Nathan Landman (born 19 November 1998) is a Zimbabwean-American professional

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for the

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of the

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(NFL). He played

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for the

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Early life

Landman was born on 19 November 1998, in

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, Zimbabwe, where his father, Shaun, was playing international

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. When his family moved to the

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they settled in

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. He became a U.S. citizen during his second year of college. He attended Monte Vista High School and played

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and football. Landman played

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as well as

earning accolades in both positions. Over his four varsity years Landman amassed over 1,000 yards receiving and made over 160 tackles, 15 sacks and 4 interceptions. In his senior year Landman led Monte Vista in a state playoff run. In his final season Landman was the East Bay Athletic League MVP. He was awarded All-NorCal High School Football Team by

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and East Bay Defensive Player of the Year by the ''San Jose Times''. He was named to all district and state teams for his final two seasons. Landman was ranked as the 5th best linebacker and 57th best player in California by

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. Scout.com had Landman as high as 2nd and 33rd. Landman had offers from multiple major Division I programs, including

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and

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. Landman committed to Colorado on 20 July 2016.

College career

Landman was given significant playing time as a

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, playing mostly special-teams but also on defense. In his college debut vs Texas State Landman recorded one tackle for a loss. Later that year against the

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Landman had six tackles as well as a forced fumble in a starting role. Landman came into the 2018 Colorado football season as a starter and in the first game of 2018 he made a career high 16 tackles, and had an interception against him by the rival

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. Landman continued with a 13 tackle game along with another interception vs the

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on national television. In his first two games Landman amassed 29 tackles and two interceptions. Landman finished the season with 104 total tackles, 64 of which were solo, 4 sacks and two interceptions. In early 2019 Landman received an All-Pac-12 Conference from the coaches and media.

Professional career

Atlanta Falcons

Landman signed with the

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as an undrafted free agent on 2 May 2022. He made the Falcons' initial 53-man roster out of training camp. He was released on 10 December 2022, and re-signed to the

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. As a rookie, he appeared in seven games in the 2022 season. He signed a reserve/future contract on 9 January 2023. In the 2023 season, he appeared in 16 games and made 14 starts. He finished with two sacks, 110 total tackles (66 solo), one interception, three passes defended, and three forced fumbles. On 16 September 2024, Landman was placed on injured reserve. On October 12, 2024, Landman came off injured reserve and was activated to the 53-man roster.

Los Angeles Rams

On March 18, 2025, Landman signed a one-year deal with the

NFL career statistics

Regular season

Personal life

Landman has three siblings - Ty, Brendan, and Ocean. Brendan played

at ASU and Ocean swam collegiately at OSU. He is often referred to as the "Nateland Man" on the "Nateland" podcast, a podcast hosted by comedians

Nate Bargatze Nathanael Bargatze ( ; born March 25, 1979)Dusty Slay, Aaron Weber and Brian Bates. Nate is married to former

basketball player Brynna DeLuzio.

References

External links

Los Angeles Rams bio

Colorado Buffaloes bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Landman, Nate 1998 births Living people Players of American football from Danville, California Sportspeople from Harare Zimbabwean players of American football American football linebackers Colorado Buffaloes football players Atlanta Falcons players Los Angeles Rams players Monte Vista High School (Danville, California) alumni Zimbabwean emigrants to the United States American sportspeople of Zimbabwean descent