Montae Pate
Northwestern Wildcats
85
Great

Montae Pate

Northwestern WildcatsContender
RCBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Weber State
Projected Starter

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Montae Pate is the projected starter at RCB for Northwestern Wildcats.

Redshirt senior · #4 · 6'2", 175 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 1485Montae PateStarter
  2. 22568Marquet Dorsey Jr.

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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Up next for Northwestern

Northwestern plays Iowa at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 10 tackles, 1 INT, 1 PBU. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Team Share2%
Las Vegas, NV
Jersey
#4
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
175 lbs
Transfer
Weber State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—1011

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

High School
Legacy
Hometown
North Las Vegas, NV

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 52th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them -3 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 52% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 49% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LORETKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 34-26

Oct 24WRUTGTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 42-14

Oct 17WMSUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-21

Oct 10WBALLTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-14

Oct 3WPSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 34-13

Sep 26LIUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-23

Sep 6WSDSTTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 34-18

Montae Pate's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

10 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement15%
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