Player Dossier

2008-2008

NC State

Nate Irving

LB • 6'1" • 231 lbs • Wallace, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nate Irving shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Player Story

Nate Irving built his college career in 2008 as a linebacker from Wallace, NC wearing No. 56, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Nate Irving's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions...

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Nate Irving, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · NC State. Nate Irving shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

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Latest team and position
NC State · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 4 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
Miami
Latest roster
No. 56 · Class 2008

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonNC State40-0--173.3

Related Context

Nate Irving played LB for NC State. Across 1 tracked season, Nate Irving recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

NC State paired 4 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · NC State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 1. William & Mary: 1. Clemson: 1. Miami: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

20 vs Miami

Result
Sat 11/29vs MiamiW 38-281
Sat 9/13@ ClemsonL 9-271
Sat 9/6vs William & MaryW 34-241
Fri 8/29@ South CarolinaL 0-341

Player Story

Nate Irving story

Nate Irving built his college career in 2008 as a linebacker from Wallace, NC wearing No. 56, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Nate Irving's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 4 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with NC State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Nate Irving's production has multiple signals. With 4 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across NC State.

The arc is straightforward: Nate Irving moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    NC State

    2008

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2008
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonNC State420

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Miami

Week 14 · W 38-28 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Clemson

Week 3 · L 9-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs William & Mary

Week 2 · W 34-24

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ South Carolina

Week 1 · L 0-34

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · NC State

4 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

Milestones

4

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games