Nathan Eldridge

Photo by: Karl Maasdam

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-4
Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Anthem, Ariz.
High School:
Boulder Creek

CAREER
• Played in 49 career games, including 24 at Oregon State. Made 21 starts as a Beaver
• 2021 Phil Steele Honorable Mention All-American
• 2020 and 2021 All-Pac-12 First Team selection. 2021 AP Second-Team All-Pac-12

2021 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
• Played in and started all 13 games
• Phil Steele Honorable Mention All-American
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Phil Steele All-Pac-12 First Team
• Associated Press All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week (9/27)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Pro Football Focus Third-Team All-Pac-12
• Part of an offensive line that helped B.J. Baylor to a Pac-12 best 1,337 rushing yards. Offensive line also allowed the fewest sacks in the Pac-12 at 14
• Part of an offensive line that was named a finalist for the prestigious Joe Moore Award
• Graded at 81.6 overall by Pro Football Focus, the eighth-best mark in the Pac-12
• Also received the Pac-12’s sixth-best mark at run blocking at 86.4
• Rimington Trophy Watch List
• Outland Trophy Watch List
• Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team
• Athlon Sports Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Pac-12 Third Team

2020 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Played in and started all seven games at center
• All-Pac-12 First Team selection by the conference’s coaches
• Named the Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week on Nov. 30 after the win over Oregon
• Part of an offensive line that helped Jermar Jefferson to nearly 900 rushing yards. He also totaled five 100-yard efforts
• Eldridge earned a 72.9 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, the highest of his collegiate career

2019 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Transferred to Oregon State prior to the season. Was granted a clock extension during the season and ended the year as a redshirt junior
• Played in four games, making a start against Hawai’i

ARIZONA
• Lettered in 2016 and 2017 for Arizona, playing in 25 career games. Spent both seasons playing for Oregon State run game coordinator/offensive line coach/associate head coach Jim Michalczik, then an assistant with the Wildcats
• First freshman to start at center for Arizona in 10 years when he started in 10 games during the 2016 season
• Injured and did not play in 2018. Opened the year on the Rimington Trophy Watch List
• 2017 Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection. Arizona finished with 324.4 rushing yards per game that season, good for third in the country.

BOULDER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL
• Football and wrestling letterman for Boulder Creek High School
• Division I 5A all-state and section 4 all-region
• PrepStar All-West Region
• 2014 AZFCA Top-25 Offense

PERSONAL
• Son of Michelle Eldridge and George Scarzone
• Graduated from Arizona after the 2018-19 academic year with a major in literacy, learning and leadership with a thematic minor