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DB Nate 'War Daddy' Ebner (3x Super Bowl Champ, USA Rugby)

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LOS ANGELES RAMS’ JAKE MCQUAIDE, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS’ NATE EBNER AND JOHN SIMON TO REPRESENT OHIO STATE IN SUPER BOWL LIII
Dan Hope on January 20, 2019 at 10:59 pm @dan_hope
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Ohio State will have three representatives in this year's Super Bowl.

Former Buckeyes Nate Ebner and John Simon will take the field for the New England Patriots, while Jake McQuaide will be the long snapper for the Los Angeles Rams, when their two teams meet in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta two Sundays from now.

Ebner, in his seventh season with the Patriots, will be appearing in his fourth Super Bowl, and has a chance to become just the second Ohio State player ever to win three Super Bowls. Mike Vrabel, the only previous Buckeye who has accomplished that feat, also did so with the Patriots.

Simon, who is in his sixth season in the NFL but his first with the Patriots, and McQuaide, who is in his eighth NFL season (all with the Rams), will both be appearing in their first Super Bowl.

Ohio State went into Sunday with a chance to have as many as eight representatives in the Super Bowl, but the New Orleans Saints – who have a league-most six Buckeyes – lost to the Rams in overtime after a missed pass interference call kept them from sealing the win in regulation. The Rams won the game, 26-23, after Greg Zuerlein turned a snap from McQuaide into a game-winning 57-yard field goal.

The Kansas City Chiefs, who lost to the Patriots in overtime, did not have any former Ohio State players on their roster this season.

Super Bowl LIII is set for a 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 3 and will be televised on CBS.


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Patriots’ Nate Ebner Not Ruling Out Another Olympic Rugby Bid In 2020

“I’ll play again, whether it’s another Olympics or if it’s playing with the B-side men’s side in Columbus, Ohio,” the 30-year-old said. “I’ll play for sure. It’s like, guys are going to go play pickup basketball, I would just play rugby. That’s just what I grew up doing, and that’s what I’ll do, for sure. But at what level, I can’t say for certain.”
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New England Patriots 2019 roster breakdown: #43 SS Nate Ebner
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The veteran will again be among New England’s leaders in special teams snaps.

By Bernd Buchmasser@BerndBuchmasser Jul 8, 2019, 7:00am EDT
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The New England Patriots, who will be off until training camp starts later this month, currently have 89 players on their active roster. However, only 53 of them will be able to survive the cutdowns on August 31 and ultimately make the team. Over the course of the summer, we will take a look at the players fighting for those spots to find out who has the best chances of helping the Patriots defend their Super Bowl title.

Today, the series continues with one of New England’s core kicking game contributors.

Name: Nate Ebner

Position: Strong safety/Special teamer

Jersey number: 43

Opening day age: 30

Experience: 7

Size: 6’0, 215 lbs.

2018 review: After ending the 2017 season on injured reserve with a torn ACL, Nate Ebner was scheduled to hit free agency in 2018. He never actually made it to the open market, though, as the Patriots signed him to a two-year contract extension in early March worth a total of $5.0 million — a respectable number for a career special teamer, and one that showed New England’s confidence in the veteran heading into a new season.

Being confident in Ebner proved to be a smart decision by the Patriots. Even though the nominal strong safety played only a single defensive snap all year long — in week two against the Jacksonville Jaguars — he was a cornerstone of the team due to his role on special teams: the former sixth-round draft pick and part-time rugby player led the club in kicking game snaps, being on the field for 405 of a possible 545 snaps (74.3%).

During the regular season, Ebner was active in all but one of New England’s sixteen games (he missed week twelve due to a knee issue). Being on the field for 329 of 453 snaps (72.6%), he registered a combined 13 tackles — leading the Patriots in this category as well. In the postseason, Ebner played 76 snaps (of 92; 82.6%) in three games and added another pair of tackles in his role as a gunner on both the punt and kickoff coverage units.

