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Jersey Number 98
Nate Burrell
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Experience:
- 5
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, CA
- High School:
- St. John Bosco HS
Pronunciation
buh-RELL
Accolades - Athletic
buh-RELL
Accolades - Athletic
- College Football Comeback Player of the Year Watch List (2026)
- Recorded his first sack (-4 yds) since Oct. 5, 2024 in Cal's opener versus UCLA.
- Missed the season due to injury.
- Appeared in all 13 games with eight starts.
- Recorded career-highs of 29 total tackles and 2.5 sacks (-24 yards), one quarterback hurry and one pass breakup.
- Registered career-high 1.5 sacks (-22 yards) against Miami.
- Played in all 13 games with six starts.
- Contributed 20 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss (-22 yards), 2.0 sacks (-22 yards) and one pass breakup, and one quarterback hurry.
- Played in all 12 games with a career-high seven starts and contributed a career-high 28 tackles along with his lone fumble recovery and one quarterback hurry.
- Made Cal debut on Sept. 3, 2022 against UC Davis.
- Played at St. John Bosco HS -- Class of 2022.
- Registered 46 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks (-25 yards), one pass defended and one forced fumble as a 2021 senior for a squad that reached the semifinals of the Southern Section Division I playoffs.
- Program won national, state and Southern Section Division I titles during his 2019 sophomore campaign, while adding Southern Section Division I and Trinity League crowns during his 2018 freshman season.
- Posted a combined 43-5 overall record during his four prep seasons including a 13-1 mark as a 2018 freshman, a 15-1 record in 2019, a 5-1 slate during a delayed and shortened 2020 COVID campaign that was played in the spring of 2021, and a 10-2 showing as a 2021 senior.
- Also played basketball as a prep.
- Born September 26, 2004
- Son of Ashley Burrell
- Hobbies include fishing
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