Usage / Role
12%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016UCLA
Nate Iese
TE • 6'3" • Elk Grove, CA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Nate Iese reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
57
Solid production for a tight end
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Reliability
32
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Player Story
Nate Iese built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a tight end from Elk Grove, CA wearing No. 11, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Nate Iese's career was his receiving role: 49 catches, 569...
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- Committed To
- UCLA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Nate Iese, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCLA. Nate Iese reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 569
- Receptions
- 49
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Nate Iese quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 569
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Utah
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Sheldon · UCLA
- High school pipeline
- Sheldon · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Class 2016
- 2016 Receiving yards rank
- 400 receiving yards · TE 25th (top 9%) · Pac-12 34th (top 19%) · National 319th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 35.4 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 7 | 12 | 70 | 2 | 36.5 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 8 | 11 | 96 | 0 | 31.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 8 | 25 | 400 | 4 | 66.7 |
Related Context
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Nate Iese played TE for UCLA. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nate Iese recorded -3 rushing yards, 569 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
UCLA paired 400 primary output with 89.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 89.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2016 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
50
Efficiency
89.6
Usage
12
Consistency
37.5
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 10. BYU: 34. Stanford: 89. Arizona: 16. Arizona State: 60. Washington State: 16. Utah: 146. Oregon State: 29
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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 1 by 66.7. BYU: 2 by 100. Stanford: 5 by 100. Arizona: 1 by 100. Arizona State: 4 by 100. Washington State: 2 by 53.3. Utah: 8 by 100. Oregon State: 2 by 96.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins22.3 · Games = 4 · -55.5 vs Losses
Losses77.8 · Games = 4 · +55.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Utah
Best efficiency game
100 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/13 | vs Oregon State | W 38-24 | — | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Utah100 receiving yards · High volume | L 45-52 | — | 8 | 146 | 18.3 | 18.30 | 2 | 50 |
| Sun 10/16 | @ Washington State | L 21-27 | — | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Sun 10/9 | @ Arizona State | L 20-23 | — | 4 | 60 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| Sun 10/2 | vs Arizona | W 45-24 | — | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Stanford | L 13-22 | — | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 1 | 28 |
| Sun 9/18 | @ BYU | W 17-14 | — | 2 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| Sun 9/11 | vs UNLV | W 42-21 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Player Story
Nate Iese story
Nate Iese built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a tight end from Elk Grove, CA wearing No. 11, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Nate Iese's career was his receiving role: 49 catches, 569 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles and 25 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Nate Iese's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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UCLA
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 3 | 20 | 6.3 | 3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 70 | 36.7 | 8.2 | 67 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 96 | 46.7 | 6.9 | 26 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 400 | 89.6 | 12 | 304 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Utah
Week 8 · L 45-52 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
146
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
146 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Stanford
Week 4 · L 13-22 · Conference game
89
Receiving Yards
84.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
89 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Virginia
Week 1 · W 34-16
43
Receiving Yards
74.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
43 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Virginia
Week 1 · W 28-20
19
Receiving Yards
65.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
19 receiving yards with a 63.3 efficiency score.
#5
@ Arizona State
Week 6 · L 20-23 · Conference game
60
Receiving Yards
63.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
60 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · UCLA
400 primary output · 89.6 efficiency · 12 usage
66.7
#2
2014 Regular Season · UCLA
36.5
70 primary · 36.7 efficiency · 8.2 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · UCLA
35.4
3 primary · 20 efficiency · 6.3 usage
Milestones
1
100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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