Scott Patchan

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-6
Weight:
270
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.
High School:
IMG Academy
Prev School:
Miami

CAREER HIGHS:
Tackles: 8 vs. Vanderbilt, Sept. 11, 2021
TFL: 2.5 at Fresno State, Oct. 29, 2020
Sacks: 2 at San Diego State, Dec. 5, 2020

National Team of the Week, Pro Football Focus (Week 3, 2021)

Bednarik Award Watch List (2021)
Nagurski Trophy Watch List (2021)

2021 Preseason All-Mountain West, 1st Team
2021 PFF Preseason All-Mountain West, 1st Team
2021 Athlon Preseason All-Mountain West, 1st Team
2021 Phil Steele Preseason All-Mountain West, 2nd Team

2020 All-Mountain West, 1st Team
2020 Phil Steele All-Mountain West, 1st Team
2020 PFF All-Mountain West, First Team

2021 (GR) | 12/12: A first-team All-Mountain West selection for the second consecutive season. … Finished the season with 69 tackles, 36 of them solo stops. … Led the Rams with 19.5 tackles for loss, good for 105 yards in losses, and 10.5 sacks, accounting for 77 yards. … Added five quarterback hurries, broke up two passes, forced three fumbles and recovered two. … Had a season-best 4.0 TFLs at Hawaii. … Had a season-best 2.5 sacks in the season finale with Nevada. … Posted a season-best nine stops against Air Force.

2020 Gr. | 4/4: Started every game at defensive end ... Named first-team All-Mountain West by coaches/media, Phil Steele and PFF ... Earned academic All-Mountain West honors ... Recorded at least one sack in all four games ... Led the conference in sacks per game 1.38, ranking him third nationally ... Led the conference in tackles for loss per game 1.88, ranking sixth nationally ... Finished the season with 22 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 7.5 TFLs and three quarterback hurries ... Had a season-best seven stops at San Diego State ... Had a season-best 2.5 TFLs at Fresno State ... Had a season-best 2.0 sacks at San Diego State ... Posted two quarterback hurries vs. Wyoming.

Before CSU: Spent five years at the University of Miami, seeing time at tight end as a sophomore before moving back to defensive end as a junior ... Appeared in 30 games overall for the Hurricanes, including all 13 games in 2019 with six starts ... Posted 63 total tackles with 8.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks ... One forced fumble and a recovery to his credit at Miami ... Scored a touchdown when he returned a blocked punt 10 yards his junior season.

HS/Misc.: Earned a four-star rating from ESPN.com and Rivals.com ... Rated as the 19th-best defensive end in country by Rivals.com ... Comes from a loaded football family, as his father Matt played for Miami, winning national titles with the Canes in 1983 and 1987 ... His older brother Matt played for Florida and Boston College ... Choose Miami over offers from Florida State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State and UCLA.