Nate Locke

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Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
238
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Canton, Ohio
High School:
Massillon

2017: Third Team All-MAC … First Team Academic All-District … MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-MAC … Started all 12 games at middle linebacker … Second on the team with 93 tackles and tied for the team lead with 8.5 tackles for loss … Also finished with 2.0 sacks, three quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery … Ranked among the top 100 tacklers in the country in tackles per game … Opened the season with a career-high 15 tackles at Michigan State, including a 0.5 tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry … Had 13 tackles against Toledo and 10 against Northern Illinois … In the NIU game, he had 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack … Picked up 4.0 tackles for loss in a win over Kent State, which included a sack … Named MAC East Division Defensive Player of the Week following the Kent State game … Semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy, given to the top scholar-athlete in college football … Nominee for the Wuerffel Award, known as College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service … Nominee for the AFCA Allstate Good Works Team.

2016: MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-MAC … Played in all 12 games, starting the final three of the season … Had 28 tackles, including 1.5 for loss and 0.5 sack … Also recorded a pass break-up and a quarterback hurry … Had a season-best eight tackles at Akron in a win that started a three-game winning streak to close the season … Had a tackle for loss against Buffalo and 0.5 sack against Kent State … Also posted his lone pass break-up and quarterback hurry in the win over Buffalo … Falcons went 3-0 in his starts and have won six straight when he starts dating back to the beginning of the 2015 season.

2015: Played in 13 total games at linebacker, making three starts … named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete and Academic All-MAC … recorded 34 total tackles (15 ua, 19 a) … added 3.0 tackles for loss … had one forced fumble … had four tackles in season opener … registered a season-best six tackles against Memphis … recorded two tackles and a forced fumble in his first start of the season against UMass (Oct. 10) … had two tackles in four straight games in the middle of the season … started in the regular season finale against Ball State (Nov. 24) … made five tackles in a MAC Championship Game start against Northern Illinois.

2014: Played in all 14 games at linebacker, starting the first four games of the season for the Falcons … recorded 30 total tackles (12 unassisted, 18 assisted) … had a fumble recovery in a game at Wisconsin on Sept. 20 … made a season-high seven tackles in a win over Indiana on Sept. 13 … recorded 1.5 tackles for loss on the season … named Academic All-MAC … named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete.

2013: Did not play.

High School: Is a 2013 graduate of Massillon Jackson High School ... coached by Beau Balderson ... two-time team captain ... earned first-team All-Federal League and second-team all-district ... was also a member of the National Honor Society and a member of the Academic All-Ohio team.

Personal: Full Name is Nathaniel Paul Locke … born Aug. 14, 1994 … son of Paul and Laura Locke … has one brother and two sisters … majoring in psychology.