#18

Auden Tate

Former wide receiver at Florida State. 2017: 40 catches, 548 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Florida State · #18

6′5″ · 225 lb · Irmo, SC

Cincinnati — drafted 2018, Rd 7, Pick 35, #253 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 265 nationally · Signed with Florida State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Florida State. 2017: 40 catches, 548 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida State in 2015.
Drafted round 7 by the Cincinnati in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Florida State, 957 receiving yards — drafted at #253 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 101 yds vs Boston College.Boston College · W 45-72016

2015

Signed with Florida State4-star out of Wharton

2018

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 7, pick 253

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#265 national

CFB

College

Florida State

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #253

Cincinnati · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Jimbo Fisher

Florida State

2017

Odell Haggins

Florida State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jimbo Fisher → Odell Haggins. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 9th NFL season

#253Rd 7 · Pick 35

CincinnatiEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Florida State10-3HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2017Florida State7-6HC: Odell Haggins · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (97th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#14 / 539 · 97th pct

Receptions#174 / 539 · 67th pct

Rec yards#177 / 539 · 67th pct

548

Long catch#235 / 539 · 56th pct

Yards / catch#247 / 539 · 53rd pct

13.7

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.2	61.0	13.0	1.0
Road6g	2.5	30.3	13.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	66.0	17.5	1.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	25.3	8.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Florida State	40	548	13.7	10	--
2016	Florida State	25	409	16.4	6	--
Career		65	957	14.7	16	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2017

W 26–19

at Wake Forest

2 rec · 47 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With K. Gavin — 1 rec · 43 yds · L. Tyler — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 39 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-24@ Alabama	2	41	20.5	1	38	3 TD catches
Wk 4	L 21-27vs NC State	9	138	15.3	1	51	Season-high 138 yds
Wk 5	W 26-19@ Wake Forest	2	47	23.5	1	40
Wk 6	L 20-24vs Miami	3	56	18.7	1	21
Wk 7	W 17-10@ Duke	3	30	10.0	1	20
Wk 8	L 28-31vs Louisville	5	62	12.4	0	17
Wk 9	L 3-35@ Boston College	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 11	L 14-31@ Clemson	4	33	8.3	0	10
Wk 12	W 77-6vs Delaware State	1	3	3.0	1	3
Wk 13	W 38-22@ Florida	2	19	9.5	1	16
Wk 14	W 42-10vs UL Monroe	2	23	11.5	0	14
Bowl	W 42-13vs Southern Miss	5	84	16.8	3	26
Total		40	548	13.0	10	51

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology