Linebacker, Illinois, to 2010

Nate Bussey

Lettered 2007–⁠10 (school media guide)

Number
No. 18
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Washington, DC
Born
Feb 20, 1989, in Washington, D.C.

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Nate Bussey played linebacker at Illinois (to 2010).

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Illinois1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
2007N1354900–––
2008N121292100–2–
2009113013430.50.5011
2010134835838.51120
On file956115691.5–––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Illinois18LB
2010Illinois18LB6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Illinois 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 9atPenn StateW 33–⁠131
2009 Illinois 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 12 yards
DateOpponentResultInt

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2011
Height6′1″
Weight228 lb
40-yard dash4.51 s
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press16 reps
3-cone drill6.84 s
20-yard shuttle4.28 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2012UFLOmaha Nighthawks
2013CFLHamilton Tiger-Cats

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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