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Jersey Number 56
Nate Bledsoe
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 310
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Collierville, Tennessee
- High School:
- Briarcrest Christian
Pronunciation Guide
Honors at Rice
2025
Saw action in seven games and made his starting debut vs. Charlotte… Made four consecutive starts in relief of David Stickle after coming in vs. Prairie View when Stickle was injured… Played 59 snaps in his first start, followed by 61 at Navy, 67 vs. Florida Atlantic, and 62 at UTSA.
2024
Did not see any action
2023: Did not see any action in a redshirt season.
Briarcrest Christian HS
D2-AAA All-Region, All-Metro, and All-District selection and team captain as a junior and senior for coach Brian Stewart… The Saints reached the quarterfinals of the D2-AAA Playoffs in his junior year and compiled an overall 33-13 record in his three years as a starter for the Saints… Played against fellow signee Luke Needham (Houston HS) during the season with Briarcrest downing Houston 29-28 in the second game of the 2022 season… Selected to play in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl All-Star Game (as was Needham).
Personal
Full name: Nathan Richard Bledsoe ... Born: January 26... Parents: Rich and Valerie Bledsoe… Brother, Hunter, played linebacker at SE Missouri State, father was a four-year letterman in baseball at Memphis, and his grandfather, Kenneth Lenior played football at Memphis and was a member of the Tiger’s last undefeated team which finished the 1963 season 9-0-1 and ranked 14th in the final UPI poll... Rice major: Business... Rice College: Hanszen
Hanszen College
Honors at Rice
- American Conference All-Academic 2024, 2025
2025
Saw action in seven games and made his starting debut vs. Charlotte… Made four consecutive starts in relief of David Stickle after coming in vs. Prairie View when Stickle was injured… Played 59 snaps in his first start, followed by 61 at Navy, 67 vs. Florida Atlantic, and 62 at UTSA.
2024
Did not see any action
2023: Did not see any action in a redshirt season.
Briarcrest Christian HS
D2-AAA All-Region, All-Metro, and All-District selection and team captain as a junior and senior for coach Brian Stewart… The Saints reached the quarterfinals of the D2-AAA Playoffs in his junior year and compiled an overall 33-13 record in his three years as a starter for the Saints… Played against fellow signee Luke Needham (Houston HS) during the season with Briarcrest downing Houston 29-28 in the second game of the 2022 season… Selected to play in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl All-Star Game (as was Needham).
Personal
Full name: Nathan Richard Bledsoe ... Born: January 26... Parents: Rich and Valerie Bledsoe… Brother, Hunter, played linebacker at SE Missouri State, father was a four-year letterman in baseball at Memphis, and his grandfather, Kenneth Lenior played football at Memphis and was a member of the Tiger’s last undefeated team which finished the 1963 season 9-0-1 and ranked 14th in the final UPI poll... Rice major: Business... Rice College: Hanszen
Hanszen College
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