Defensive Tackle
2005 / 2009
Greenville, SC
| NATHAN PEPPER Defensive Tackle 2005 / 2009 Greenville, SC |
| Prior Schools | |
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| School | Location |
| Roster Listings | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Roster | Num | Pos | Ht | Wt | Yr | Gms | GS | ||||||||
| 2005 | Fall 2005 | 95 | DT | 6-1 | 267 | Fr | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2006 | Spring 2006 | 95 | NT | 6-1 | 278 | So | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 2006 Spring Game | 95 | NT | 6-1 | 278 | So | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Fall 2006 | 95 | NT | 6-1 | 285 | So | 12 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2007 | Spring 2007 | 95 | NT | 6-1 | 290 | Jr | ||||||||||
| 2007 | Fall 2007 | 95 | DT | 6-1 | 291 | Jr | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2008 | Spring 2008 | 95 | DL | 6-1 | 292 | Jr | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Fall 2008 | 95 | DT | 6-1 | 287 | Jr | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
| 2009 | Spring 2009 | 95 | DT | 6-1 | 300 | Sr | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 2009 Media Guide | 95 | DT | 6-1 | 300 | Sr | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Fall 2009 | 95 | DT | 6-1 | 300 | Sr | 10 | 10 |
| Depth Chart Appearances | ||
|---|---|---|
| Description | Position | Rank |
| 10/1/05 vs Auburn | Nose Tackle | 2nd String |
| 10/8/05 vs Kentucky | Nose Tackle | 2nd String |
| 11/5/05 vs Arkansas | Nose Tackle | 2nd String |
| Official Pre-Spring 2006 | Deep Snapper (FG) | 2nd String |
| Official Pre-Spring 2006 | Deep Snapper (Punts) | 2nd String |
| Official Pre-Spring 2006 | Nose Tackle | 2nd String |
| 10/7/2006 vs. Kentucky | Deep Snapper (FG) | 2nd String |
| 10/7/2006 vs. Kentucky | Deep Snapper (Punts) | 2nd String |
| 10/7/2006 vs. Kentucky | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| 2007 Official Pre-Spring Depth Chart | Deep Snapper | Starter |
| 2007 Official Pre-Spring Depth Chart | Nose Tackle | Starter |
| 9/1/2007 vs. La.-Lafayette | Nose Tackle | Starter |
| 9/8/07 vs. Georgia | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| 9/15/2007 vs. S.C. State | Defensive End | Starter |
| 8/28/08 vs. N.C. State | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| 9/13/08 vs Georgia | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| 9/20/08 vs. Wofford | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| 10/4/08 at Mississippi | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| 10/11/08 at Kentucky | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| 11/8/08 vs. Arkansas | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| Pre Spring 2009 | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| 9/3/09 vs. NC State | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| 9/24/09 vs. Mississippi | Defensive Tackle | 2nd String |
| 1/2/2010 PapaJohns Bowl | Defensive Tackle | Starter |
| Honors | |
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| Award | Year |
| 2004 | Shrine Bowl |
| 2006 | Spring Carolina Hustle - Defense |
| 2007 | Spring Joe Morrison Award - Defense |
| Recruiting Rankings and Honors | ||
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| Source | Position | Rank |
| Rivals.com | DE | 46 |
| Defense | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | QBH | FR | FF | BK | IP | CDS | RZS | IPP | YPT |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 48.02 | 1.15 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7.42 | 1.8 |
| 2008 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 39.24 | 1.08 | |
| 2009 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 34.11 | 2.25 | |
| Tot | 55 | 25 | 80 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 10 | 14 | 130.54 |
| Penalties | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Penalties | Yards |
| 2005 | 1 | -15 |
| 2008 | 1 | -5 |
| Games Started | ||
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| Date | Opponent | Position |
| 2006-08-31 | Mississippi State | Nose Tackle |
| 2006-09-09 | Georgia | Nose Tackle |
| 2006-09-16 | Wofford | Nose Tackle |
| 2006-09-23 | Florida Atlantic | Defensive Tackle |
| 2006-09-29 | Auburn | Defensive Tackle |
| 2006-10-07 | Kentucky | Defensive Tackle |
| 2006-10-21 | Vanderbilt | Defensive Tackle |
| 2006-10-28 | Tennessee | Defensive Tackle |
| 2006-11-04 | Arkansas | Defensive Tackle |
| 2006-11-11 | Florida | Defensive Tackle |
| 2006-11-18 | Middle Tennessee State | Defensive Tackle |
| 2006-11-25 | Clemson | Defensive Tackle |
| 2007-09-01 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Defensive Tackle |
