Patrick Tackie brings New York toughness and disruptive upside to Kansas State’s defensive front
A 6-foot-3, 298-pound redshirt junior DT, Patrick Tackie arrives at Kansas State with proven production and a high-upside backstory: he recorded 19 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a pass breakup across his two K-State seasons, and at Hinds CC he was viewed as the 20th-best overall JUCO prospect by 247Sports and the fourth-best JUCO defensive tackle by ESPN. The appeal is clear—he’s an experienced interior lineman with pass-rush disruption, physicality and a self-made edge after betting on himself from the Bronx to junior college to Manhattan. He looks like a strong fit for a team wanting hungry, developmental trench depth with bite.
