1 Nathaniel Espinoza
Nathaniel Espinoza
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    190
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Newport Coast, Calif
  • High School:
    Corona Del Mar
  • Position:
    QB
  • Major:
    Sociology
  • gp
    9
  • yds
    2647
  • td
    29
  • yds/g
    294.1

Bio

Golden West: Threw for 1135 yards and nine touchdowns across seven starts in sophomore season...rushed for 264 yards and five touchdowns on 54 carries.

HS: Awarded Daily Pilot player of the year honors in senior season after throwing for 29 touchdowns and only four interceptions on the season.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 1 Pomona-Pitzer L, 31-17
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 28-6
Oct 15 Redlands W, 38-28
Oct 22 at Whittier W, 50-7
Nov 5 Cal Lutheran W, 65-26
Nov 12 at La Verne W, 42-14
  Overall Conf
Completions 164 106
Attempts 243 153
Completion % 67.5% 69.3%
Yards 2647 1630
Yards per game 294.1 326.0
Yards per attempt 10.9 10.7
Touchdowns 29 20
Interceptions 4 2
Sacks 5 4
Yards lost 29 25
Pass Efficiency 195.1 199.3

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 3 Pacific (Ore.) W, 42-21 9 11 81.8% 165 15.0 1 0 0 0
Sep 10 at Cal Lutheran W, 42-41 21 32 65.6% 444 13.9 3 1 0 0
Sep 17 at George Fox L, 38-28 16 28 57.1% 139 5.0 1 1 1 4
Sep 24 La Verne W, 56-13 12 19 63.2% 269 14.2 4 0 0 0
Oct 1 Pomona-Pitzer L, 31-17 21 39 53.8% 255 6.5 1 0 0 0
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 28-6 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Redlands W, 38-28 23 33 69.7% 405 12.3 4 1 0 0
Oct 22 at Whittier W, 50-7 19 24 79.2% 320 13.3 6 0 0 0
Nov 5 Cal Lutheran W, 65-26 23 27 85.2% 383 14.2 5 0 2 14
Nov 12 at La Verne W, 42-14 20 30 66.7% 267 8.9 4 1 2 11

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 3 Pacific (Ore.) W, 42-21 1 49 49.0 49 0 - -
Sep 10 at Cal Lutheran W, 42-41 3 7 2.3 5 1 - -
Sep 17 at George Fox L, 38-28 8 47 5.9 17 1 - -
Sep 24 La Verne W, 56-13 3 26 8.7 10 0 - -
Oct 1 Pomona-Pitzer L, 31-17 4 8 2.0 5 0 - -
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 28-6 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Redlands W, 38-28 10 41 4.1 10 0 - -
Oct 22 at Whittier W, 50-7 3 4 1.3 4 0 1 0
Nov 5 Cal Lutheran W, 65-26 3 -7 -2.3 4 0 1 1
Nov 12 at La Verne W, 42-14 4 -5 -1.3 4 0 1 0

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 3 Pacific (Ore.) W, 42-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at Cal Lutheran W, 42-41 - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at George Fox L, 38-28 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 La Verne W, 56-13 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Pomona-Pitzer L, 31-17 - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 28-6 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Redlands W, 38-28 - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Whittier W, 50-7 - - - - - 1 0
Nov 5 Cal Lutheran W, 65-26 - - - - - 1 1
Nov 12 at La Verne W, 42-14 - - - - - 1 0

