44 - Nathan Kiefer, LB
2011: Elected "Team Captain" by the coaching staff... program's all-time leader in tackles
(136)... responsible for setting Coach Bailey's defense.
2010: Set several Blaze records while starting all 12 contests... earned second consecutive
"Iron Man Award"... named "Most Valuable Defensive Player" by this coaches and
teammates... all-IFL North Division (MLB)... set team, single-season records for tackles
(86) and assists (69)... tallied a team record 13 assists (vs Wolfpack)... recorded double-digit
tackles on 3 occasions and 9 tackles three other times... finished with 2.5 tackles-for-loss
and 1.5 QB sacks on the season... broke up 4 passes... returned his only interception 13 yards
(at Force) to set up a critical field goal attempt... 44 prep points stand 7th-best all-time.Set
several Blaze records while starting all 12 contests... earned second consecutive "Iron Man
Award"... named "Most Valuable Defensive Player" by this coaches and teammates... all-IFL
North Division (MLB)... set team, single-season records for tackles (86) and assists (69)...
tallied a team record 13 assists (vs Wolfpack)... recorded double-digit tackles on 3
occasions and 9 tackles three other times... finished with 2.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 QB
sacks on the season... broke up 4 passes... returned his only interception 13 yards (at Force)
to set up a critical field goal attempt... 44 prep points stand 7th-best all-time.
2009 (rookie): Named "Iron Man Award" winner - the first player to do so without starting
every game (a coaching error kept him off the field on the first play of "The Pink Flame
Game")... Started 11 games but really showed his potential near the end of the season... tied
for the team lead with 10 tackles-for-loss... finished second on the team with 50 tackles (11
solo/ 39 assists)... 3.5 sacks tied for fourth best mark on squad... ranks third on
single-season charts for total tackles & tied for first (Gary Gonzales) in assists... one of the
three players (Jake Rowe, Quenton Kizer) to record double-digit tackles in the same game
(at LakeShore Cougars); tying Kizer's team record for assists (9) in that contest...
recruited by Jason Doubleday.
2011: Elected "Team Captain" by the coaching staff... program's all-time leader in tackles
(136)... responsible for setting Coach Bailey's defense.
2010: Set several Blaze records while starting all 12 contests... earned second consecutive
"Iron Man Award"... named "Most Valuable Defensive Player" by this coaches and
teammates... all-IFL North Division (MLB)... set team, single-season records for tackles
(86) and assists (69)... tallied a team record 13 assists (vs Wolfpack)... recorded double-digit
tackles on 3 occasions and 9 tackles three other times... finished with 2.5 tackles-for-loss
and 1.5 QB sacks on the season... broke up 4 passes... returned his only interception 13 yards
(at Force) to set up a critical field goal attempt... 44 prep points stand 7th-best all-time.Set
several Blaze records while starting all 12 contests... earned second consecutive "Iron Man
Award"... named "Most Valuable Defensive Player" by this coaches and teammates... all-IFL
North Division (MLB)... set team, single-season records for tackles (86) and assists (69)...
tallied a team record 13 assists (vs Wolfpack)... recorded double-digit tackles on 3
occasions and 9 tackles three other times... finished with 2.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 QB
sacks on the season... broke up 4 passes... returned his only interception 13 yards (at Force)
to set up a critical field goal attempt... 44 prep points stand 7th-best all-time.
2009 (rookie): Named "Iron Man Award" winner - the first player to do so without starting
every game (a coaching error kept him off the field on the first play of "The Pink Flame
Game")... Started 11 games but really showed his potential near the end of the season... tied
for the team lead with 10 tackles-for-loss... finished second on the team with 50 tackles (11
solo/ 39 assists)... 3.5 sacks tied for fourth best mark on squad... ranks third on
single-season charts for total tackles & tied for first (Gary Gonzales) in assists... one of the
three players (Jake Rowe, Quenton Kizer) to record double-digit tackles in the same game
(at LakeShore Cougars); tying Kizer's team record for assists (9) in that contest...
recruited by Jason Doubleday.
