Nate Salley, 2006
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Defensive back, Ohio State, 2002–⁠05

Nate Salley

Lettered 2002–⁠05 (school media guide)

Born
Feb 5, 1984, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Nate Salley played defensive back at Ohio State (2002–⁠05). The Carolina Panthers took Salley in round 4, No. 121 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2005
First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 121
Round 4, 2006 NFL Draft (Carolina Panthers)

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2005

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2004Ohio State2
2005Ohio State1
On file (2004–⁠05)3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). 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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
2005122716431.5161

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2005 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 10vs.TexasL 22–⁠251
2004 Ohio State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 2atNorthwesternL 27–⁠331
Nov 20vs.MichiganW 37–⁠211

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

DrillCombine 2006Combine or pro day 2006
Height6′1¾″
Weight216 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size8¾″
40-yard dash4.59 s
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump40″
Broad jump10′3″
Bench press14 reps
3-cone drill6.79 s
20-yard shuttle4.15 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2010UFLFlorida Tuskers
2011UFLVirginia Destroyers *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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