Player Dossier

2020-2025

Utah

Nate Ritchie

S • 6'2" • 206 lbs • Cedar Hills, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nate Ritchie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

23%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

68

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

86

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Utah

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Utah
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Player Story

Nate Ritchie built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a safety from Cedar Hills, UT wearing No. 6, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Nate Ritchie's career was his defensive production: 84...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8967

Lone Peak · American Fork, UT

Committed To
Utah
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Nate Ritchie, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Utah. Nate Ritchie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
84
TFL
10
Sacks
2
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Nate Ritchie quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah · S
Career Tackles
84
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Utah
Top game
Texas Tech
Recruit profile
4-star · Lone Peak · Utah
High school pipeline
Lone Peak · 23 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
20 tackles · S 263rd (top 47%) · Big 12 236th (top 33%) · National 2,057th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonUtah42331-1071.5
2023 PostseasonUtah670.50--030.5
2023 Regular SeasonUtah61511--030.5
2024 Regular SeasonUtah81920--022.3
2025 Regular SeasonUtah3203.50-1063.8

Related Context

Nate Ritchie played S for Utah. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nate Ritchie recorded 84 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Utah.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Utah paired 5 primary output with 36.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 41.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Utah

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

41.4

Usage

10.8

Consistency

34

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 0. Cal Poly: 1. Texas Tech: 3.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCLA: 5 by 20.8. Cal Poly: 2 by 18.3. Texas Tech: 13 by 85

Split Comparison

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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -3 vs Losses
Losses3.5 · Games = 1 · +3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

85 vs Texas Tech

Result
Sat 9/20vs Texas Tech10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-3413102.5001
Sat 9/6vs Cal PolyW 63-921100
Sun 8/31@ UCLAW 43-1052000

Player Story

Nate Ritchie story

Nate Ritchie built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a safety from Cedar Hills, UT wearing No. 6, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Nate Ritchie's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Nate Ritchie's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Utah

    2020-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonUtah536.49.6
2023 PostseasonUtah2.519.55-2.5
2023 Regular SeasonUtah2.519.550
2024 Regular SeasonUtah212.43.4-0.5
2025 Regular SeasonUtah4.541.410.82.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 3 Texas Tech

Week 4 · L 10-34 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

95 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95 takeover score.

#2

@ Colorado

Week 15 · W 38-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Baylor

Week 2 · W 23-12 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#4

vs California

Week 7 · W 34-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Washington State

Week 16 · W 45-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Utah

5 primary output · 36.4 efficiency · 9.6 usage

71.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · Utah

63.8

4.5 primary · 41.4 efficiency · 10.8 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Utah

30.5

2.5 primary · 19.5 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games