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Template:Infobox CollegeFootballPlayer Robert Patrick "Tate" Forcier (born August 7, 1990) is an American football quarterback.[1] He is currently a freshman starting quarterback for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team.

Youth career

In 2001, Forcier quarterbacked the Carlsbad Charging Lancers to the four-team National Pop Warner Football Championship at the Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Template:USCity in the Junior PeeWee division.[2] On December 5, Carlsbad defeated the Dorchester (Template:USCity) 15–12 in the national semifinals. Then Carlsbad lost to the Oak Grove Rage (San Jose, California) 34–6 on December 9.[3] The youngest of three quarterback brothers, Tate, whose real name is Robert, acquired his nickname from the movie Little Man Tate.[4]

As a freshman he and his brother Chris, who was then a junior, played high school football for St. Augustine High School, but Tate transferred as a sophomore.[4] A native of San Diego, California, for his final three years Forcier attended high school at the Charter School of San Diego,[5] which did not have a football team, making him eligible to play for Scripps Ranch High School, where he completed 529-of-760 passes (69.6 pct.) for 7,448 yards and 61 touchdowns in his career.[6] As a sophomore, he and Chris were opposing quarterbacks for a game.[7] That season, Tate led his team to the San Diego Section Division II playoffs,[8] and CalHiSports.com named him to the state All-sophomore team.[9] As a junior, he led his team back to the San Diego Section Division II playoffs where they won their first game.[10] CalHiSports.com named him to the state All-junior team.[11]

During May 2008, which was prior to his senior season, he was a nominee to play in the January 3, 2009 U.S. Army All-American Bowl at the Alamodome.[12] That June, The Oklahoman described him as "a San Diego quarterback who holds [scholarship] offers from just about everyone".[13] He made news by posting his Oregon Ducks football scholarship letter from Mike Bellotti as well as other letters on his www.qbforce.com website.[14][15] The text of the Bellotti letter that was on his website said that the "offer is made in good faith," but that, "If this offer is not accepted by a date which is agreeable to us, the agreement may have to be altered."[14] He is considered the first high school football player to post his scholarship offer letters on the internet.[16] Later in June, he was among the highest scorers at the Elite 11 regional camp attended by the likes of Nick Montana (son of Joe Montana) and Jack Lomax (son of Neil Lomax).[17] In August, he was listed on the ESPNU 150 Class of 2009 football prospect list as well as the SuperPrep preseason All-America team.[18][19] He was regarded as one of the top dual-threat quarterback recruits of the 2009 class.[20] On August 30, he attended the game between the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team and the 2008 Utah Utes football team and he became the 17th verbal commitment on August 31.[21]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Tate Forcier
QB 		San Diego, California Charter School/Scripps Ranch (CA) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 4.58 Aug 31, 2008 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 81
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 15 (QB)   Rivals: 164, 5 (dual threat QB)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Michigan Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  • "2009 Michigan Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  • "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  • "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-09-13.

College career

Forcier's Michigan debut was against the 2009 Western Michigan Broncos football team at Michigan Stadium.

2009 season

Forcier, at the encouragement of his brother Jason, enrolled early during the Winter 2009 semester at the University of Michigan.[22] Forcier was awarded the starting job before Michigan's season opener against Western Michigan, becoming only the third true freshman to start a season opener at quarterback for Michigan.[23]

Statistics

    Passing   Rushing
Season Team GP Rating Comp Att Pct Yds TD INT Att Yds TD
2009[24] Michigan 2 161.69 36 53 67.9 419 5 1 24 107 1

