2019 First Team All-Conference USA
2019 Preseason All-Conference USA
2019 Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List
2019 PFF College Third Team All-Conference USA
2018 Second Team All-Conference USA
PFF College C-USA Team of the Week (Oct. 19, 2019)
2019 (r-Sr.) | 13/12: Pate started 12 games for the Hilltoppers and became the first WKU offensive lineman since Brandon Ray in 2017 to be voted First Team All-Conference USA. He was a team captain for three games: vs. Army and Middle Tennessee, as well as the First Responder Bowl against Western Michigan. Accoring to PFF College, Pate played 911 total snaps without being called for a single penalty, grading out at 76.0 overall with a 77.6 pass-block rating and a 70.0 run block rating. He helped the WKU offensive line rank as PFF College's No. 20 unit in FBS, including No. 1 in pass blocking grade. The Hilltoppers surrendered a pressure on only 12.7% of their pass-blocked snaps, which was the eight-lowest percentage in the nation.
2018 (r-Jr.) | 12/12: Pate started all 12 games and played 893 total snaps at the right tackle position as a redshirt junior. He led Conference USA right tackles with a +21.8 overall cumulative rating by PFF College’s Signature Stats, which included +9.5 for pass blocking and +8.9 for run blocking. Pate ranked second among Conference USA tackles with a 79.1 rating by PFF College’s Premium Stats; his 73.6 run block rating was second, while his 78.6 pass block rating stood fourth. He was called for only one penalty all season.
2017 (r-So.) | 11/7: Pate played in 11 games on the Hilltopper offensive line, starting the first seven at right guard.
2016 (r-Fr.) | 11/0: Pate saw action in the final 11 games of the season, primarily as a reserve offensive guard and on special teams. Pate’s low block at Middle Tennessee was essential in Deon Yelder’s blocked extra point attempt in double overtime which led to WKU’s 44-43 victory.
2015 (Fr.): Pate redshirted his first season on The Hill.
HS/Misc.: Pate played his high school ball under head coach Mark Fleetwood at Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia. The Lions made the AAAAAA Georgia State Playoffs in three of his four seasons at the school, including his senior campaign where Peachtree Ridge averaged over 400 yards of total offense per game and scored 51 total touchdowns. Pate was rated a two-star prospect by both 247Sports.com and Rivals.
