Nate Givhan: LB · Toledo · #5.
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Nate Givhan
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Arrived as a two-star recruit; five seasons of production at Toledo since. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 2 sacks against Western Michigan — Week 13, 2022.
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
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-0vs Long Island University | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-10vs Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-77@ No. 3 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-17@ San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-17vs Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-21vs Ball State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-42vs Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-20@ Western Michigan | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 17-7vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 12 | 5.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
25tackles this seasonTFL rate
20%5 TFLSack rate
16%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups25 tackles · 5 for loss · 4 sacks.
5 seasons under Jason Candle — 33-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Pass share
43.5%
438 pass / 569 run
Plays / game
71.9
14 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
461 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #289 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Toledo, 94 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jason Candle.
