Favor Bate holds the DE · Depth spot in Boston College Eagles’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Favor Bate is a right defensive end for Boston College who transferred from Merrimack as a three-star rated prospect. At Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Maryland, he compiled 71 tackles and 11 sacks over 12 games as a senior. During his 2024 season with the Warriors, he appeared in nine games, recording 10 tackles, three tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks. In 2025, Bate played in all 12 games with three starts for the Eagles, posting 14 tackles, two pass breakups, two quarterback hits, one sack, one tackle for loss, and one fumble recovery. He recorded his first sack as an Eagle on October 4 against Pittsburgh, an 11-yard loss of quarterback Mason Heintschel.

Merrimackthrough 2024

Boston College2025 — present