1. Nathan Dean Longshore was born on June 30,1986 and 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.
Nate Longshore set ten school passing records and rang up 6,750 yards and 64 touchdown passes during his career.
Nate Longshore entered spring practice in 2006 in a heated battle for the starting quarterback job with veteran senior Joe Ayoob.
Nate Longshore was named the co-offensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl alongside running back Marshawn Lynch.
Nate Longshore was particularly effective in his first full season as California's starting quarterback.
Nate Longshore became the second quarterback in California school history to throw for 3,000 yards.
Nate Longshore was second in the Pac-10 in passing touchdowns with 24 and second in passing efficiency at 141.6.
Nate Longshore was an honorable mention Pac-10 honoree and earned various player of the week awards.
Nate Longshore returned to start the Bears' last six regular season games, but he and the Bears were not the same, winning only one game, against Washington State.
Nate Longshore faltered badly over the second half of the season, throwing 11 interceptions compared to 9 touchdowns over the team's final six regular season games.
Nate Longshore's struggles were particularly apparent in the fourth quarter of close games where he threw several interceptions in critical game situations that prevented California from making comebacks.
The extent to which the ankle injury affected Nate Longshore's performance is uncertain.
Nate Longshore led the Bears in the third quarter and into the fourth, and passed for 53 yards.
Nate Longshore started the next Cal game, an away game at Arizona.
Nate Longshore threw for 218 yards and two touchdowns, but threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown early in the second half.
Nate Longshore started the following week against USC, during which he threw two interceptions that were negated by penalties against the Trojans defense, although he did lead the Bears on their only scoring drive.
Nate Longshore threw for 84 yards and his 50th career touchdown pass, which moved him up to fourth overall in touchdown passes.
Nate Longshore was replaced in the fourth quarter by third-string quarterback Brock Mansion when Cal began playing its backup players to give them some game experience.
Nate Longshore passed for 121 yards and the game-winning touchdown to freshman tight end Anthony Miller, moving him up to third place alongside Troy Taylor for career touchdown passes.
Nate Longshore signed with the San Jose SaberCats, of the Arena Football League, in February 2011 but did not make the team's final roster.
Nate Longshore is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Older brother Nick Nate Longshore died November 20,2013, from an ATV accident in Idaho Falls.
Nate Longshore was a former offensive lineman for Brigham Young University, graduated in April 2007.
Nate Longshore's younger brother Ben Longshore was a senior quarterback at his alma mater, Canyon High School of Santa Clarita, California, and walked on to Utah State as a freshman in 2007.