Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017NC State
Riley Nicholson
LB • 6'0" • 237 lbs • Kissimmee, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Riley Nicholson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · NC State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
4★
- Committed To
- Oregon
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Riley Nicholson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · NC State. Riley Nicholson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 12
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Riley Nicholson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 12
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · NC State
- Top game
- Notre Dame
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Skyline Senior · Oregon
- High school pipeline
- Skyline Senior · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Class 2017
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2016 Postseason | NC State | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | NC State | 5 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 52.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Riley Nicholson played LB for NC State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Riley Nicholson recorded 3 receiving yards and 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with NC State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
NC State paired 3 primary output with 16 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 16 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · NC State
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
16
Usage
4
Consistency
59.5
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 0. William & Mary: 1. Old Dominion: 1. Notre Dame: 1. Louisville: 0
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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Vanderbilt: 2 by 8.3. William & Mary: 2 by 18.3. Old Dominion: 1 by 14.2. Notre Dame: 4 by 26.7. Louisville: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Notre Dame
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Notre Dame
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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NC State
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | NC State | 3 | 16 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | NC State | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | — | — | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Notre Dame
Week 6 · W 10-3
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60.6 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.
#2
vs William & Mary
Week 1 · W 48-14
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.
#3
vs Old Dominion
Week 3 · W 49-22
1
Havoc Plays
47.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Louisville
Week 8 · L 13-54 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Vanderbilt
Week 1 · W 41-17 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · NC State
3 primary output · 16 efficiency · 4 usage
52.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · NC State
52.3
3 primary · 16 efficiency · 4 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · NC State
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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