Nate Ebner

Nate Ebner is an American football safety for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. When Ebner was 17 years old, he became the youngest player ever to play on the United States national rugby union team, the National 7's. Ebner then played rugby on the United States Under-19 and Under-20 national teams, and was named MVP for the teams at both the 2007 and 2008 IRB Junior World Championships. Despite not having played high school football, in his junior year of college he then walked on to and played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. In 36 career college games, he had 30 tackles as a special teams player from 2009–11. He was chosen by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL draft. He has played for the team since 2012, winning Super Bowl XLIX with the team for the 2014 season.