| 2007-09-08 | Georgia | Defensive End |
| 2007-09-15 | S.C. State | Defensive End |
| 2008-08-28 | N.C. State | Defensive Tackle |
| 2008-09-04 | Vanderbilt | Defensive Tackle |
| 2008-09-13 | Georgia | Defensive Tackle |
| 2008-09-20 | Wofford | Defensive Tackle |
| 2008-09-27 | Alabama-Birmingham | Defensive Tackle |
| 2008-10-04 | Mississippi | Defensive Tackle |
| 2008-10-11 | Kentucky | Defensive Tackle |
| 2008-10-18 | LSU | Defensive Tackle |
| 2008-11-01 | Tennessee | Defensive Tackle |
| 2008-11-29 | Clemson | Defensive Tackle |
| 2009-01-01 | Iowa | Defensive Tackle |
| 2009-09-03 | N.C. State | Defensive Tackle |
| 2009-09-12 | Georgia | Defensive Tackle |
| 2009-10-03 | S.C. State | Defensive Tackle |
| 2009-10-10 | Kentucky | Defensive Tackle |
| 2009-10-17 | Alabama | Defensive Tackle |
| 2009-10-24 | Vanderbilt | Defensive Tackle |
| 2009-10-31 | Tennessee | Defensive Tackle |
| 2009-11-07 | Arkansas | Defensive Tackle |
| 2009-11-28 | Clemson | Defensive Tackle |
| 2010-01-02 | Connecticut | Defensive Tackle |
| Game Defensive Stats | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | Opponent | SOLO | AST | TKL | TFL | SK | FF | FR | PBU | QBH | IPL | CDPL | RZPL | IPP |
| 2006-08-31 | Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2006-09-09 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2006-09-16 | Wofford | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2006-09-23 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2006-11-04 | Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Single Game Interceptions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Game Date | Opponent | Int | Yds | TD | Passer |
| 2007 | 2007-09-15 | S.C. State | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Scoring Plays | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Qtr | Time | USC | Opp | Play | 2007-09-15 | S.C. State | 1 | 11:01 | 7 | 3 | Nathan Pepper, 19-yd interception return (Ryan Succop kick) | 2008-10-04 | Mississippi | 2 | 13:07 | 17 | 14 | Nathan Pepper, 29-yd fumble recovery (Ryan Succop kick) |
| Defense - Sacks | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Date | Opponent | Down | To Go | Side | Ydline | Play |
| 2006 | 2006-09-23 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 9 | FAU | 40 | Sean Clayton sacked for loss of 2 (Nathan Pepper), fumble, recovered by (Rodney Paulk) at FA 35, returned 16 yards (C.Pierre on tkl) |
| 2008 | 2008-08-28 | N.C. State | 1 | 10 | USC | 33 | Russell Wilson sacked for loss of 4 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-09-03 | N.C. State | 1 | 10 | NCS | 26 | Russell Wilson sacked for loss of 8 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-11-07 | Arkansas | 1 | 10 | ARK | 18 | Ryan Mallett sacked for loss of 10 (Nathan Pepper) |
| Defense - Tackles For Loss | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Date | Opponent | Down | To Go | Side | Ydline | Play |
| 2006 | 2006-09-16 | Wofford | 3 | 5 | USC | 10 | Adrian Young rush for loss of 2 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-16 | Wofford | 1 | 10 | USC | 26 | Josh Collier rush for loss of 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-10-21 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 12 | VAN | 37 | Cassen Jackson-Garrison rush for loss of 2 (Jasper Brinkley, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-11-04 | Arkansas | 1 | 10 | USC | 49 | Darren McFadden rush for loss of 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-11-18 | Middle Tennessee State | 1 | 10 | MTS | 41 | Desmond Gee rush for loss of 10 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-04 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 20 | VAN | 43 | Chris Nickson rush for loss of 3 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-20 | Wofford | 1 | 10 | WOF | 46 | Ben Widmyer rush for loss of 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-27 | Alabama-Birmingham | 1 | 10 | UAB | 20 | Rashad Slaughter pass from Joe Webb loses 3 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-11-15 | Florida | 3 | 9 | USC | 47 | Emmanuel Moody rush for loss of 2 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-17 | Alabama | 2 | 5 | ALA | 38 | Marquis Maze rush for loss of 2 (Shaq Wilson, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-31 | Tennessee | 1 | 10 | UTN | 25 | Montario Hardesty rush for loss of 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| Defense - Passes Broken Up | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Date | Opponent | Down | To Go | Side | Ydline | Play |
