Injured Tate to miss remainder of Terps’ season

Terrapins football coach Randy Edsall announced yesterday that linebacker Kenny Tate will miss the remainder of the season with an undisclosed injury.

A preseason All-ACC pick, Tate has not played since the team's Oct. 1 win over Towson. After joining the team in uniform in recent games against Georgia Tech and Clemson, he wore street clothes Saturday at Florida State.

"I recently had a chance to sit down with Coach Edsall, my family and the medical staff to discuss my options," Tate said in a release. "This is the best course of action to get healthy and get back on the field next season."

Edsall said the senior captain will seek a medical redshirt after undergoing surgery this week. Edsall declined to disclose the nature of the injury, but the team release said Tate will be out six to nine months.

"It's certainly a blow to our team to lose a player and leader of Kenny's caliber, but we want to do what's in his best interest," Edsall said in the release. "Our medical staff determined that surgery was the best way to proceed, so that's what we're going to do."

Freshman linebacker Mario Rowson has started in place of Tate the past three games.

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