Player Dossier

2005-2006

Iowa State

Walter Nickel

Impact contributor

Walter Nickel shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

4

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2005 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2004 · Rating 0.7667

Swainsboro · Swainsboro, GA

Committed To
Middle Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2004

Walter Nickel, player. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2005 Regular Season · Iowa State. Walter Nickel shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Walter Nickel quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · Position unavailable
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 18 games
Best season
2005 Regular Season · Iowa State
Top game
Oklahoma State
Recruit profile
2-star · Swainsboro · Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
Swainsboro · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
Class 2006

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2005 Regular SeasonIowa State100253.4
2006 Regular SeasonIowa State80127.1

Related Context

Walter Nickel is listed for Iowa State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2005 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 2 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2006 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2006 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2006 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

8

Primary Metric / G

0.1

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

4.2

Best Game by takeover score

Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. UNLV: 0. Iowa: 0. Texas: 1. Northern Iowa: 0. Nebraska: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Missouri: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Texas

Best efficiency game

— vs Missouri

Result
Sat 11/18vs MissouriW 21-16
Sat 10/14@ OklahomaL 9-34
Sun 10/8vs NebraskaL 14-28
Sat 9/30vs Northern IowaW 28-27
Sat 9/23@ TexasL 14-37
Sat 9/16@ IowaL 17-27
Sat 9/9vs UNLVW 16-10
Fri 9/1vs ToledoW 45-43

Career Arc

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    Iowa State

    2005-2006

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20052006
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2005 Regular SeasonIowa State2
2006 Regular SeasonIowa State1-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oklahoma State

Week 8 · W 37-10 · Conference game

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

1 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Nebraska

Week 5 · L 20-27 · Conference game

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

1 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Texas

Week 4 · L 14-37 · Conference game

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

1 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs TCU

Week 1 · L 24-27 · Postseason

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Kansas

Week 13 · L 21-24 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2005 Regular Season · Iowa State

2 primary output · efficiency · usage

53.4

#2

2006 Regular Season · Iowa State

27.1

1 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games