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8 Nate Rutchena

8 Nate Rutchena

  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    240
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Position:
    Linebacker
  • Hometown:
    Danville, Calif.
  • High School:
    Monte Vista

Summary

Biography

PRE-UC DAVIS: Has played in 24 games with four starts over the last three seasons since his arrival at Cal in 2021 after greyshirting the 2020 campaign ... Has contributed 62 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss (-11 yards), three interceptions that he has returned six yards, three pass breakups, six passes defended and one quarterback hurry

Senior (2024): Moved from inside linebacker to tight end in spring practices

Junior (2023): Played in five of the final six games and started the last one after not appearing in the first seven contests ... Contributed 14 tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss (-3 yards)

Sophomore (2022): Played in a career-high all 12 games off the bench ... Contributed 13 tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss (-1 yard)

Freshman (2021): Earned Cal's Clint Evans Award as the team's most intense freshman competitor ... Played in seven games including a career-high three starts ... Shared the team lead with three interceptions that he returned six yards while also contributing career highs of 35 tackles including 28 in his three starts, 3.0 tackles for loss (-7 yards), three pass breakups and one quarterback hurry ... Played in seven consecutive games including his first three career starts in the final three contests of the stretch at Arizona, Stanford and UCLA, before not playing in the season finale against USC due to injury ... Averaged 0.43 interceptions per game that would have ranked second in the Pac-12 and third nationally had he played in the minimum 75% of his team's games to qualify ... One of eight true freshmen to play and one of four to make at least one start 

Freshman (2020): Greyshirted ... Did not play

Monte Vista HS (Class Of 2020): A two-way player who played wide receiver during all three seasons of his action and safety in the final two over a total of 32 games for teams that reached the North Coast Section playoffs each campaign ... Accumulated offensive career numbers that included 122 catches for 1762 yards receiving and 22 touchdowns, as well as three rushes for seven yards and one incomplete pass attempt ... Compiled two-year career totals on defense of 151 tackles, 14.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks (-24 yards), eight interceptions that he returned for 142 yards and one touchdown, three pass deflections, one fumble recovery that he returned for 29 yards and a touchdown, and one forced fumble ... Totaled 1911 career all-purpose yards after adding two kick returns for two yards ... Played in all 12 games as a 2019 senior for a team that finished 8-4 overall and reached the North Coast Section Division I semifinals ... Had 105 tackles, 11.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks (-24 yards), two interceptions that he returned nine yards and one fumble recovery that he returned 29 yards for a touchdown on defense ... Recorded 53 receptions for 709 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior, as well as two kick returns for two yards to total 711 all-purpose yards ... Totaled 46 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, five interceptions that he returned for 133 yards and one touchdown, two pass deflections and one forced fumble for a team that finished 7-4 overall and reached the quarterfinals of the North Coast Section Division 1 playoffs as a 2018 junior ... Added 45 receptions for 716 and seven touchdowns, as well as two rushes for seven yards on offense as a junior ... Made most of his contributions on offense as a 2017 sophomore with 20 receptions for 337 yards and three touchdowns, while adding on  for a team that reached the first round of the North Coast Section Division 1 playoffs, while adding one interception and one pass deflection on defense ... Wore No. 8 as a junior and senior in football after suiting up in No. 30 during his sophomore campaign ... Also played two seasons of basketball as a 2018-19 junior and 2019-20 senior.
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