Player Career

Niko Small Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Niko Small story

Niko Small built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a safety from Arlington, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Niko Small's career was his defensive production: 138 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 16 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with TCU. 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 Niko Small's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across TCU.

The arc is straightforward: Niko Small 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    TCU

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonTCU0
2016 PostseasonTCU12.536.24.912.5
2016 Regular SeasonTCU12.536.24.90
2017 PostseasonTCU520.43.1-7.5
2017 Regular SeasonTCU520.43.10
2018 PostseasonTCU4.521.74.2-0.5
2018 Regular SeasonTCU4.521.74.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas

Week 13 · W 31-9 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#2

@ SMU

Week 4 · W 33-3

2

Havoc Plays

63.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.

#3

vs California

Week 1 · W 10-7 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Kansas

Week 6 · W 24-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs Southern

Week 1 · W 55-7

1

Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · TCU

12.5 primary output · 36.2 efficiency · 4.9 usage

48.2

#2

2016 Regular Season · TCU

48.2

12.5 primary · 36.2 efficiency · 4.9 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · TCU

41.2

4.5 primary · 21.7 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

6

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games