Senior linebacker for Colorado. 2021: 63 tackles, 6 tackles for loss.
6′3″ · 235 lb · Danville, CA
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 638 nationally · Signed with Colorado
Statement game16 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 1 sackat Arizona (FBS) · W 24-13
Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.
Landman come back 2021 challenger/CFB game thread · ▲ 6His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Colorado. 2021: 63 tackles, 6 tackles for loss.
Nate Landman
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Nate Landman has played for four head coaches in five seasons at Colorado. All-Pac-12 in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. The receipt: 13 tackles, 3 TFL against Minnesota — Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Colorado, 348 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Pac-12 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Mike MacIntyre, Kurt Roper, Mel Tucker, and Karl Dorrell. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles (87th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 8.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road2g | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Northern Colorado | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-10vs Texas A&M | 10 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-30vs Minnesota | 13 | 10 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 13-35@ Arizona State | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-37vs USC | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-0vs Arizona | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-26@ California | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 45 | 6.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jordan Magee’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jimmy Phillips's senior season at SMU (2021).
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Player DNA