Family

His oldest brother Jason, played in 2006 at Michigan before transferring in May 2007 to play for Stanford during the 2008 season.[25][26][27] Jason, a graduate student at the time, was Tate's first year roommate.[25] His other brother, Chris, transferred from UCLA to Furman University in 2009 because when Rick Neuheisel took over as head coach at UCLA he recruited in Kevin Craft to be his starting quarterback.[28][29] Chris had run the UCLA scout team as a redshirt, but lost the starting quarterback battle.[30][31] His parents are Mike and Sue Forcier, both lifelong Michigan Wolverines fans.[32] They work for the San Diego Limo Buses.[4] Mike had once been a quarterback with modest achievements at San Diego City College and University of San Diego.[4]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michigan Wolverines Quarterback
2009 – Present 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ http://www.freep.com/article/20090908/SPORTS06/909080378/1356/sports/Tate-Forcier-keeps-starting-spot----for-now
  2. ^ Reid, Whitelaw (2001-11-28). "Pop Warner teams headed to Orlando". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  3. ^ Reid, Whitelaw (2001-12-12). "No titles, plenty of memories Carlsbad, Murrieta come up one game short in Orlando". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  4. ^ a b c d Brand, Steve (2006-10-24). "Oh, brother! Sibling QBs go head to head". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  5. ^ Brand, Steve (2008-02-28). "Moving San Diego, Morse into Central sends a message". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  6. ^ http://www.mgoblue.com/football/playerbio.aspx?id=169624
  7. ^ Lindgren, Jim (2006-10-28). "It's Saints over Scripps sibling - Elder Forcier brother's team wins QB matchup". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  8. ^ Lindgren, Jim (2006-11-18). "West Hills survives a wild one - Late Scripps drive foiled by Wolf Pack". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  9. ^ "Carlsbad's Butler named all-state". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  10. ^ Lindgren, Jim (2007-11-17). "Forcier's three TDs carry Scripps Ranch". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  11. ^ Brand, Steve (2008-01-24). "Oceanside, RB players earn state football honors". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  12. ^ Brand, Steve (2008-05-22). "CIF finalizes football bowl expansion". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  13. ^ Baldwin, Mike (2008-06-09). "QB top priority in 2009 - Class could be successful if OSU adds depth". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  14. ^ a b Moseley, Rob (2008-06-17). "Yanked scholarship offer peeves SoCal prep coach". The Register-Guard. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  15. ^ "College recruiting can be tough business on more than just players - Patrick Sheltra column". The Hutchinson News. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  16. ^ Sun, Chhun (2008-06-30). "Building image on the Web". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  17. ^ Devine, John (2008-06-30). "Palma quarterback impresses at Elite 11 camp". Monterey County Herald. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  18. ^ Bitter, Andy (2008-08-04). "ESPN releases top 150 prospects list". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  19. ^ Fryer, Steve (2008-08-21). "Football: SuperPrep's Preseason All-Americans". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  20. ^ http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Tate-Forcier-55584
  21. ^ Chengelis, Angelique S. (2008-09-01). "Michigan gets commitment from quarterback". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  22. ^ Miller, Jeff (2009-02-06). "Top recruits getting early start on school". ESPN RISE. ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  23. ^ http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090903/sports06/90903079
  24. ^ "Tate Forcier #5 QB". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  25. ^ a b Birkett, Dave. "His playing days over, Jason Forcier will stay in Ann Arbor to mentor brother Tate Forcier". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  26. ^ "Jason Forcier #4 QB". ESPN.com. 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  27. ^ "QB CANDIDATES: Who will lead U-M, especially if Pryor goes elsewhere". Detroit Free Press. 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  28. ^ Perloff, Andrew (2009-06-11). "Chris Forcier explains press release about leaving UCLA". SI.com. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  29. ^ Dohn, Brian (2009-06-04). "Forcier's Press Release". Inside UCLA. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  30. ^ Saxon, Mark (2008-08-13). "UCLA FOOTBALL // Punter might be Bruins' best player". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  31. ^ Gemmell, Kevin (2008-08-16). "QBs Craft, Forcier get shot at UCLA". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  32. ^ Bell, Diane (2007-01-04). "This show definitely won't go on". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-09-13.


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