Tight end, Illinois, 2013–17
Nathan Echard
Lettered 2014–16 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 39
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Hometown
- Eureka, MO
Nathan Echard played tight end at Illinois (2013–17).
Receiving
Defense
Returns
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 of 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Illinois | 39 | TE | ||
| 2014 | Illinois | 39 | TE | ||
| 2015 | Illinois | 39 | TE | ||
| 2016 | Illinois | 39 | TE | ||
| 2017 | Illinois | 39 | TE | 6′2″ | 230 |
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.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Illinois | 5 | -0.54 | – | – | -2.7 | – |
| 2016 | Illinois | 7 | 0.33 | – | – | 2.3 | – |
| 2017 | Illinois | 3 | 0.17 | – | – | 0.5 | – |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2017 Illinois 2 games, 2 catches, 19 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tkl | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Ball State | W 24–21 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 20–7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Illinois 11 games, 9 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tkl | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs. North Carolina | L 23–48 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. Western Michigan | L 10–34 | 2 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 1 | at Nebraska | L 16–31 | 1 | 26 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 8 | vs. Purdue | L 31–34 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at Rutgers | W 24–7 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Michigan | L 8–41 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Minnesota | L 17–40 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Michigan State | W 31–27 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Wisconsin | L 3–48 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Iowa | L 0–28 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 26 | at Northwestern | L 21–42 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Illinois 4 games, 4 catches, 4 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tkl | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | vs.Nebraska | W 14–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 31 | at Penn State | L 0–39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 14 | vs. Ohio State | L 3–28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 21 | atMinnesota | L 23–32 | 1 | −4 | 0 | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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