Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2/24Inside-5 share
2 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (8.3%).
Tate Whatley
Tate Whatley: QB · Southern Miss · #6.
Tate Whatley
Played for two head coaches at Southern Miss: Jay Hopson and Scotty Walden. On tape: 272 passing yards and 2 passing TD against UTSA, Week 12, 2020.
Style of play
Style of play
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Southern Miss in the news
- Former WR arrested for murder
SuperTalk Mississippi Media Oct 23
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 37 | 65 | 56.9% | 460 | 7.1 | 3 | 2 | 125.4 | 47 |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 12 | 29 | 41.4% | 199 | 6.9 | 0 | 2 | 85.2 | -- |
| 2018 | Southern Miss | 42 | 75 | 56.0% | 451 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 121.4 | 34 |
| Career | 91 | 169 | 53.8% | 1,110 | 6.6 | 7 | 5 | 116.8 | 40 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 19 | 36 | 1.9 | 4 | 19 |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 0 | 17 |
| 2018 | Southern Miss | 66 | 162 | 2.5 | 3 | 23 |
| Career | 98 | 217 | 2.2 | 7 | 23 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 4 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-32vs South Alabama | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-31@ North Texas | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-56@ Liberty | 15/26 | 188 | 1 | 1 | 7.2 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-23vs UTSA | 22/39 | 272 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | — | Season-high 272 yds |
| Total | 37/65 | 460 | 3 | 2 | 7.1 | — |
Signature game
Week 8 · 2020
L 35-56
at Liberty
188 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 52 rush yds (12 car) · 4 TD
With G. Fleming — 13 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · A. Robinson — 3 rec · 39 yds
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 12 · UTSA · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +5.32Tate Whatley pass complete to Frank Gore Jr. for 51 yds for a TD (Briggs Bourgeois KICK)
- Week 8 · Liberty · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.59Tate Whatley pass complete to Jason Brownlee for 35 yds to the Liber 44 for a
- Week 12 · UTSA · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA −2.81Tate Whatley pass intercepted Rashad Wisdom return for 27 yds to the SoMis 5 SOUTHERN MISS Penalty, face mask (15 yards) (Gerquan Scott) to the SoMis 48
- Week 8 · Liberty · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Tate Whatley pass complete to Jason Brownlee for 17 yds for a TD (Briggs Bourgeois KICK)
- Week 8 · Liberty · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Tate Whatley run for 4 yds for a TD (Briggs Bourgeois KICK)
- Week 12 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Tate Whatley pass complete to Grayson Gunter for 30 yds to the TexSA 45 for a
4 more plays
- Week 8 · Liberty · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.57Tate Whatley run for 16 yds for a TD (Briggs Bourgeois KICK)
- Week 12 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Tate Whatley pass complete to Tim Jones for 13 yds for a TD (Briggs Bourgeois KICK)
- Week 8 · Liberty · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Tate Whatley run for 10 yds for a TD, (Briggs Bourgeois KICK)
- Week 12 · UTSA · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA −2.47Tate Whatley pass complete to Tate Whatley for a loss of 19 yards to the SoMis 39
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
65 of 65 attempts matched to play-by-play
Adjusted ANY/A
6.1093 of 171 QBsSack rate
4.4%44 of 171 QBsRarely sacked (44 of 171), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (93 of 171).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 yds46%of completions
17 comp1.6 yds avg
Middle
10–19 yds30%of completions
11 comp14.9 yds avg2 TD
Deep
20+ yds24%of completions
9 comp29.8 yds avg1 TD
Overall 56.9% completion on 65 attempts · 9 deep completions averaging 29.8 yds.
Teams and coaches
2018Southern Miss6-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced
2019Southern Miss7-6HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced
2020Southern Miss3-7HC: Tim Billings and Scotty Walden · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 136 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 94.0 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+2g | 230 | 1.5 | 7.1 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Pass share
42.7%
272 pass / 365 run
Plays / game
63.7
10 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2020
65 pass attempts, 19 carries and 1 catch in 4 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Three seasons at Southern Miss
- 2020 Southern Miss BillingsYear 3 · 4 games
- 2019 Southern Miss HopsonYear 2 · 3 games
- 2018 Southern Miss HopsonYear 1 · 6 games
- High school Lakeland Christian SchoolLakeland, FL · Class of 2018Three-star, No. 1,930 in the 2018 class. Signed with Southern Miss.
How it ended
Three seasons at Southern Miss, 1,110 passing yards — the college career is complete.
2018 6 games
- Signed with Southern MissThree-star, out of Lakeland Christian School
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
3 coaches2018–2019
Southern Miss
Played under 3 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Tim Billings, and Scotty Walden. Multi-era developmental context.