Player Dossier

2007-2010

Stanford

Nate Whitaker

PK • 5'9" • San Diego, CA, USA

Impact contributor

Nate Whitaker shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Notre Dame • Stanford
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Nate Whitaker built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a placekicker from San Diego, CA wearing No. 39, spending time with Notre Dame and Stanford. The clearest part of Nate Whitaker's career was his...

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Nate Whitaker, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Nate Whitaker shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Nate Whitaker quick answers

Latest team and position
Stanford · PK
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Top game
Purdue
Latest roster
No. 39 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2007 Regular SeasonNotre Dame200100
2009 PostseasonStanford1300100
2009 Regular SeasonStanford1300100
2010 PostseasonStanford1300100
2010 Regular SeasonStanford1300100

Related Context

Nate Whitaker is listed as a PK for Notre Dame and Stanford. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

Notre Dame paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Notre Dame, Stanford.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2010 Postseason · Stanford

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 0. Sacramento State: 0. UCLA: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Oregon: 0. USC: 0. Washington State: 0. Washington: 0. Arizona: 0. Arizona State: 0. California: 0. Oregon State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 12 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

Best efficiency game

— vs Virginia Tech

Result
Tue 1/4@ Virginia TechW 40-12
Sun 11/28vs Oregon StateW 38-0
Sat 11/20@ CaliforniaW 48-14
Sun 11/14@ Arizona StateW 17-13
Sun 11/7vs ArizonaW 42-17
Sat 10/30@ WashingtonW 41-0
Sat 10/23vs Washington StateW 38-28
Sun 10/10vs USCW 37-35
Sun 10/3@ OregonL 31-52
Sat 9/25@ Notre DameW 37-14
Sun 9/19vs Wake ForestW 68-24
Sun 9/12@ UCLAW 35-0
Sat 9/4vs Sacramento StateW 52-17

Player Story

Nate Whitaker story

Nate Whitaker built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a placekicker from San Diego, CA wearing No. 39, spending time with Notre Dame and Stanford. The clearest part of Nate Whitaker's career was his special-teams scoring: 214 kicking points, 33 made field goals on 42 attempts, and 115 extra points across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Stanford. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame and Stanford.

The arc is straightforward: Nate Whitaker 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Notre Dame

    2007

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Stanford

    2009-2010

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20072009200920102010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0
2009 PostseasonStanford00
2009 Regular SeasonStanford00
2010 PostseasonStanford00
2010 Regular SeasonStanford00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Purdue

Week 5 · L 19-33

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Penn State

Week 2 · L 10-31

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Oklahoma

Week 1 · L 27-31 · Postseason

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Notre Dame

Week 13 · W 45-38

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs California

Week 12 · L 28-34 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · Notre Dame

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2009 Postseason · Stanford

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Stanford

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games