He attacks man coverage and makes the kind of sudden move needed to create separation. Once the ball is up, he takes a step back and makes the catch while falling back toward the grass.
Then on a third-and-15, he lets his athleticism take over by leaping over the cornerback charged with covering him. He then breaks in front of another cornerback and catches a six-yard touchdown pass with ease.
Auden Tate pulled all of this off Friday night. On the same drive.
Tate's three-catch exhibition late in the third quarter helped Florida State take a 35-0 lead en route to a 45-7 win over Boston College at Doak Campbell Stadium.
Plays like those create excitement and further reinforce the idea that Tate might be the big-play, big-bodied receiver the Seminoles have desperately tried to develop since Kelvin Benjamin departed for the NFL.
"He's learning how to do it," Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said. "And there's still some times where he got bumped around tonight and learning to play with his size. He's always learning to bend.
"He's got to learn to bend like a little guy and then use his size when he has to."
