#36

Nate Godwin

Defensive back for South Florida. 2016: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 68 tackles.

DB · South Florida · #36

5′10″ · Tampa, FL

South Florida 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 919 nationally · Signed with South Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive back for South Florida. 2016: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 68 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at South Florida, 68 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with South Florida3-star out of Freedom

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#919 national

CFB

College

South Florida

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Willie Taggart — 15-10 over that span.

2014South Florida4-8HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

2016South Florida11-2HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (95th percentile). Strength: passes defended (88th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#139 / 2668 · 95th pct

Passes defended#276 / 2668 · 88th pct

Tackles#338 / 2668 · 87th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Tackles for loss#1737 / 2668 · 28th pct

1.0

Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.4
Road6g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.9	0.1	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	South Florida	68	52	1.0	0.0	5	1	--
2014	South Florida	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		68	52	1.0	0.0	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016

W 56–20

vs Towson

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 REC

Dominant 36-point win at home against Towson.

With Q. Flowers — 178 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.3 · 46 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · R. Adams — 37 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week