By Danielle Daniels

Carnell Tate OSU WR Wisconsin Week Preview 10 15 2025

QUESTIONS FROM THE REPORTERS

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNGER WR”s QUINCY PORTER AND MYLAN GRAHAM

HIM BEING A LEADER AMONGST THE RECEIVERS

GOING TO CAMP RANDALL STADIUM AND WISCONSIN, WHAT HAVE THE VETERANS TOLD THE YOUNGER PLAYERS

HIS IMPRESSIONS OF WISCONSIN’S DEFENSE

ON DEVIN SANCHEZ

ON DAVISON IGBINOSUN AND JERMAINE MATTHEWS AS HIGH ENERGY CB’s

DOES THAT CHATTER GET TO WR’s

INAUDIBLE ?

INAUDIBLE ?

THE OSU WR CORPS BEING VERY UNSELFISH

WR’s BLOCKING HOW IMPORTANT IS IT

ANY MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN HIM AND JUIAN SAYIN

HIS THOUGHTS

HAVING A TALK DURING A GAME WITHOUT FRUSTRATIONS

NATIONAL MEDIA NOW TALKING ABOUT HIM

• Position:

  Wide Receiver

• Height:

  6-3

• Weight:

  195

• Hometown:

  Chicago

• Last School:

  Marist (Ill.) / IMG Academy

• Year:

  Junior

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Ohio State Overview
• Carnell is a rising star at Ohio State … on the field as one of the top receivers in the country as well as off as a leader within the Buckeyes’ program
• Enters his true junior season in 2025 with 70 career receptions for 997 yards and five touchdowns
• Has played in 28 games and started 15 times with all his starts coming during the Buckeyes’ national championship season of 2024
• Has a reception in all 28 games he has played in with a high of seven vs. Texas (for 87 yards) in the CFP semifinal at the Cotton Bowl and six vs. both Purdue and Michigan during the 2024 season
• Five of his seven receptions vs. the Longhorns went for first downs
• His yardage high is 102 yards vs. Nebraska in 2024
• Had a memorable and personal homecoming in the Northwestern game at Wrigley Field with four catches for 52 yards and two touchdowns
• Playing alongside first-round NFL draft pick Emeka Egbuka and freshman sensation Jeremiah Smith, had 52 receptions for 733 yards and four touchdowns
• Played in all 13 games as a true freshman in 2023 and started in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl
• Caught a pass in his first game as a Buckeye – for 15 yards vs. Indiana – and proceeded to catch passes in 11 of the 13 games he played in
• Finished his freshman campaign with 18 receptions for 264 yards and one touchdown
• His freshman season totals eclipsed the frosh year totals of some recent Ohio State greats: Chris Olave (12 receptions in 2018), Marvin Harrison Jr. (11 in 2021), Curtis Samuel (11 in 2014), Jaxon Smith-Njigba (10 in 2020) and Emeka Egbuka (zero in 2021)
• Had three receptions for 79 yards with a long gain of 55 yards in the win over Purdue
• Scored his first collegiate touchdown vs. Western Kentucky, a 28-yard reception from Devin Brown
• He is a Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar, a two-time OSU Scholar-Athlete and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten  honoree

Honors & Awards
2024: Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar, OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten
2023: OSU Scholar-Athlete

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