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2022 Football Roster

5 Nathan East

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 227
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown McCalla, Ala.
  • Previous School McAdory HS

Biography

2022 Charles Williams Memorial Jersey Winner
2021 Spring Second Team All-SoCon
2018 SoCon All-Freshman TeamĀ 

2021 (Fall): Started 10 of the team’s 11 games at linebacker . . . led the team with 97 tackles, and ranked second in the Southern Conference with an average of 9.7 tackles per game . . . 47 of his tackles were solo stops . . . had 7.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks on the season . . . had 13 tackles, including 3.5 for loss at UT Martin . . . tallied 12 tackles, including seven solo, at Wofford . . . finished with 12 tackles against Chattanooga . . . contributed a season-high 15 tackles against The Citadel . . . had nine tackles at the University of Florida.Ā 

2021 (Spring): Started all seven games of the spring season at linebacker . . . named second team All-SoCon by the league’s coaches . . . led the team with 68 tackles, including 32 solo stops . . . had 3.5 tackles for loss and three pass break-ups . . . had double-digit tackles in each of the last four games of the season . . . had 10 tackles against Wofford . . . tallied a career-high 17 tackles, including eight solo stops against VMI . . . finished with 13 tackles at The Citadel . . . contributed 11 tackles in a home win against Mercer. Ā 

2019 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games . . . finished the season with 82 total tackles, including 40 solo tackles . . . also had 1.5 tackles for loss . . . had four quarterback hurries and three pass break ups . . . had a career-high 12 tackles at Tennessee Tech . . . tallied nine tackles each against Wofford, Alabama A&M, Mercer and Auburn . . . finished with seven tackles against Chattanooga . . . tallied six tackles against Furman . . . had five tackles in the season opener against Youngstown State.Ā 

2018 (Freshman): Saw action in all 11 games as a backup linebacker . . . tallied 34 total tackles, including 20 solo stops . . . also had 2.0 tackles for loss and one pass break up . . . had a season-high five tackles each against Western Carolina and VMI . . . had four tackles, all solo, at Kennesaw State . . . tallied a pass break up, to go along with two tackles at ETSU.

2017: Saw no game action . . . participated with the Bulldog scout team.Ā 

High School: Tallied 190 career tackles at McAdory High School . . . also had six fumble recoveries, four forced fumbles, three interceptions and three blocked punts . . . scored two defensive touchdowns and three offensive touchdowns (two passing, one receiving) . . . led his team in tackles in 2015, and served as a team captain in 2016 . . . also won his team’s Iron Man Award . . . served as the Senior Class President, and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 200 lbs
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  • 22

    2018Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 212 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2019Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 221 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2020-21Graduate Student

    Linebacker
    6'2" 221 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2021Graduate Student

    Linebacker
    6'2" 228 lbs
    22
  • 5

    2022Graduate Student

    Linebacker
    6'2" 227 lbs
    5