coach took a chance on me so I believed in him.
• Off the field hobbies: Playing basketball
• Favorite professional athletes: Me, soon
• Pregame ritual: Watching YouTube

Personal

• Given name is Tyler
• Son of Tyrone Tate and Nakia Jones-Tate
• Father, Tyrone, played football at Cheyney and was a nationally-ranked professional boxer
• Uncle, Derrick Jones, was a member of six NFL teams
• Cousins Marquise Weeks and Bo Tate played running back in the NFL
• Majoring in communications