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Northeastern  Profiles - #2 Nate Thellen

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#2 Nate Thellen
Jr. DB
6'2 - 201
Brockton, MA (Brockton)
Individual statistics
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2008: Started 11 games at free safety...led the Huskies with five interceptions...made 58 tackles, fourth-best on the team...finished third in CAA Football in interceptions...named third-team All-CAA Football...named to the CAA Football Academic All-Conference team...tied a career high with nine tackles at Syracuse (Sept. 20)...made three interceptions and returned one 92 yards for a touchdown against UC Davis (Sept. 27)...the three picks are tied for second-most in school history...named CAA Defensive Player of the Week, Sports Network National Player of the Week and ECAC Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 29...won the Boston Globe Gold Helmet Award as New England's best FCS player for week five on Oct. 1...picked off Sean Schaefer in a 35-17 win over Towson (Oct. 4)...grabbed his fifth interception in three games against Massachusetts (Oct. 11)...made eight tackles at Hofstra (Nov. 15).

2007: Played in all 11 games, making nine starts at free safety...finished sixth on the team in tackles with 52...led the team in total tackles (9) and solo tackles (6) against James Madison (Oct. 6)...forced and recovered a fumble, had two pass breakups on third down and recorded three solo tackles vs. Maine (Oct. 27)...made his first career interception at Rhode Island (Nov. 17).

2006: Redshirt season.

High School: Lettered in football and track at Brockton High School, serving as captain of both teams…named to All-Scholastic squad by Boston Herald and Brockton Enterprise…earned a Big Three All-Star selection.

Personal: Born Aug. 27, 1988…won MCAS State Scholarship Award…majoring in Criminal Justice…Class of 2010.

  #2 Nate Thellen Statistics

INTERCEPTIONS          G    No    Yds  TD  Lg Avg/R Avg/G
2007................  11     1      0   0   0   0.0   0.0
2008................  11     5    113   1  92  22.6  10.3
TOTAL...............  22     6    113   1  92  18.8   5.1

ALL PURPOSE            G  Rush   Rec    PR    KR    IR  Total Avg/G
2007................  11     0     0     0     0     0      0   0.0
2008................  11     0     0     0     0   113    113  10.3
TOTAL...............  22     0     0     0     0   113    113   5.1

TACKLES                G    UA     A Total    TFL-Yds    PD   FF   FR Blkd
2007................  11    34    18    52    0.0-0       5    2    1    0
2008................  11    36    22    58    0.0-0       8    0    0    0
TOTAL...............  22    70    40   110    0.0-0      13    2    1    0


CAREER HIGHS


Tackles: 9
Two times, last at Syracuse 9/20/08

Interceptions: 3
vs. UC Davis 9/27/08


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