Tate Hoover
Ball State Cardinals
57
Depth

Tate Hoover

Ball State CardinalsRebuilding
TEOffenseDepth
Projected Starter

Is Tate Hoover starting?

Tate Hoover is the projected starter at TE for Ball State Cardinals.

Redshirt junior · #24 · 6'2", 252 lbs

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Depth at TE · Ball State Cardinals

  1. 12457Tate HooverStarter
  2. 28857Alex Scherle
  3. 38946Sean Ward
  4. 48645Mason Riggins
  5. 58143Leo Collins

Ball State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Ball State

Ball State plays Massachusetts away on Wed, Nov 4. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

In 2025: 1 catches, 9 yards, 0 TD. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 57 overall (Depth tier).

Team Share1%
Manhattan, KS
Jersey
#24
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
252 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
2025190

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

Why this rating?

On a 67-rated offense; 5th-percentile production (×0.75 for competition level) put them -10 vs unit starters → 57.

Team offense (SP+)
67
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 5% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.75)
Depth-chart adjustment
-10 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 24WSACYDS 34
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
34
AVG
17.0
TD
0

Final W 34-17

Oct 3LTOLYDS 9
CAR
1
YDS
9
AVG
9.0
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final L 39-24

Sep 26LKENTYDS 1
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
1
AVG
1.0
TD
0

Final L 26-13

Sep 19LLIBYDS 13
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
13
AVG
13.0
TD
0

Final L 51-15

Sep 12WSTBKYDS 3
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
3
AVG
3.0
TD
1

Final W 41-17

Sep 5LOSUYDS 20
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
5
YDS
20
AVG
4.0
TD
0

Final L 56-3

Tate Hoover's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 rec · 9 yds · 0 TD
Usage / Involvement4%
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