Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 10-70@ Washington | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
Nate Rutchena
Nate Rutchena: LB · California · #8.
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Nate Rutchena
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at California. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Washington — Week 2, 2025.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
California in the news
- Cal lists WR, LB, RB injuries
Sports Illustrated Oct 29 - Cal finalizes Lupoi's $22.6M contract
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | California | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | California | 13 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | California | 35 | 22 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
| Career | 61 | 34 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
Game log
Signature game
Teams and coaches
4 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 21-29 over that span.
2021California5-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced
2022California4-8HC: Justin Wilcox · Pass-leaning
2023California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Run-leaning
2024California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 4.0 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
57.0%
502 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Five seasons, two schools
- 2025 UC DavisYear 5 · 1 game
- Jan 2025 Entered the transfer portalCalifornia to UC Davis
- 2024 California WilcoxYear 4 · 1 game
- 2023 California WilcoxYear 3 · 5 games
- 2022 California WilcoxYear 2 · 6 games
- 2021 California WilcoxYear 1 · 8 games
- High school Monte VistaDanville, CA · Class of 2020Three-star, No. 1,278 in the 2020 class.Also from Monte Vista: Kellan Ford (Arizona), Julian McMahan (Washington), Dakota Dickson (SMU) and 1 more.
Moves
- Transferred from California to UC Davis, Jan 17, 2025.
How it ended
Four seasons at California, 61 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 21 games over five seasons.
2020
- RecruitedThree-star, out of Monte Vista
2025
- Transferred to UC Davisfrom California
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coach2021–2024
California
Played every college season under Justin Wilcox.