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 3 Pacific (Ore.) W, 42-21 - - - - - 0
Sep 10 at Cal Lutheran W, 42-41 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 at George Fox L, 38-28 - - - - - 0
Sep 24 La Verne W, 56-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 1 Pomona-Pitzer L, 31-17 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 28-6 - - - - - -
Oct 15 Redlands W, 38-28 - - - - - 0
Oct 22 at Whittier W, 50-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 Cal Lutheran W, 65-26 - - - - - 0
Nov 12 at La Verne W, 42-14 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 3 Pacific (Ore.) W, 42-21 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at Cal Lutheran W, 42-41 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at George Fox L, 38-28 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 La Verne W, 56-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Pomona-Pitzer L, 31-17 - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 28-6 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Redlands W, 38-28 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Whittier W, 50-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Cal Lutheran W, 65-26 - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at La Verne W, 42-14 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 3 Pacific (Ore.) W, 42-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at Cal Lutheran W, 42-41 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at George Fox L, 38-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 La Verne W, 56-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Pomona-Pitzer L, 31-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 28-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Redlands W, 38-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Whittier W, 50-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Cal Lutheran W, 65-26 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at La Verne W, 42-14 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 3 Pacific (Ore.) W, 42-21 1 49 - - - 49
Sep 10 at Cal Lutheran W, 42-41 1 7 - - - 7
Sep 17 at George Fox L, 38-28 1 47 - - - 47
Sep 24 La Verne W, 56-13 1 26 - - - 26
Oct 1 Pomona-Pitzer L, 31-17 1 8 - - - 8
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 28-6 - - - - - -
Oct 15 Redlands W, 38-28 1 41 - - - 41
Oct 22 at Whittier W, 50-7 1 4 - - - 4
Nov 5 Cal Lutheran W, 65-26 1 -7 - - - -7
Nov 12 at La Verne W, 42-14 1 -5 - - - -5

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 3 Pacific (Ore.) W, 42-21 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 10 at Cal Lutheran W, 42-41 6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 17 at George Fox L, 38-28 6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 24 La Verne W, 56-13 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 1 Pomona-Pitzer L, 31-17 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 28-6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Redlands W, 38-28 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 22 at Whittier W, 50-7 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 5 Cal Lutheran W, 65-26 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 12 at La Verne W, 42-14 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 3 Pacific (Ore.) W, 42-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at Cal Lutheran W, 42-41 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 17 at George Fox L, 38-28 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 24 La Verne W, 56-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Pomona-Pitzer L, 31-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Claremont-M-S L, 28-6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Redlands W, 38-28 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Whittier W, 50-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Cal Lutheran W, 65-26 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at La Verne W, 42-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2022-23 9 164 243 67.5% 2647 294.1 10.9 29 4 75 195.1
2023-24 4 34 58 58.6% 570 142.5 9.8 3 1 76 154.8
Total 13 198 301 65.8% 3217 247.5 10.7 32 5 76 187.3

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2022-23 9 39 170 18.9 4.4 2 49 3 1
2023-24 4 20 64 16.0 3.2 2 15 - -
Total 13 59 234 18.0 4.0 4 49 3 1

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2022-23 9 - - - - - - -
2023-24 4 - - - - - - -
Total 13 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2022-23 9 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 4 - - - - - - - 0
Total 13 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2022-23 9 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 4 - - - - - - - -
Total 13 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2022-23 9 170 - - - 170 18.9
2023-24 4 64 - - - 64 16.0
Total 13 234 - - - 234 18.0

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2022-23 12 1.3 2 - - - - - - - 0 0
2023-24 12 3.0 2 - - - - - - - 0 0
Total 24 1.8 4 - - - - - - - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2022-23 9 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 4 5 4 9.0 2.3 0.0 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 13 6 4 10.0 .8 0.0 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 9 164 243 67.5% 2647 294.1 10.9 29 4 75 195.1
Conference 5 106 153 69.3% 1630 326.0 10.7 20 2 75 199.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 5 88 129 68.2% 1477 295.4 11.4 15 1 75 201.2
Away 4 76 114 66.7% 1170 292.5 10.3 14 3 71 188.1
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 7 127 176 72.2% 2253 321.9 12.8 27 3 75 226.9
Losses 2 37 67 55.2% 394 197.0 5.9 2 1 53 111.5
Month September 4 58 90 64.4% 1017 254.3 11.3 9 2 69 187.9
October 3 63 96 65.6% 980 326.7 10.2 11 1 75 187.1
November 2 43 57 75.4% 650 325.0 11.4 9 1 72 219.8

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 9 39 170 18.9 4.4 2 49 3 1
Conference 5 24 41 8.2 1.7 0 10 3 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 21 117 23.4 5.6 0 49 1 1
Away 4 18 53 13.3 2.9 2 17 2 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 27 115 16.4 4.3 1 49 3 1
Losses 2 12 55 27.5 4.6 1 17 - -
Month September 4 15 129 32.3 8.6 2 49 - -
October 3 17 53 17.7 3.1 0 10 1 0
November 2 7 -12 -6.0 -1.7 0 4 2 1

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 9 - - - - - - -
Conference 5 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - -
Losses 2 - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 9 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 5 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 2 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 9 - - - - - - - -
Conference 5 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 - - - - - - - -
Losses 2 - - - - - - - -
Month September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 9 170 - - - 170 18.9
Conference 5 41 - - - 41 8.2
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 5 117 - - - 117 23.4
Away 4 53 - - - 53 13.3
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 7 115 - - - 115 16.4
Losses 2 55 - - - 55 27.5
Month September 4 129 - - - 129 32.3
October 3 53 - - - 53 17.7
November 2 -12 - - - -12 -6.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 12 1.3 2 - - - - - - - 0 0
Conference 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Away 12 3.0 2 - - - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 6 0.9 1 - - - - - - - 0 0
Losses 6 3.0 1 - - - - - - - 0 0
Month September 12 3.0 2 - - - - - - - 0 0
October 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 9 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 1 0 1.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 2 1 0 1.0 .5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month September 4 1 0 1.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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Football lands 15 on All-SCIAC teams

The Chapman University football team ended the 2022 season with 15 All-SCIAC selections, including nine First Team selections. In total, seven...

November 17, 2022

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Football ends season breaking three offensive records

To little surprise with the Panthers’ high-powered offense this season, there were three offensive records broken and one record tied in the...

November 12, 2022

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Espinoza, Mendoza named SCIAC Athletes of the Week

Nathaniel Espinoza and Tanner Mendoza were each selected as SCIAC Athletes of the Week after leading the Panthers to a big 65-26 win over Cal...

November 7, 2022

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Football dominates in senior day victory

The Panthers were in control from start to finish scoring on the first drive of the game through the air, connecting on four consecutive first...

November 5, 2022

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Football dominates at Whittier

A dominant 50-7 win over Whittier sent the Chapman University football team into the bye week with back-to-back wins. Nathaniel Espinoza tied the...

October 22, 2022

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Espinoza earns SCIAC Offensive Athlete of the Week honors

On Monday, Oct. 17 Nathaniel Espinoza was named SCIAC Football Offensive Athlete of the Week. The junior quarterback was electric on the field...

October 17, 2022

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Football overcomes lightning and Redlands for first SCIAC win

A pair of lengthy lightning delays and a fair amount of rain wasn’t enough to put a damper on the Chapman University football team as the...

October 15, 2022

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Football falls in SCIAC opener

Football dropped its first SCIAC matchup of the season on homecoming night, 31-17, to the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens.

October 1, 2022

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Football runs away from La Verne in 56-13 win

The first play set the tone as the Chapman University football team ran away with a 56-13 victory over La Verne. The Panthers scored on their...

September 24, 2022

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Football falls at George Fox

The Chapman University football team suffered its first loss of the season 38-28 at George Fox on Saturday. The Panthers fell behind early and...

September 17, 2022

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Big night from Espinoza leads football to 42-41 win

A touchdown for a touchdown. A pick for a pick. In the end of an offensive slugfest, the Chapman defense made the one stop it needed as the...

September 10, 2022

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Jordan, Espinoza named SCIAC Athletes of the Week

After football’s 42-21 win over Pacific Saturday night to open the season, quarterback Nathaniel Espinoza, and linebacker Kade Jordan were...

September 7, 2022

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Football cruises to season opening victory

Football returned to Wilson Field on Saturday, Sept. 3 and put on an impressive offensive show cruising to a 42-21 win over Pacific (Ore.).

September 3, 2022