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By Jeff Barker, The Baltimore Sun | September 22, 2012
Two important Maryland players made their season debuts Saturday - linebacker Kenneth Tate and running back Brandon Ross . Tate, a fifth-year linebacker, did not start but entered the game in the first quarter. He immediately tackled West Virginia receiver Tavon Austin for no gain, then broke up a pass on the next play. Tate finished with four tackles. "I felt like I got back in the swing of things pretty quickly," said Tate, who recently told Maryland media relations officials that would like to now be referred to as "Kenneth" instead of "Kenny" He had a large ice pack strapped to his knee after the game, but said he felt fine.
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By Jeff Barker, The Baltimore Sun | August 24, 2012
COLLEGE PARK - Fifth-year Maryland linebacker Kenny Tate - who missed all but four games last season with a right knee injury - will be sidelined three to four weeks with an injury to the his left knee. It's the latest preseason blow to ther Terps ' defense. Defensive lineman Andre Monroe had knee surgery this week and is out for the year. Defensive lineman Keith Bowers (unspecified) and defensive backs Matt Robinson (shoulder), A.J. Hendy (ankle) and Isaac Goins (mononucleosis)
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July 20, 2012
Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and intern Connor Letourneau -- co-sports editor of The Diamondback -- weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports. How did the Kevin Anderson-to-Stanford story get started, and has it really been put to rest? Jeff Barker: I don't know quite how it began. Was somebody trying to get Anderson in the mix for the Stanford athletic director position by floating his name like a trial balloon?
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Baltimore Sun staff | July 16, 2012
Maryland fifth-year senior Kenny Tate is one of 51 college football players on the Butkus Award watch list. The award, named for Hall of Famer Dick Butkus, is given annually to the country's top linebacker. Semifinalists will be named Oct. 22, finalists Nov. 20 and the winners will be announced in January 2013. Tate averaged 8.8 tackles in four games last season before suffering a season-ending knee injury. He received a medical redshirt, allowing him to return to College Park in 2012.
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By Jonas Shaffer, The Baltimore Sun | April 3, 2012
- Kenny Tate, who last season struggled away from the safety position where he became one of the ACC's best, will remain at linebacker next season, Maryland coach Randy Edsall said Tuesday. Tate, an all-ACC selection at safety in 2010, was moved to linebacker under then-defensive coordinator Todd Bradford before last season. Although Bradford has since been replaced by first-year coordinator Brian Stewart, Tate - who has sat out all of this spring with a knee injury - will remain at linebacker in Stewart's new 3-4 system.
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By Jeff Barker, The Baltimore Sun | October 23, 2011
Maryland linebacker Kenny Tate, a preseason all-conference pick who starred at safety last season, will undergo surgery and miss the rest of the season, coach Randy Edsall said Sunday. Edsall said Tate, a senior and team captain, will seek a medical redshirt to return in 2012. Following surgery, he will be out six to nine months, according to the school. Edsall would not disclose the nature of Tate's injury. "This is just something that he's had. He's just taken a hit in one of the games this year," the coach said.