Last confirmed: UCF, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 241 lb · WAGGAMAN, LA · John Curtis
Nathaniel Evans: LB · UCF · #44.
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Nathaniel Evans
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Nathaniel Evans has been at UCF through two head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 17 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Cincinnati — Week 6, 2019.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
104 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12.5 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.
Roundtable Oct 19
Sports Illustrated Oct 7Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-0vs Florida A&M | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-14@ Florida Atlantic | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-27vs Stanford | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-35@ Pittsburgh | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-21vs UConn | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Cincinnati | 17 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 17 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 41-28vs East Carolina | 10 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 63-21@ Temple | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-29vs Houston | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-34@ Tulsa | 14 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-31@ Tulane | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | W 48-25@ Marshall | 12 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 104 | 66 | 12.5 | 1.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
104tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%12 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
4%4 pass breakups104 tackles · 12.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 9.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 9.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
45.4%
457 pass / 549 run
Plays / game
77.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
491 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
104 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCF, 239 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 40 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
