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Nate Hobbs

Illinois · Safety · 2017-20

TKL
170
INT
3
PD
14

Career totals · 4 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2017 to 2020, Hobbs recorded 170 tackles and 13.5 tackles for loss. From 2018 to 2020, Hobbs also had 3 interceptions.

Hobbs was the No. 167 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 69 overall, the 15th-highest safety rating at Illinois since 1990 and No. 148 among all safeties of the 2015-2019 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2021
    • No. 167 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Nate Hobbs season-by-season statistics at Illinois
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
201748220
201822311
2019685.591
202032321
Total17013.5143

Seasons with tracked stats at Illinois. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Illinois Teammates

  1. 74Chase Brown2019-22RB
  2. 74Dele Harding2016-19LB
  3. 74Carroll Phillips2014-16EDGE
  4. 72Reggie Corbin2015-19RB
  5. 71Bobby Roundtree2017-19EDGE
  6. 70Del'Shawn Phillips2017-18LB
  7. 70Dawuane Smoot2013-16EDGE
  8. 70Clayton Fejedelem2013-15S
  9. 70Jihad Ward2014-15EDGE
  10. 69Geronimo Allison2014-15WR

Full Illinois all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2015-2019 Era

  1. 91Grant DelpitLSU · 2017-19S
  2. 91Minkah FitzpatrickAlabama · 2015-17S
  3. 90Antoine Winfield Jr.Minnesota · 2016-19S
  4. 90Richie GrantUCF · 2017-20S
  5. 90DeShon ElliottTexas · 2015-17S
  6. 90Tedric ThompsonColorado · 2013-16S
  7. 90Derwin JamesFlorida State · 2016-17S
  8. 90Jabrill PeppersMichigan · 2014-16S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Nate Hobbs) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.