#22

Nate Meadors

Senior defensive back for UCLA. 2018: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

DB · UCLA · Sr. · #22

5′11″ · 196 lb · San Bernardino, CA

UCLA 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back for UCLA. 2018: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UCLA, 123 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

UCLA

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2017

Jim Mora

UCLA

2018

Chip Kelly

UCLA

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Mora → Chip Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015UCLA8-5HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2016UCLA4-8HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

2017UCLA6-7HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

2018UCLA3-9HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#733 / 2662 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles#1205 / 2662 · 54th pct

Tackles for loss#1356 / 2662 · 45th pct

2.0

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road5g	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	0.3	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	UCLA	33	27	2.0	1.0	2	1	--
2017	UCLA	54	38	2.0	1.0	9	1	--
2016	UCLA	36	28	0.0	0.0	6	--	--
2015	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		123	93	4.0	2.0	17	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2018

W 34–27

vs USC

1 INT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Kelley — 289 rush yds (40 car) · 2 TD · W. Speight — 166 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 22 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-26vs Cincinnati	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 21-49@ Oklahoma	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 14-38vs Fresno State	5	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 16-38@ Colorado	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 24-31vs Washington	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 7	W 37-7@ California	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 10-41vs Utah	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 21-42@ Oregon	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 28-31@ Arizona State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 34-27vs USC	—	—	—	—	1	—
Total		33	27	2.0	1.0	1	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays