Senior defensive lineman on Pittsburgh's 2025 roster.
6′4″ · 245 lb · Abbeville, SC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
QB hurries: 82nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
1.5 TFL · 11 tackles · 3 hurries
Best game: 0.5 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Duquesne
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Pittsburgh's 2025 roster.
Nate Temple
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. This is his sixth year in the same defensive front at Pittsburgh. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
Season context · Team result + system
6 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 44-32 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: tackles (6th 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 27 | 8 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 45 | 17 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-9vs Duquesne | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-7vs Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31@ Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-13@ Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 53-34vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-20@ Stanford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 15-37vs Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
2026 Outlook
Pittsburgh
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Pittsburgh
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Pittsburgh · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #64 · 2026 recruiting class #44
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Byron Turner Jr.’s 2024 season.
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Player DNA