1. Robert Patrick "Tate" Forcier is a former American football quarterback.
23 Facts About Tate Forcier
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Tate Forcier was a starting quarterback for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team ahead of Denard Robinson, and Robinson's backup for the 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team.
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Tate Forcier left the program in January 2011 when head coach Rich Rodriguez was replaced by Brady Hoke.
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Tate Forcier missed the January 1,2011 Gator Bowl after being ruled academically ineligible and was no longer enrolled at the university when the new term began following the semester break.
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On February 9,2011, Forcier announced his transfer to the University of Miami.
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Tate Forcier originally intended to redshirt the 2011 season and play for the Miami Hurricanes football team in the 2012 and 2013 season but instead transferred to San Jose State University to play for the Spartans football team.
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Tate Forcier soon withdrew from the San Jose State football program.
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Tate Forcier then attended training camp with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.
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Tate Forcier is from a family of quarterbacks with two older brothers who played Pacific-10 Conference football and a father who played quarterback in college.
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Tate Forcier began working with athletic training guru Marv Marinovich as a third-grader.
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In 2001, Tate 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 Orlando, Florida in the Junior PeeWee division.
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That season, Tate Forcier led his team to the San Diego Section Division II playoffs, and CalHiSports.
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Tate Forcier made news by posting his Oregon Ducks football scholarship letter from Mike Bellotti as well as other letters on his www.
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Tate Forcier was regarded as one of the top five dual-threat quarterback recruits of the 2009 class.
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Tate Forcier was one of seven 2009 recruits to enroll early, according to the university directory, along with Vladimir Emilien, Brandin Hawthorne, Vincent Smith, Anthony LaLota and Michael Jones who began classes on January 7 and William Campbell, who was expected to join them soon thereafter.
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Tate 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.
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Tate Forcier finished 2009 with a 128.1 passer rating, ranking ninth out of 11 starting Big Ten Conference quarterbacks on the season.
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Tate Forcier was deemed academically ineligible for the January 1,2011 Progressive Gator Bowl.
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On January 20,2011, Tate Forcier announced in a press release issued over Twitter that he intended to transfer.
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Tate Forcier did not identify the school to which he intended to transfer.
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On July 26,2011, Forcier announced that he had committed to play football at San Jose State University and would have been eligible to play there in 2012.
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On January 9,2012 Forcier withdrew from the San Jose State football program.
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On May 17,2012, it was announced that Tate Forcier had signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.