| 2005 | 2005-09-24 | Troy | 1 | 10 | USC | 33 | Carl Meadows pass incomplete (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-11-01 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 | UTN | 35 | Jonathan Crompton pass to Rico McCoy incomplete (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-24 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 6 | VAN | 34 | Larry Smith pass for Udom Udoh incomplete (Nathan Pepper) |
| Defensive Plays | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Date | Opponent | Down | To Go | Side | Ydline | Play |
| 2006 | 2006-08-31 | Mississippi State | 1 | 10 | MST | 46 | Bryson Davis rush for 4 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-09 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | USC | 44 | Kregg Lumpkin rush for 6 (Nathan Pepper, Marvin Sapp) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-09 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | UGA | 15 | Thomas Brown rush for no gain (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-09 | Georgia | 2 | 4 | USC | 16 | Danny Ware rush for 7 (Marque Hall, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-16 | Wofford | 2 | 8 | USC | 25 | Michael Hobbs rush for no gain (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-16 | Wofford | 2 | 12 | WOF | 25 | Michael Hobbs rush for 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-16 | Wofford | 2 | 9 | WOF | 36 | Adrian Young rush for 3 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-16 | Wofford | 1 | 10 | WOF | 39 | Dane Romero rush for 11 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-23 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 9 | FAU | 40 | Sean Clayton sacked for loss of 2 (Nathan Pepper), fumble, recovered by (Rodney Paulk) at FA 35, returned 16 yards (C.Pierre on tkl) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-23 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 10 | FAU | 22 | A.Sanchez rush for 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-23 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 20 | FAU | 39 | W.Floyd rush for 4 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-23 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 9 | USC | 11 | W.Floyd rush for 3 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-09-29 | Auburn | 2 | 9 | USC | 9 | Kenny Irons rush for 2 (Chris Hampton, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-10-21 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 10 | 50 | Chris Nickson rush for 2 (Nathan Pepper, Casper Brinkley) | |
| 2006 | 2006-10-21 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 10 | USC | 40 | Richard Kovalcheck sacked for loss of 13 (Casper Brinkley), fumble, recovered by (Nathan Pepper) at VU 50, returned 37 yards (tkl by Cassen Jackson-Garrison) |
| 2006 | 2006-10-28 | Tennessee | 1 | 6 | USC | 6 | Arian Foster rush for 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-10-28 | Tennessee | 2 | 12 | USC | 47 | Montario Hardesty rush for 2 (Stanley Doughty, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-11-04 | Arkansas | 2 | 7 | USC | 37 | Felix Jones rush for 9 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-11-11 | Florida | 3 | 8 | USC | 20 | Chris Leak rush for 8 on QB draw (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2006 | 2006-11-25 | Clemson | 2 | 9 | USC | 12 | James Davis rush for no gain (Nathan Pepper, Jordin Lindsey) |
| 2006 | 2006-12-29 | Houston | 2 | 4 | HOU | 47 | Roy Otis rush for no gain (Nathan Pepper, Lemuel Jeanpierre) |
| 2007 | 2007-09-08 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | USC | 30 | Knowshon Moreno rush for no gain (Joel Reaves, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2007 | 2007-09-15 | S.C. State | 1 | 15 | USC | 17 | Cleveland McCoy rush for 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-04 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 23 | VAN | 40 | Chris Nickson rush for no gain (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-13 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | USC | 48 | Knowshon Moreno run for no gain (Nathan Pepper, Cliff Matthews) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-13 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | UGA | 17 | Knowshon Moreno rush for no gain (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-13 | Georgia | 1 | 5 | USC | 5 | Knowshon Moreno rush for no gain (Chris Culliver, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-13 | Georgia | 3 | 1 | UGA | 35 | Caleb King rush for 3 yards (Nathan Pepper, Cliff Matthews) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-20 | Wofford | 1 | 10 | USC | 47 | Dane Romero rush for 2 yards (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-20 | Wofford | 3 | 16 | USC | 29 | Stev Davitte, 9-yd pass from Ben Widmyer (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-20 | Wofford | 3 | 3 | USC | 9 | Jeremy Marshall rush for 1 yard (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-20 | Wofford | 1 | 10 | WOF | 43 | Robby Davis rush for 3 yards (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-20 | Wofford | 1 | 10 | USC | 44 | Dane Romero rush for 11 yards (Nathan Pepper, Jasper Brinkley) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-20 | Wofford | 2 | 4 | USC | 17 | Dane Romero rush for 1 yard (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-27 | Alabama-Birmingham | 1 | 10 | UAB | 32 | Rashad Slaughter, 4-yd pass from Joe Webb (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-09-27 | Alabama-Birmingham | 3 | 1 | UAB | 41 | Joe Webb rush for 2 yards (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-10-04 | Mississippi | 2 | 8 | UMS | 34 | Jevan Snead sacked for loss of 5 (Clifton Geathers), fumble, recovered by (Nathan Pepper) returned 29 yards, touchdown |
| 2008 | 2008-10-18 | LSU | 1 | 6 | USC | 6 | Keiland Williams rush for 3 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-10-18 | LSU | 3 | 2 | USC | 2 | Keiland Williams rush for 1 (Nathan Pepper, Chris Culliver) |
| 2008 | 2008-11-15 | Florida | 1 | 10 | USC | 48 | Emmanuel Moody over right guard for 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2008-11-29 | Clemson | 1 | 10 | USC | 29 | James Davis rush for 4 (Darian Stewart, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2008 | 2009-01-01 | Iowa | 1 | 10 | USC | 28 | Shonn Greene rush for 5 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-03 | S.C. State | 2 | 10 | SCS | 42 | William Ford rush for 2 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-03 | S.C. State | 1 | 10 | SCS | 11 | Derrick Wiley rush for 5 (Antonio Allen, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-03 | S.C. State | 1 | 10 | SCS | 25 | William Ford rush for no gain (Nathan Pepper, Clifton Geathers) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-10 | Kentucky | 3 | 1 | UKY | 37 | Derrick Locke rush for 3 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-10 | Kentucky | 3 | 3 | UKY | 25 | Mike Hartline rush for 4 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-10 | Kentucky | 2 | 1 | UKY | 43 | Derrick Locke rush for no gain (Ladi Ajiboye, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-10 | Kentucky | 1 | 10 | UKY | 44 | Derrick Locke rush for 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-17 | Alabama | 1 | 10 | USC | 39 | Roy Upchurch rush for 5 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-17 | Alabama | 2 | 5 | USC | 34 | Roy Upchurch rush for 5 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-17 | Alabama | 1 | 10 | USC | 18 | Trent Richardson rush for no gain (Nathan Pepper, Eric Norwood) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-17 | Alabama | 2 | 6 | USC | 40 | Mark Ingram rush for 5 (Eric Norwood, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-24 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 8 | VAN | 18 | Jared Hawkins, 7-yd pass from Larry Smith (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-24 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | VAN | 40 | Larry Smith rush for 2 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-24 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 10 | VAN | 41 | Warren Norman rush for 5 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-24 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 10 | VAN | 30 | Warren Norman rush for 4 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-24 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 3 | VAN | 42 | Larry Smith rush for 4 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-31 | Tennessee | 3 | 10 | USC | 10 | Jonathan Crompton rush for 8 (Nathan Pepper, Akeem Auguste) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-31 | Tennessee | 2 | 5 | USC | 42 | Montario Hardesty rush for 8 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-10-31 | Tennessee | 2 | 5 | USC | 29 | Bryce Brown rush for 5 (Eric Norwood, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-11-07 | Arkansas | 3 | 9 | ARK | 28 | Ryan Mallett rush for no gain (Devin Taylor, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-11-07 | Arkansas | 1 | 10 | ARK | 27 | Michael Smith rush for 8 (Josh Dickerson, Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-11-14 | Florida | 1 | 8 | USC | 8 | Chris Rainey rush for 1 (Nathan Pepper) |
| 2009 | 2009-11-28 | Clemson | 1 | 10 | USC | 43 | Andre Ellington rush for 2 (Nathan Pepper) |