Ebner also was a core member of the Patriots’ blocking units, either on the front-line on kickoffs or as the personal protector in punting situations. As such, the Ohio State product helped set up the blocking schemes in front of him and give punter Ryan Allen space and time on a consistent basis: with Ebner lining up at the heart of the unit, New England had no punts blocked throughout the season.

And even though the Patriots’ coverage teams were inconsistent early on during the regular season — as a result opposing punt returners gained 1.1 yards more per runback than New England’s; the Patriots’ kickoff returners were +1.6 — Ebner again proved himself a valuable member of the unit all year long. Without his stability, experience and leadership, the mid-season turnaround in punt coverage likely would not have been possible.

2019 preview: Entering the final season of the new contract he signed last year, Ebner is scheduled to hit the Patriots’ books with a salary cap hit of $2.79 million. While the number is considerable for a player almost exclusively lining up on special teams, it reflects the 30-year-old’s role and standing on the team: he is part of New England’s core of coverage players alongside Matthew Slater, Brandon King and Jonathan Jones.

As such, Ebner will resume his usual role on the Patriots’ four units in 2019: he will see extensive playing time in the punting and kickoff game, and once again finish among the group’s leaders in playing time — don’t be surprised if he is on the field for 70-80% of special teams snaps — and tackles. And even though his contributions on defense will remain close to non-existent, Ebner does not have to worry about his job: the one he is paid to do, he still does at an exceptionally high level.

https://www.patspulpit.com/2019/7/8...ter-breakdown-special-teams-safety-nate-ebner
 
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Nate Ebner has been a special teams stalwart for the New England Patriots for the past eight years, and though he’s also set to become an unrestricted free agent, he has said he hopes to stay in New England. He won’t command a huge salary with the role that he plays, so as long as he and the Patriots can agree on a deal that’s fair for both sides, the former Buckeye will likely remain in New England for a ninth season.
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Cool story on Ebner.....:cool:

Nate Ebner: The most interesting player in the NFL
Mar 31, 2020
The Giants' newest safety is a Jewish Olympic rugby player who never played high school football, was a college walk-on and seldom actually plays safety.

Yes, Nate Ebner is an interesting guy.

Ebner, 31, is a special teams dynamo who won three Super Bowls in his eight seasons with the New England Patriots. When he joined the Giants as a free agent last week, he reunited with Joe Judge, whose tenure as the Pats' special teams assistant coach and then coordinator coincided with Ebner's stay in New England.

"(Judge's presence) definitely was a strong point" in his decision to join the Giants, Ebner said. "Obviously, I have a great relationship with Joe that was built over nearly a decade. We've worked together extensively through special teams. Just being in a tough environment that you see people come and go quite often, to kind of have a face that you see on a regular basis for, like I said, nearly a decade, I'd be lying if I said it didn't create a good relationship with him. That definitely played a part. At the end of it all, I'm excited to get out there and come to a great organization and get to work."

Ebner played in 127 regular-season and postseason games for New England without ever starting one. According to Pro Football Reference, in the last three seasons he had one snap on both offense and defense and 819 on special teams. He totaled 98 special teams tackles in his eight seasons.

Ebner was a member of the Patriots teams that won Super Bowls XLIX, LI and LIII. Because he was injured, Ebner missed New England's loss to Philadelphia in Super Bowl LII. But his time with the Patriots taught him the value of teamwork, of getting contributions from everyone and following Bill Belichick's mantra, "do your job." He will bring those attributes to Judge's Giants.

"That's what great teams do, play for each other," Ebner said. "Whatever I'm asked to do, I'm going to do it to the best of my ability."

Entire article: https://www.giants.com/news/nate-ebner-olympics-rugby-free-agency-patriots-nfl-super-bowl

Back in 2012 who if someone asked you which Buckeye (in the NFL draft) would still be on a NFL team in 2020, been all pro (2nd team), never starts a game (and is not a kicker), and gets 3 SuperBowl rings; who would have guessed Nate Ebner?
 
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