#44

Nathan Voorhis

Senior defensive end for Ball State. 2025: 10 sacks, 15.5 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

DE · Ball State · Sr. · #44

6′3″ · 247 lb · Stroudsburg, PA

CFB Index 87 · #24 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Ball State for 2026

How he plays

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.

Sacks: 100th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

15.5 TFL · 49 tackles · 2 hurries

Statement game8 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 3.5 sacksvs Ohio (FBS) · W 20-14

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Ball State. 2025: 10 sacks, 15.5 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UConn in 2022.
Transferred from UConn to Bryant in 2024.

His career, year by year

Nathan Voorhis

DE · Ball State · Sr · #44

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes. Nathan Voorhis has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. 2025 brought the first one: All-MAC. One game to point at: 8 tackles, 3.5 sacks against Ohio — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022UConn6-7HC: Jim Mora · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023UConn3-9HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2025Ball State4-8HC: Mike Uremovich · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

87All-Conference level #24 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#13 / 2975 · 100th pct

10.0

Tackles for loss#15 / 2975 · 99th pct

15.5

Solo tackles#515 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Tackles#628 / 2975 · 79th pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.2	1.9	1.4	0.0
Road7g	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	1.3	1.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	1.2	0.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

87 · #24 of 420 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #24 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-MAC

Based on 2025: #2 of 13 Mid-American DEs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Ball State	49	30	15.5	10.0	--	--	--
2023	UConn	3	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	UConn	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		55	33	15.5	10.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 34–29

vs New Hampshire

5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out New Hampshire at home in a shootout.

With Q. Ashley — 154 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · K. Kelly — 105 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 77.4 · 101 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 0-31@ Purdue	4	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	L 3-42@ Auburn	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 34-29vs New Hampshire	5	3	2.5	1.5	—	2.5 TFL
Wk 4	L 25-31@ UConn	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 20-14vs Ohio	8	5	3.5	3.5	—	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 7	L 0-42@ Western Michigan	3	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 42-28vs Akron	5	3	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 9	L 7-21@ Northern Illinois	6	4	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	W 17-13vs Kent State	6	2	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	L 9-24vs Eastern Michigan	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 9-38@ Toledo	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 24-45@ Miami (OH)	3	2	2.0	1.0	—
Total		49	30	15.5	10.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

49Tackles

30Solo

15.5TFL

10Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

49 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 15.5 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 31.5 sacks
Week 63.5 sacks
Week 81 sack
Week 91 sack
Week 111 sack
Week 141 sack

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

Ball State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Ball State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +6 net (24 in / 18 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Ball State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #113 · 2026 recruiting class #113

DNA match

Player DNA

Finisher

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ryan Smith’s 2022 season.

Ryan Smith

82%match

Duke · 2022

Taylor Riggins

Buffalo · 2021

80%

Tobi Osunsanmi

Kansas State · 2025

80%

Tre'Mon Morris-Brash

UCF · 2023

All-Big 12

80%

Johnny Walker

Missouri · 2024

78%

Matches Ryan on

Sack rate

TFL rate

Height

Differs from Ryan on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Keaten Wade's junior season at Colorado (2024).

Keaten Wade

86%match

Colorado · 2024

Tyrone Taleni

USC · 2022

81%

Romello Height

USC · 2023

All-Big 12NFL Rd 3 · Pk 6

80%

Bryan Thomas Jr.

South Carolina · 2024

77%

Kobe Stewart

Buffalo · 2024

All-MAC

75%

Matches Keaten on

Sack rate

TFL rate

Pressure-to-sack conversion

Player DNA

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Tobi Osunsanmi

Kansas State · 2025

80%

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

Nathan Voorhis

20223 games

2024

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Finisher

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