Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2009Arizona State
Mike Nixon
LB • 6'3" • Phoenix, AZ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mike Nixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 60 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Arizona State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Arizona State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho State
Player Story
Mike Nixon built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a linebacker from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 25, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Mike Nixon's career was his defensive production: 8...
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- Committed To
- East Tennessee State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Mike Nixon, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Arizona State. Mike Nixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 60 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Mike Nixon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Arizona State
- Top game
- Idaho State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Charles Drew · East Tennessee State
- High school pipeline
- Charles Drew · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Arizona State | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 73.3 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Mike Nixon played LB for Arizona State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Mike Nixon recorded 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Arizona State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Arizona State paired 5 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 60 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Arizona State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
3
Efficiency
60
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Idaho State
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All Games3 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Idaho State
Best efficiency game
60 vs Idaho State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 9/6 | vs Idaho StateSplash game | W 50-3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Mike Nixon story
Mike Nixon built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a linebacker from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 25, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Mike Nixon's career was his defensive production: 8 interceptions across 6 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Arizona State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Mike Nixon's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 21 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 6 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona State.
The arc is straightforward: Mike Nixon moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Arizona State
2008-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Arizona State | 5 | 20 | — | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Arizona State | 3 | 60 | — | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Idaho State
Week 1 · W 50-3
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#2
vs UCLA
Week 14 · W 34-9 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Washington State
Week 12 · W 31-0 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Washington
Week 11 · W 39-19 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ USC
Week 7 · L 0-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Arizona State
5 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2009 Regular Season · Arizona State
73.3
3 primary · 60 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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