WASHINGTON – Georgetown University football senior defensive lineman Khristian Tate (Warner Robins, Ga. / Covenant Academy) has been named to the STATS FCS Preseason All-America Third Team, as announced by the organization earlier this week. Tate is one of six Patriot League players to earn Preseason All-America recognition.
 
Tate, who was named to the All-Patriot League Preseason Team on Tuesday, has earned All-Patriot League postseason honors in each of his first three years on the Hilltop. He is the only member of the preseason team that has received three all-conference selections as he was named to the second team as a freshman and the first team each of the past two seasons. Tate played and started in all 11 games in 2018, ranking fourth on the defense in tackles with 54, while leading the way with 16.5 tackles-for-loss (TFL), 10.0 sacks and nine quarterback hurries. He recorded multiple sacks in each of Georgetown's four league wins, including two each against Lafayette, Lehigh and Bucknell.
 
Tate's 10.0 sacks, which led the Patriot League and ranked eighth in all of FCS, are tied for the ninth most in a single season in program history, and he has already cracked the career top 10 with 16.5 career sacks.
 
Georgetown had a record six student-athletes selected to the All-Patriot League Preseason Team and the Hoyas were also selected to finish third in the Patriot League Preseason Poll, the highest predicted finish in program history. The Blue & Gray is looking to continue momentum after a successful 2018 season that saw the Hoyas finish with a 5-6 overall record and tied for second in the Patriot League with 4-2 mark. The four wins in league play are the most by a GU program since joining the conference in 2001. The five wins are the most since 2012.
 
The Hoyas report for preseason camp on Thursday, Aug. 1. Georgetown will travel to Davidson on Aug. 31 for the season opener before hosting Marist in the home opener on Sept. 7. Tickets for the 2019 season will go on sale in early August. For more information and to purchase after tickets become available, please visit WeAreGeorgetown.com/football.