As a Junior in 2009 ... Made Don Hansen Football Gazette Honorable Mention All-American and Second-Team All-Super Region 4 ... Also made Second Team Daktronics all-Super Region 4 ... Excelled in the classroom, earning ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 6 honors ... Picked up an Honorable Mention All-Lone Star Conference South Division selection ... Academic All-Lone Star Conference South Division ... Made the ENMU Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters ... Selected as the ENMUSports.com Student Athlete of the Week on August 30 ... Finished fourth in the country and first in the LSC in tackles and tackles per game ... Made a career and season-LSC high 20 tackles against Angelo State, that performance was tied for fifth-best in the country ... Started in all 11 of the Hounds games, making 132 tackles, with 40 solos and 18.5 for a loss ... Had three sacks, two fumble recoveries and two blocked kicks ... Both blocked kicks came as part of a 12-tackle performance in the season-opener at CSU-Pueblo ... Made 16 tackles with 2.5 for a loss in a win over LSC North champion, Texas A&M-Commerce ... Had four stops for a loss at West Texas A&M ... Closed out the season with back-to-back 17-tackle outings against Midwestern State and Incarnate Word.
As a Sophomore in 2008 … Played in 11 games last season … Recorded 96 tackles, netting a total loss of seven yards … Recovered two fumbles and forced another … Nathan broke up two passes last season, and sacked the opposing quarterback’s twice … Garnered First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 6 and Academic All-Lone Star Conference South Division Honors … Was selected Second Team All-LSC South and was chosen as the ENMUSports.com Football Player of the Week on September 14th
As a Freshman in 2007 … Appeared in ten games in his first season as a Greyhound … In his first game with ENMU against Bacone College on Aug. 25, 2007, Nathan broke up one pass, made one tackle, and assisted in two more, establishing his defensive presence for the season … Recorded 31 total tackles, forcing the loss of nine yards … Assisted on two sacks, one for a loss of four yards against Oklahoma Panhandle on Nov. 10, 2007
Before ENMU … Played four years at Denton Ryan High School under Coach Joey Florence … Awarded all district honors his junior and senior years … Named the All State 4A Defensive Player of the Year in 2006 … A multi-sport athlete, Nathan also excelled at baseball, where he was awarded all district honors for his play as a catcher … Graduated high school with a 4.6 GPA
Personal … Majoring in finance with a minor in business management at Eastern New Mexico University.
