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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2008New Mexico State
Nick Paden
LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Folsom, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nick Paden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
Player Story
Nick Paden built his college career in 2008 as a linebacker from Folsom, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Nick Paden's career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions...
Read the storyNick Paden, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Nick Paden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
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Nick Paden quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 2 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State
- Top game
- Idaho
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Class 2008
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
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Nick Paden is listed as a LB for New Mexico State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
New Mexico State paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Idaho
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Game by game trend chart. San José State: 1. Idaho: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Idaho
Best efficiency game
20 vs Idaho
Player Story
Nick Paden story
Nick Paden built his college career in 2008 as a linebacker from Folsom, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Nick Paden's career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions across 2 career games in the available record. That gives Nick Paden's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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New Mexico State
2008
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2008
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 2 | 20 | — | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Idaho
Week 9 · L 14-20 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs San José State
Week 8 · L 14-31 · Conference game
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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 · New Mexico State
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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