Tate Hallock

Senior safety for Western Michigan. 2025: 3 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 67 tackles.

S · Western Michigan · Sr. · #3

6′4″ · 210 lb · Grand Rapids, MI

CFB Index 72 · #86 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Western Michigan for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETat RiceRice StadiumWestern Michigan by 9.5

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

2 PBU · 67 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 9 tackles, at Michigan State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Western Michigan. 2025: 3 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 67 tackles.

Transferred from Michigan State to Western Michigan in 2023.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Interceptions: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

Tate Hallock

S · Western Michigan · Sr · #3

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Tate Hallock has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. He has been named All-MAC two seasons running, most recently in 2025. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles against Eastern Michigan, Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Michigan State7-6HC: Mark Dantonio · Balanced

2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2023Western Michigan4-8HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning

2024Western Michigan6-7HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025Western Michigan10-4HC: Lance Taylor · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

72Quality starter #86 of 544?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (90th percentile). Strength: tackles (90th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Interceptions#56 / 817 · 90th pct

Tackles#303 / 2975 · 90th pct

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Solo tackles#386 / 2975 · 87th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road6g	5.8	0.2	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #86 of 544 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #86 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-MAC

Based on 2025: #4 of 23 Mid-American Ss

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Western Michigan	67	34	2.0	0.5	2	3	--
2024	Western Michigan	84	51	5.0	0.0	5	4	--
2023	Western Michigan	75	48	1.5	0.0	4	2	--
2022	Michigan State	4	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Michigan State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		231	135	8.5	0.5	11	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 47–14

vs Rhode Island

1 TOT · 0 TFL

Dominant 33-point win at home against Rhode Island.

With B. Lowry — 143 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.9 · 52 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Miles — 54 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 6-23@ Michigan State	9	7	1.0	0.0	1	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 2	L 30-33vs North Texas	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 0-38@ Illinois	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 14-13vs Toledo	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 47-14vs Rhode Island	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 21-3@ Massachusetts	6	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 7	W 42-0vs Ball State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-26@ Miami (OH)	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Central Michigan	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 17-13vs Ohio	3	2	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 13	W 35-19@ Northern Illinois	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 31-21@ Eastern Michigan	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 23-13vs Miami (OH)	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 41-6vs Kennesaw State	8	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Total		67	34	2.0	0.5	3	2

How he plays

Play style

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

14 games

67Tackles

34Solo

2TFL

0.5Sacks

2Pass def.

3INT

67 tackles. 2 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 11 INT
Week 11 INT
Week 60.5 sacks
Week 101 PD
Week 121 PD · 1 INT

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Western Michigan

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Western Michigan

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +1 net (14 in / 13 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Western Michigan · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #108 · 2026 recruiting class #112

DNA match

Player DNA

Rover

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Brandon Drayton’s 2021 season.

Brandon Drayton

81%match

Marshall · 2021

Dylan Lawrence

Southern Miss · 2023

81%

Logan Berryhill

South Florida · 2023

75%

Jaylon Carlies

Missouri · 2022

NFL Rd 5

73%

Tra Fluellen

Middle Tennessee · 2023

All-Conference USA

72%

Matches Brandon on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Weight

Differs from Brandon on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Dylan Lawrence's graduate season at Southern Miss (2023).

Dylan Lawrence

87%match

Southern Miss · 2023

Larry Worth III

Arkansas · 2025

87%

Alan Tisdale

Virginia Tech · 2023

82%

Nahji Logan

Massachusetts · 2023

78%

Tra Fluellen

Middle Tennessee · 2023

All-Conference USA

78%

Matches Dylan on

Class year

Weight

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Tate Hallock

Jaheim Patterson

Oregon State · 2025

83%

Dylan Lawrence

Southern Miss · 2023

78%

C.J. Baskerville

Texas Tech · 2023

76%

The secondary · Western Michigan

#3Tate HallockS · Sr.67 tackles · 2025
#8Jarvarius SimsCB · Sr.61 tackles · 2025
#18Micah DavisS · Jr.60 tackles · 2025
#1Joshua FranklinDB · Sr.53 tackles · 2025
#6Joey PopeS · Jr.44 tackles · 2025

24 more on the roster · Western Michigan team page

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

Tate Hallock

202311 games

202413 games

202514 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

Players who play like Tate Hallock

The secondary · Western Michigan