Last confirmed: Bowling Green, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 240 lb · Canton, OH · Jackson
Nathan Locke: LB · Bowling Green · #27.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Nathan Locke
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. A 2-star signing who has since put two seasons on the field at Bowling Green. One game to point at: 15 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Michigan State — Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
93 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 93 | 40 | 8.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 28 | 18 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Career | 121 | 58 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-35@ Michigan State | 15 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 27-35vs South Dakota | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-49@ Northwestern | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-24@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-34vs Akron | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-29@ Miami (OH) | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-48vs Ohio | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-48vs Northern Illinois | 10 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-16@ Kent State | 8 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 4.0 TFL |
| Wk 11 | L 28-38@ Buffalo | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 37-66vs Toledo | 13 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 93 | 40 | 8.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
93tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%8 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups93 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
2 seasons under Mike Jinks — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 7.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 9.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Jinks
Pass share
49.7%
417 pass / 422 run
Plays / game
69.9
12 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
93 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Bowling Green, 121 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dave Clawson, Dino Babers, and Mike Jinks. Multi-era developmental context.
