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Jersey Number 6
Nate Ritchie
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 207
- Position:
- S
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cedar Hills, Utah
- High School:
- Lone Peak HS
- Major:
- Health and Kinesiology
2025: Started at safety in the first five games of the season.
Personal: Son of Brad and Amy … has four sisters … father played football at BYU.
- Totaled 25 tackles (3.5 TFL) and one pass breakup prior to an injury in the West Virginia game.
- Turned in career-bests with 13 tackles and 2.5 TFL against Texas Tech.
- First pass breakup of the season came against Texas Tech.
- Had a pair of five-tackle outings against UCLA and Wyoming.
- Academic All-Big 12 Team.
- Nineteen tackles (2.0 TFL) on the season, with a career-best nine coming in the win vs. Baylor (1.0 TFL).
- Earned a start for the BYU game.
- Made 1.5 third-down stops vs. Baylor.
- Contributed a TFL against TCU.
- Credited 22 tackles on the season (1.5 TFL, 1.0 sack).
- Tied a career-high with seven stops (0.5 TFL) vs. Northwestern in the Las Vegas Bowl.
- Contributed an eight-yard sack among his four tackles vs. Cal.
- Led the secondary with 28 total tackles (4.0 TFL, 1.0 sack), adding one fumble recovery and a pass breakup.
- Career-high seven tackles against Washington.
- Six tackles (1.0 TFL, 1.0 sack) against No. 21 Colorado, also recovering a fumble in the game … five tackles (1.0 TFL against Oregon State and USC.
- Five tackles (1.0 TFL) and a pass breakup against Washington State.
- Two-time first-team all-state.
- Region 4 Defensive MVP as a senior and first-team all-region as a junior.
- 2018 All-USA Utah football team.
- Played on offense, defense and special teams.
- 51 total tackles (5.0 TFL, 1.0 sack) with eight interceptions (151 return yards, three touchdowns) and seven passes defended his senior year, also going 44-of-47 on PATs and 11-of-16 on field goals, including a career-long 51-yarder.
- Also had 15 carries for 82 yards (5.5 ypc) with four rushing touchdowns along with three catches for 44 yards (1 TD) and 75 kick return yards as a senior.
- 39 tackles (1.0 TFL), six interceptions (148 return yards, two touchdowns), three passes defended and a forced fumble as a junior, adding four kick returns for 348 yards (87.0 ypr), scoring five return touchdowns (2 PR, 3 KR) and went 38-of-45 PATs, also going a perfect 8-for-8 on field goals.
- Added four carries for 85 yards and one rushing touchdown as a junior.
- Lone Peak won the 6A state championship in 2018 … 29 tackles, four interceptions (48 return yards) and five passes defended his sophomore season, going 37-of-42 on PATs and 6-of-9 on field goals.
- Also played basketball.
Personal: Son of Brad and Amy … has four sisters … father played football at BYU.
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