2007: Finished second on the Austin Wranglers with 64.5 tackles (55UT-19AT) in 11 games played... Finished first on the squad with 13 pass breakups... Recorded a season-high 11.5 tackles (11UT-1AT) against the New Orleans VooDoo on Apr. 21... (Mar. 4 vs. Las Vegas) Finished second on the team with 7.5 tackles (6UT-3AT)... Intercepted a pass and returned it 19 yards... (Mar. 11 at Georgia) Recorded 5.0 tackles (4UT-2AT) and forced one fumble... (Mar. 16 at Orlando) Finished second on the team with 5.5 tackles (4UT-3AT)... Recorded two pass breakups... (Mar. 24 vs. Nashville) Led the team with 6.0 tackles (4UT-4AT)... Made one pass breakup... (Mar. 31 at Dallas) Led the team with 8.5 tackles (7UT-3AT)... Forced one fumble and recovered a fumble... (Apr. 6 vs. Utah) Recorded five solo tackles... (Apr. 14 at Columbus) Made 3.5 tackles (3UT-1AT)... (Apr. 21 vs. New Orleans) Recorded a season-high and tied a career game-high with 11.5 tackles (11UT-1AT)... Surpassed the 50-tackle mark for the third consecutive year... (May 6 vs. Tampa Bay) Made 5.0 tackles (4UT-2AT)... (May 12 at Arizona) Finished second on the team with six solo tackles... (May 20 vs. Orlando) Recorded one solo tackle... (May 25) Placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury and was sidelined for the remaining five games.
2006: Started 13 games for the Georgia Force... Finished second on the team with a career-high 91.5 tackles (80UT-23AT)... Led the team with 13 pass breakups... Tallied one tackle for loss, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovered.
2005: Started nine games for the National Conference champion Force... Tallied 67.0 tackles (62UT-10AT) in his first season in the AFL... Recorded eight pass breakups... Played in his first AFL game against the Orlando Predators on Mar. 19 and tallied a game-high 11 tackles (10UT-2AT).
COLLEGE: Played defensive back at the University of West Georgia (1999-2001)... Named Gulf South Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2001... Earned All-Gulf South Conference honors each year... Left WGU as the school’s all-time leader in tackles with 416, nine fumble recoveries and consecutive games started with 46... Majored in sports management at West Georgia.
PERSONAL: Born Nathaniel Coggins... Married to wife, Candice... Lists his greatest moment in sports as his first AFL game... Lists greatest moment outside of sports as proposing to his wife... His dream job is to be the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons... Lists his mother as the greatest influence in his career... Lists the Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Braves as his favorite sports teams... Attended North Atlanta H.S. (Ga.)... Lettered in three sports: football, baseball and wrestling... Earned all-city, all-metro, team MVP and the Golden Helmet Award in football.
