Usage / Role
2%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Buffalo
Zach Nicholas
RB • 6'0" • Ellicott City, MD, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Zach Nicholas leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
8
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
4
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
16
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Norfolk State
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Zach Nicholas, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Buffalo. Zach Nicholas leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 22
- Rushing yards
- 18
- Receiving yards
- 4
Quick Answers
Zach Nicholas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 22
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 2 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Norfolk State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Mount Hebron · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Mount Hebron · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Class 2016
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Buffalo | 2 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 54 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Zach Nicholas played RB for Buffalo. Across 3 tracked seasons, Zach Nicholas recorded 18 rushing yards and 4 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 22 primary output with 39.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Norfolk State
Win with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2014 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
2
Scrimmage Yards / G
11
Efficiency
39.3
Usage
5.2
Consistency
62.1
Best Game by takeover score
Norfolk State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 4. Norfolk State: 18
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
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Wins18 · Games = 1 · +14 vs Losses
Losses4 · Games = 1 · -14 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Norfolk State
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Baylor
Career Arc
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- 1
Buffalo
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Buffalo | 22 | 39.3 | 5.2 | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | -22 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Norfolk State
Week 4 · W 36-7
Win with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
18
Scrimmage Yards
53.7 takeover
18 scrimmage yards and 8.5 usage.
#2
vs Baylor
Week 3 · L 21-63
4
Scrimmage Yards
23 takeover
Loss with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
4 scrimmage yards and 1.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Buffalo
22 primary output · 39.3 efficiency · 5.2 usage
54
#2
2015 Regular Season · Buffalo
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Buffalo
—
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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