Nate Landman, Colorado Football News: Draft Scout Player News

Warning: Undefined array key "TeamID" in D:\InetPub\vhosts\scoutnation.com\draftscout.com\news.php on line 315

Warning: Undefined array key "DSTeamID" in D:\InetPub\vhosts\scoutnation.com\draftscout.com\news.php on line 316

08/01/21 - ILB Nate Landman, rSr/2022, Colorado

Nate Landman's emotions got the best of him while lying on the snowy, Folsom Field turf on Dec. 12. It wasn't really about the physical pain from rupturing his Achilles' tendon during Colorado's game against rival Utah that day, though. "I knew what was coming after that," Landman, CU's star linebacker, said during Pac-12 media day on Tuesday in Hollywood, Calif. "I knew straight away that I ruptured my Achilles, and then being so close to where I was (with graduating and entering the NFL Draft), that's why I was so emotional." Although Landman was a senior during the 2020 season, all players were granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Landman, a two-time All-Pac-12 player and 2020 Butkus Award semifinalist, was not planning to use that extra year, but that second-quarter play against the Utes changed everything.

"Not my plan (to be back this year), but I've actually had one of the best semesters and time at CU these last couple months," he said. "It's been a long eight months but I can't wait to get back out there. It's a blessing to be able to play another year of college football." CU head coach Karl Dorrell said the team expects Landman to be 100 percent healthy by the middle of preseason camp, which starts Aug. 5. Landman, of course, has a different timeline. "If you told me I had to go play a game tomorrow I would go play a game tomorrow," Landman said. "Obviously my strength coach and trainer will tell you I need a couple more weeks, but that's just where my headspace is at and I trust it and I'm excited." - Daily Camera

rSr/2022