Titans announce jersey numbers for Carnell Tate, Keldric Faulk, NFL Draft Class ahead of rookie minicamp
The Tennessee Titans released jersey numbers for all eight draft picks. Fans have been wondering if Carnell Tate would payoff new teammate Chimere Dike for his college 17.
In the hours after the Tennessee Titans drafted Ohio State wide receiver Carnell Tate fourth overall in the 2026 NFL Draft, an interesting though crept into my very busy mind.
Tate’s college number, 17, is taken by second year All-Pro return man Chimere Dike. Would he exchange some cash with his new teammate for the number? Dike held onto the number during the free agency period when the team signed WR Wan’Dale Robinson, who wore 17 with the New York Giants.
Now, we have our answer that is very important to some, yet meaningless to others. Either way, it settles the question at hand.
Carnell Tate settles the mystery about his jersey number with the Titans
As it turns out, Tate will wear No. 14 with the Titans when he takes the field for the first time at rookie minicamp. Said minicamp is held at Vanderbilt Health Football Center this coming Friday and Saturday.
It looks like he couldn’t stick to his words he shared with Sports Illustrated before the draft.
“Lowkey, I’m giving up the bank… I got to. I need that number wherever I go. Somebody gonna get blessed.”
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To Sports Illustrated before the NFL Draft
Look who NAILED IT.
Grading Tennessee Titans rookie draft class jersey numbers
After the Titans signed a whopping 23 man free agent class of veterans, I knew this rookie class would have the bottom of the barrel when it comes to numbers to pick from.
Yes, there are absolutely good and bad football uniform numbers, but let’s see how these young draft picks fared in the equipment room with my positionally weighted jersey number grade:
WR Carnell Tate (first round pick, 4 overall): 14
This is a great WR number, in my opinion. With the jersey numbers he had available this was the best choice. 13 was worn by former Titans first round pick Kendall Wright, who was a bust.
19 is not a bad number (selected by UDFA Tyren Montgomery), but 14 wins out.
Grade: A- wide receiver number.
DL Keldric Faulk (first round pick, 31 overall): 15
Big man wearing a low number – I love it.
But ONLY if you produce. It’s not often a defensive lineman gets to keep his sexy low number from college in the NFL, but Faulk got lucky it’s available and the free agents took the 90’s numbers.
Grade: A – defensive lineman number (if you’re good).
LB Anthony Hill Jr. (second round pick, 60 overall): 53
Ohhhh my… a highly drafted linebacker by the Tennessee Titans wearing the 5-3?
Keith Bullock now has his full attention on you. If Robert Saleh’s next Fred Warner-hopeful in Hill Jr. comes as close to Warner as a LB regarding his jersey number (54), the Titans have an ultimate draft steal.
Grade: A- linebacker number.
OL Fernando Carmona (fifth round pick, 142 overall): 66
Carmona played left tackle for most of his college career before moving to guard his last year at Arkansas. 66 is big time guard number. I like the symmetry. He’s a big wide dude wearing a wide number. He can pull it off.
Grade: B+ guard number.
RB Nick Singleton (fifth round pick, 165 overall): 32
Singleton wore 10 at Penn State where his running style and number reminded Titans GM Mike Borgonzi of former Chiefs, now Lions RB Isaiah Pacheco. With 10 belonging to new back up quarterback Mitch Trubisky, Singleton goes with a solid RB number. Fourth-year Titans RB Tyjae Spears wore 32 as a rookie before jumping to 2 his second season.
Grade: B- running back number.
DL Jackie Marshall (sixth round pick, 184 overall): 96
This is by far the biggest number change of all the rookies. Marshall earned the single-digit Agent Zero at Baylor by putting in the offseason work. That’s not how the NFL works, but 96 is pretty solid.
Grade: B- defensive tackle number
OL Pat Coogan (sixth round pick, 194 overall): 79
Ahhhhh yuck. Isaiah Wilson. That’s all you have to say.
Grade: C- offensive line number, which is way better than any grade Wilson would ever get.
TE Jaren Kanak (seventh round pick, 225 overall): 47
Hmmm… there’s a former Titans tight end who was an underrated special teams stud out West for the first several years of his career who made three straight Pro Bowls for the Titans.
Did the next Delanie Walker just get a 40’s number close to Delanie’s (46) when he was grinding out his path to success in San Francisco?
Grade: A+ number for this NFL underdog story opportunity.