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2021-2025UC Davis
Nate Rutchena
LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Danville, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nate Rutchena shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- California • UC Davis
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Player Story
Nate Rutchena built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Danville, CA wearing No. 8, spending time with California and UC Davis. The clearest part of Nate Rutchena's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNate Rutchena, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · California. Nate Rutchena shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 61
- TFL
- 4
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Nate Rutchena quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UC Davis · LB
- Career Tackles
- 61
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- UCLA
- High school pipeline
- Kamehameha · 32 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | California | 8 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 64.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | California | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | California | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 5 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UC Davis | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.6 |
Related Context
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Nate Rutchena played LB for California and UC Davis. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nate Rutchena recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
California paired 10 primary output with 30.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 26.7 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across California, UC Davis.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UC Davis
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
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Efficiency
26.7
Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Washington
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Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Washington
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Washington
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| Sun 9/7 | @ Washington | — | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nate Rutchena story
Nate Rutchena built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Danville, CA wearing No. 8, spending time with California and UC Davis. The clearest part of Nate Rutchena's career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with California. 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 Rutchena's production has multiple signals. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California and UC Davis.
The arc is straightforward: Nate Rutchena 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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California
2021-2024
Opening stop
- 2
UC Davis
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2021 Regular Season | California | 10 | 30.7 | 9 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | California | 1 | 10.7 | 2.7 | -9 |
| 2023 Postseason | California | 0 | 10 | 1.6 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 0 | 10 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | California | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UC Davis | 1 | 26.7 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UCLA
Week 13 · L 14-42 · Conference game
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
90.8 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Arizona
Week 10 · L 3-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.1 takeover score.
#3
vs UC Davis
Week 1 · W 34-13
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Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 13 Washington
Week 2 · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
63.4 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Oregon State
Week 9 · W 39-25 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
49 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · California
10 primary output · 30.7 efficiency · 9 usage
64.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · UC Davis
45.6
1 primary · 26.7 efficiency · — usage
#3
2023 Postseason · California
41.1
0 primary · 10 efficiency · 1.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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