IRVING AT A GLANCE:
• A second-year linebacker who participated in all 16 regular-season games and both playoff contests for the Broncos as a rookie in 2011.
• Tied the team lead with 10 special-teams stops in 2012.
• Totaled four special-teams stops for Denver in the regular season in 2011 and added his first career defensive stop in the Broncos’ AFC Divisional Playoff Game at New England (1/14/12).
• Saw action in 34 games (26 starts) at North Carolina State University, totaling 233 tackles (136 solo), 8.5 sacks (56 yds.), 39.5 tackles for a loss, four interceptions (83 yds.), six forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries for the Wolfpack.
• Named a first-team All-America selection by Scout.com as a senior in 2010 and was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer after leading N.C. State with 97 tackles (51 solo), including 20.5 tackles for a loss (77 yds.) and 6.5 sacks (41 yds.).
• Presented with the ACC’s prestigious Piccolo Award (most courageous player) following his senior season after returning from missing the entire 2009 campaign recovering from multiple injuries sustained in a car crash.
• Selected by the Broncos in the third round (67th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft.
IRVING AT A GLANCE:
• A second-year linebacker who participated in all 16 regular-season games and both playoff contests for the Broncos as a rookie in 2011.
• Tied the team lead with 10 special-teams stops in 2012.
• Totaled four special-teams stops for Denver in the regular season in 2011 and added his first career defensive stop in the Broncos’ AFC Divisional Playoff Game at New England (1/14/12).
• Saw action in 34 games (26 starts) at North Carolina State University, totaling 233 tackles (136 solo), 8.5 sacks (56 yds.), 39.5 tackles for a loss, four interceptions (83 yds.), six forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries for the Wolfpack.
• Named a first-team All-America selection by Scout.com as a senior in 2010 and was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer after leading N.C. State with 97 tackles (51 solo), including 20.5 tackles for a loss (77 yds.) and 6.5 sacks (41 yds.).
• Presented with the ACC’s prestigious Piccolo Award (most courageous player) following his senior season after returning from missing the entire 2009 campaign recovering from multiple injuries sustained in a car crash.
• Selected by the Broncos in the third round (67th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Denver as a draft choice 7/29/11.
2012: Irving played 15 regular-season games and tied for the team lead with 10 special-teams tackles in 2012... Led the Broncos with a pair of special teams stops at Atl. (9/17)... Made a special teams tackle and registered a quarterback hit on Matt Schaub vs. Hou. (9/23)... Recorded a special-teams tackle at N.E. (10/7)... Posted his first career defensive tackles to go with one special-teams stop at S.D. (10/15)... Broke up his first pass vs. N.O. (10/28)... Tied for the team lead with two special-teams tackles at Car. (11/11)... Led the team with a pair of special-teams stops vs. S.D. (11/18)... Downed Britton Colquitt’s punt at the 4-yard line in the second quarter vs. T.B. (12/2)... Made a special-teams tackle at Bal. (12/16).
2011: Selected by Denver in the third round (67th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft, Irving played all 16 regular season games as a rookie, totaling four special-teams tackles, and saw action in both playoff contests while contributing one defensive stop.
COLLEGE: Irving competed in 34 games (26 starts) at North Carolina State University and totaled 233 tackles (136 solo), 8.5 sacks (56 yds.), 39.5 tackles for a loss, four interceptions (83 yds.), six forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries... Named a first-team All-America selection by Scout.com as a senior in 2010 and was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection after leading the Wolfpack with 97 tackles (51 solo), including 20.5 tackles for a loss (77 yds.) and 6.5 sacks (41 yds.)... Presented with the prestigious Piccolo Award (most courageous player) following his senior season after returning from missing the entire 2009 campaign recovering from multiple injuries sustained in a car crash... Set an NCAA record with eight tackles for a loss in a win vs. Wake Forest (11/13/10).
PERSONAL: Irving attended Wallace-Rose Hill High School in Teachey, N.C., where he played tight end and rush end/linebacker as a senior, totaling 110 tackles, three sacks, one interception and six forced fumbles to go along with 12 all-purpose touchdowns... Invited to play in the North Carolina Shrine Bowl and was selected as a first team All-Super Six Conference choice... Graduated from North Carolina State with a degree in program management (minor in zoology)... Nate Irving was born on July 12, 1988, in Teachey, N.C.
