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2005-2008Northern Illinois
Dan Nicholson
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Impact contributor
Dan Nicholson shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
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- Committed To
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
Dan Nicholson, player. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Dan Nicholson shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Quick Answers
Dan Nicholson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · Position unavailable
- Career Touchdowns
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2007 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Chestatee
- High school pipeline
- Chestatee · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- Class 2008
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 0 | 8 | 63.6 |
| 2006 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 7 | 0 | 5 | 34.9 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 9 | 0 | 9 | 80.9 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 4 | 0 | 3 | 52.9 |
Related Context
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Dan Nicholson is listed for Northern Illinois. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 9 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2005 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2008 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2005 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
6
Primary Metric / G
1.3
Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
38.3
Best Game by takeover score
Toledo
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee Tech: 0. Kent State: 0. Central Michigan: 3. Toledo: 3. Western Michigan: 1. Akron: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins1.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
Toledo
Best efficiency game
— vs Akron
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Fri 12/2 | vs Akron | L 30-31 | 7 | 17 | 110 | 41.2 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | -29 | -5.80 | 0 | 1 |
| Wed 11/23 | vs Western Michigan | W 42-7 | 8 | 13 | 160 | 61.5 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu 11/17 | @ Toledo | W 35-17 | 21 | 30 | 176 | 70.0 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 | -24 | -3 | 1 | 6 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Central Michigan | W 31-28 | 19 | 27 | 320 | 70.4 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | -26 | -6.50 | 1 | 3 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Kent State | W 34-3 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | -10 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Tennessee Tech | W 42-3 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2005-2008
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2005200620072008
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2005 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 8 | — | — | — |
| 2006 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | — | — | -3 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 9 | — | — | 4 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | — | — | -6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Toledo
Week 12 · W 35-17 · Conference game
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
3
Touchdowns
100 takeover
3 primary-metric impact.
#2
@ Central Michigan
Week 10 · W 31-28 · Conference game
3
Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
3 primary-metric impact.
#3
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 13 · W 27-0 · Conference game
2
Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
2 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs Temple
Week 8 · W 43-21
2
Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
2 primary-metric impact.
#5
vs Kent State
Week 11 · W 27-20 · Conference game
2
Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
2 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2007 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
9 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
80.9
#2
2005 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
63.6
8 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
52.9
3 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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