Nate Hoff

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

Photo by: Lydia Knoll/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Photo by: Larry Levanti

Nate Hoff, rushing the passer challenge.

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Weight:
310
Height:
6-2
Position:
DL
Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Solon, Ohio
High School:
Naval Academy Prep

Hoff started 33 career games and played in 49 overall. He made 90 tackles, 60 solo, with eight sacks (42 yards), 20 tackles for loss (69 yards), one forced fumble and one blocked extra point.

2017 Honors: Received Indiana's Howard Brown "Dedication to IU Football" Award.

2017 (Senior): Started all 11 games in which he appeared ... totaled 19 tackles, 17 solo, two sacks (14 yards), 5.5 tackles for loss (25 yards) and one pass breakup ... posted a TFL in six games ... recorded one sack apiece at No. 4 Penn State and in the win at Illinois ... set a career-high with five solo stops in the Georgia Southern victory ... IU defensive player of the week (Maryland).

2016 (Junior): Led the IU defensive line with 38 tackles and 23 solos ... added 2.5 sacks, six tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one blocked extra point ... started all 13 games at defensive tackle ... collected a career-high eight stops (4 solo) with 1.5 for loss at No. 3 Michigan ... carded his third career two-TFL game at No. 2 Ohio State with one sack ... posted five tackles, including a sack in overtime, in the win over No. 17 Michigan State ... matched his career-high with four solos and forced his first career fumble in the Foster Farms Bowl vs. No. 19 Utah ... blocked the PAT in the Purdue victory ... IU defensive player of the week (Michigan) ... earned the Hoosier Iron Award (Outstanding Weight Room Performance).

2015 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 13 games and started in the win at Wake Forest ... made four solo tackles.

2014 Honors: Honorable mention CollegeFootballNews.com freshman All-American ... honorable mention BTN.com All-Freshman.

2014 (Freshman): Started eight times and appeared in all 12 games at nose tackle ... finished second on the team with 3.5 sacks (18 yards) and 8.5 tackles for loss (30 yards) ... made 29 tackles, which ranked second among Indiana defensive linemen ... ranked third in sacks and shared third in TFLs among Big Ten freshmen ... posted one sack, two tackles for loss and four stops, all solo, against Maryland ... matched his career-high with two TFLs at Rutgers ... recorded a career-high 1.5 sacks against Penn State ... collected one tackle for loss in his collegiate debut vs. Indiana State and one in the win at No. 18 Missouri ... posted at least a half-TFL seven times.

2013: Redshirted the 2013 season ... Indiana’s co-Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year ... three-time scout team player of the week (Navy, Penn State and Wisconsin).

Prep/Personal: Defensive and offensive lineman for head coach J.P. Shevory at the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, R.I ... graduated from Solon (Ohio) High School in 2011 ... four-year starter ... played in the 2012 Ohio North-South Classic after he recorded 24 tackles for loss as a senior ... at offensive guard, blocked at an 84 percent efficiency rate with 77 pancakes ... posted 62 tackles with 21 TFLs and one fumble recovery his junior campaign ... also lettered in track and wrestling, where he finished fifth as a heavyweight at the 2011 Ohio High School Athletic Association Wrestling Championships. ... parents are Paul and Hadassa Hoff ... born on Jan. 7, 1994, Nathanial Hoff is a SPEA management major.