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In his redshirt freshman season, Jeffries was thrown straight into the starting line up as an outside linebacker. In his debut against [[BYU]], Jeffries had a forced fumble on [[Jared Smallwood]]. Jeffries would end the season with a team high 2 forced fumbles and pick up 20 tackles along the way, learning much from his interior counterpart [[Chris Tucker]]. For his work, Jeffries was in the consideration for SEC Defensive Freshman of the Year, but he did not end up winning the award. | In his redshirt freshman season, Jeffries was thrown straight into the starting line up as an outside linebacker. In his debut against [[BYU]], Jeffries had a forced fumble on [[Jared Smallwood]]. Jeffries would end the season with a team high 2 forced fumbles and pick up 20 tackles along the way, learning much from his interior counterpart [[Chris Tucker]]. For his work, Jeffries was in the consideration for SEC Defensive Freshman of the Year, but he did not end up winning the award. | ||
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| + | After a pretty great freshman debut, Jeffries struggled heavily in his sophomore season. Though he still started every game, Jeffries struggled to make a single statsheet that season. | ||
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Revision as of 19:43, 23 May 2016
| Tennessee Volunteers No. 40 | |
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| Position | Outside Linebacker |
| Class | Redshirt Freshman |
| Major | Biology |
| Career history | |
| High school | Cumberland County High School |
| Personal information | |
| Place of birth | Crossville, Tennessee |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 253 lb (115 kg) |
Nathaniel Jeffries is the current starting outside linebacker of the Tennessee Volunteers.
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Early Life
Jeffries was born in Crossville, TN. As a child, Jeffries was very heavyset. Because of this, he was relentlessly bullied, and middle school was some of the worst years of his life. It wasn't until he began weight lifting in 8th grade that he realized just how much joy he could find from the solitude of working out. The football coach of the local high school saw him in the gym one day and was blown away by Jeffries's raw strength. Jeffries went on to try out for the football team, and his athleticism wowwed everyone. Soon he was no longer bullied about his size, but admired for his talent on the gridiron. By his senior year, Jeffries was regarded as one of the top talents in all of Tennessee.
Recruiting
Jeffries was hotly pursued by both Tennessee and Vanderbilt. He would go on multiple visits to each school, but in the end he declared for Rocky Top.
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Nathaniel Jeffries OLB |
Crossville, TN | Cumberland County High School | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 253 lb (115 kg) | Round 4 | |
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College Career
Jeffries attends Tennessee. He is currently working on a degree in Biology.
2016 Season
Jeffries was redshirted in 2016.
2017 Season
In his redshirt freshman season, Jeffries was thrown straight into the starting line up as an outside linebacker. In his debut against BYU, Jeffries had a forced fumble on Jared Smallwood. Jeffries would end the season with a team high 2 forced fumbles and pick up 20 tackles along the way, learning much from his interior counterpart Chris Tucker. For his work, Jeffries was in the consideration for SEC Defensive Freshman of the Year, but he did not end up winning the award.
2018 Season
After a pretty great freshman debut, Jeffries struggled heavily in his sophomore season. Though he still started every game, Jeffries struggled to make a single statsheet that season.
College Statistics
| Year | Defense | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Tackles | INTs | Sacks | FF | FR | Blocks | TDs | Safties | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
