Tate Ratledge

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Tate Ratledge
No. 69 – Detroit Lions
PositionGuard
Roster statusActive
Personal information
Born (2001-04-26) April 26, 2001 (age 25)
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight315 lb (143 kg)
Career information
High schoolDarlington School (Rome, Georgia)
CollegeGeorgia (2020–2024)
NFL draft2025: 2nd round, 57th overall pick
Career history
Awards and highlights
Career NFL statistics as of Week 4, 2025
Games played4
Games started4
Stats at Pro Football Reference
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Tate Collier Ratledge (born April 26, 2001) is an American professional football guard for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs, where he was an All-American and a two-time national champion. He was selected by the Lions in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft.

Early life

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Ratledge was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and grew up in Rome, Georgia.[1] He is the son of Dean Ratledge, a coach for over 40 years.[2] He attended Darlington School, where he competed in football, basketball and track and field.[3] Coming out of high school Ratledge was ranked the number 39 overall player in the 2020 class, the number five rank at his position and number six in the state of Georgia.[4] Ratledge committed to play college football at the University of Georgia over Tennessee, whom he grew up rooting for.[5]

College career

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As a freshman in 2020, Ratledge (#51) played in one game, playing a total of seven snaps.[6] He earned a starting spot as a sophomore ahead of the season opener against Clemson, but suffered a Lisfranc ligament fracture in a foot after just four snaps and missed the rest of the season.[7] In the 2022 season, Ratledge started 14 of the team's 15 games, only missing one game against Kentucky. He also got a start in the Bulldogs' two College Football Playoff games, including in the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship.[8]

Ratledge was ranked the seventh best returning interior offensive lineman by Pro Football Focus ahead of the 2023 season.[9] Ratledge was named preseason first-team all-SEC.[10] Ratledge was also named to the watchlists of multiple awards, such as the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award.[11][12]

Professional career

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Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span Wingspan 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 6+1⁄2 in
(1.99 m)		 308 lb
(140 kg)		 32+1⁄4 in
(0.82 m)		 10+3⁄8 in
(0.26 m)		 6 ft 7+1⁄4 in
(2.01 m)		 4.97 s 1.72 s 2.89 s 7.38 s 32.0 in
(0.81 m)		 9 ft 5 in
(2.87 m)		 25 reps
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[13][14]

Detroit Lions

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Ratledge was selected in the second round with the 57th overall pick of the 2025 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions.[15]

References

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