Nate Childress: DL · Toledo · #93.
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Nate Childress
Wins the gap play after play. Fourth year in the Toledo defensive front. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against Buffalo — Week 13, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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 this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-38@ Kentucky | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 45-0vs Murray State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-21vs BYU | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-20@ Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-52@ Ball State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-33vs Kent State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-31vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-49@ Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-49@ Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Week 3 · 2019
W 45-0
vs Murray State
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 45-point win at home against Murray State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%2 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries25 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Jason Candle — 33-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Pass share
39.8%
339 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
70.9
12 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
378 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Toledo, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jason Candle.
