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Defensive end, Utah, 2013–14
Nate Orchard
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 255 lb
- Hometown
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Born
- Jan 5, 1993
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Nate Orchard played defensive end at Utah (2013–14). He won the 2014 Ted Hendricks Award. The Cleveland Browns took Orchard in round 2, No. 51 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: FWAA 2014; Walter Camp 2014; ESPN 2014; Scout.com 2014; Sports Illustrated 2014
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 9 | 3.5 | 1 | 3 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: 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
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.
Before the draft
Played in the 2015 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–13).
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Combine or pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3¼″ | |
| Weight | 250 lb | |
| Arm length | 33¾″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.80 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.65 s | |
| Vertical jump | 31½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ | |
| Bench press | 23 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.28 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.43 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 41 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Football Team.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | Cleveland Browns | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | Buffalo Bills | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Washington Redskins | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Washington Football Team | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Washington Football Team | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 41 | 84 | 6 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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