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Nate Tice

NFL Draft analyst at Yahoo Sports and co-host of the 301 Podcast. Annual Solid Verbal draft-preview guest — year four or five of the tradition. Former Pitt GA under Paul Chryst. "Colors guy" for scouting tiers — blue / green / yellow chips, plus purple chips for no-brainer greats. Scouting since 2014.

Covers the Yahoo Sports live draft show on YouTube with Charles McDonald, Matt Harmon, Andrew Siciliano, and Jason Fitz.

Episode Appearances

Running Takes (as speaker)

18 notes.

Date Note Stance
2026-04-21 2026 Draft is Functional, Not Generational framing
2026-04-21 Arvell Reese is the Best Player in This Draft verdict
2026-04-21 Dante Moore Should Have Declared — The Money Made Sense prediction
2026-04-21 Eli Raridon is Nate's Tight End — Can Actually In-Line Block framing
2026-04-21 Giants Should Go Defense / Defense, Not Receiver prediction
2026-04-21 Headsets are Changing How College QBs are Being Developed observation
2026-04-21 Indiana's Playoff Run Gave Scouts Mendoza Data They Couldn't Otherwise Get observation
2026-04-21 Jeremiyah Love Not a Generational Back framing
2026-04-21 Kayden McDonald is the Most Productive Nose Tackle Nate Has Scouted observation
2026-04-21 Kenyon Sadiq is on the Vernon Davis / Tommy Tremble Spectrum comp
2026-04-21 Matt Patricia Actually Deployed the Ohio State Freaks Correctly observation
2026-04-21 Mendoza Grades Like C.J. Stroud framing
2026-04-21 Mendoza's Third-and-Two vs. Ohio State is the Throw That Won Nate Over observation
2026-04-21 Odd Mirror Fronts are Coming from College to the NFL observation
2026-04-21 Offensive Line is the Story of the 2026 Draft prediction
2026-04-21 Quarterbacks Under 205 Pounds Almost Never Succeed in the NFL framing
2026-04-21 T.J. Parker is the Toughest, Most Competitive Edge in the Class framing
2026-04-21 Thieneman's Purdue Tape Projects Better to NFL than His Oregon Tape observation

Part of the show's network of trusted external analysts (with Bill Connelly, Cole Cubelic, and Matt Brown). Nate's lens: NFL Draft scouting and player tiering ("purple chips" is his vocabulary).