Nate Longshore
Longshore in September 2006
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| Position: | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | June 30, 1986 |
| Place of birth: | Canyon Country, California |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 233 lb (106 kg) |
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| High school: | Santa Clarita (CA) Canyon |
| College: | California |
| Undrafted: | 2009 |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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Nathan Dean Longshore (born June 30, 1986) is a former American football quarterback for the California Golden Bears football team of the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a three-year starter and led the Golden Bears to a share of the Pacific-10 Conference championship in 2006.
Longshore graduated from Canyon High School in 2004. He set ten school passing records and rang up 6,750 yards and 64 touchdown passes during his career. Rivals.com rated him the No. 8 "pro-style" quarterback in the nation and the 17th-best overall player in California.
After redshirting his freshman year, Longshore was chosen to succeed Aaron Rodgers, who left for the NFL, to be California's starting quarterback. Longshore's 2005 season ended in the season's first game with a fibula injury and ligament damage in his ankle against Sacramento State.Joe Ayoob took over starting duties for Longshore.
Longshore entered spring practice in 2006 in a heated battle for the starting quarterback job with veteran senior Joe Ayoob. During fall practice, head coach Jeff Tedford named Longshore the starting quarterback the week leading up to Cal's season opener at Tennessee. Coach Jeff Tedford particularly liked Longshore's mental understanding of the game of football. Despite passing for only 85 yards in a lopsided loss to Tennessee and being replaced by Ayoob in the second half of the Tennessee game, Longshore remained the team's starter. He led the Bears to a 10-3 record, a share of the Pac-10 title for the first time since 1975, and a victory in the 2006 Holiday Bowl. He was named the co-offensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl alongside running back Marshawn Lynch
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