Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2019New Mexico State
Tony Nicholson
WR • 5'10" • 189 lbs • Grand Prairie, TX, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Tony Nicholson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
69
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
82
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Baylor
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Baylor • New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Player Story
Tony Nicholson built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Grand Prairie, TX wearing No. 13, spending time with Baylor and New Mexico State. The clearest part of Tony Nicholson's career...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Tony Nicholson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Baylor. Tony Nicholson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 988
- Receptions
- 101
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Tony Nicholson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 988
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Baylor
- Top game
- Oklahoma State
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Los Alamitos · USC
- High school pipeline
- Los Alamitos · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Senior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 644 receiving yards · WR 139th (top 14%) · FBS Independents 4th (top 5%) · National 147th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Baylor | 11 | - | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Baylor | 11 | - | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Baylor | 11 | 41 | 344 | 0 | 57.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Baylor | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 12 | 60 | 644 | 7 | 75.4 |
Related Context
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Tony Nicholson played WR for Baylor and New Mexico State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tony Nicholson recorded 7 passing yards, 49 rushing yards, and 988 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Baylor paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 65.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Baylor, New Mexico State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
53.7
Efficiency
65.1
Usage
20.8
Consistency
67
Best Game by takeover score
Central Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 40. Alabama: 44. San Diego State: 78. New Mexico: 61. Fresno State: 81. Liberty: 76. Central Michigan: 86. Georgia Southern: 6. Ole Miss: 37. Incarnate Word: 98. UTEP: 7. Liberty: 30
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. Washington State: 7 by 38.1. Alabama: 2 by 100. San Diego State: 7 by 74.3. New Mexico: 7 by 58.1. Fresno State: 6 by 90. Liberty: 6 by 84.4. Central Michigan: 7 by 81.9. Georgia Southern: 1 by 40. Ole Miss: 6 by 41.1. Incarnate Word: 5 by 100. UTEP: 2 by 23.3. Liberty: 4 by 50
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins52.5 · Games = 2 · -1.4 vs Losses
Losses53.9 · Games = 10 · +1.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Central Michigan
Best efficiency game
100 vs Incarnate Word
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Liberty | L 28-49 | — | 4 | 30 | 6 | 7.50 | 1 | 16 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs UTEP | W 44-35 | — | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Incarnate Word2+ TD | W 41-28 | — | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 19.60 | 2 | 42 |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Ole Miss | L 3-41 | — | 6 | 37 | 6.1 | 6.20 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Georgia Southern | L 7-41 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Central Michigan | L 28-42 | — | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 0 | 36 |
| Sun 10/6 | vs Liberty | L 13-20 | — | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 0 | 37 |
| Sun 9/29 | vs Fresno State | L 17-30 | — | 6 | 81 | 11.4 | 13.50 | 1 | 21 |
| Sat 9/21 | @ New Mexico2+ TD | L 52-55 | — | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 2 | 18 |
| Sun 9/15 | vs San Diego State | L 10-31 | — | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 11.10 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Alabama | L 10-62 | — | 2 | 44 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 44 |
| Sun 9/1 | @ Washington State | L 7-58 | — | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 5.70 | 0 | 12 |
Player Story
Tony Nicholson story
Tony Nicholson built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Grand Prairie, TX wearing No. 13, spending time with Baylor and New Mexico State. The clearest part of Tony Nicholson's career was his receiving role: 101 catches, 988 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 49 rushing yards across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with New Mexico State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 7 passing yards, 49 rushing yards, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Baylor and New Mexico State.
The arc is straightforward: Tony Nicholson 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.
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Baylor
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
New Mexico State
2019
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201520162016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Baylor | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Baylor | 344 | 55.4 | 18.3 | 344 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | — | — | -344 |
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 644 | 65.1 | 20.8 | 644 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oklahoma State
Week 7 · L 16-59 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
57
Receiving Yards
89.1 takeover
57 receiving yards with a 95 efficiency score.
#2
@ Central Michigan
Week 7 · L 28-42
86
Receiving Yards
89 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
86 receiving yards with a 81.9 efficiency score.
#3
vs Liberty
Week 6 · L 13-20 · Conference game
76
Receiving Yards
87.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
76 receiving yards with a 84.4 efficiency score.
#4
vs Incarnate Word
Week 12 · W 41-28
98
Receiving Yards
86.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
98 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Fresno State
Week 5 · L 17-30
81
Receiving Yards
83.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
81 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Baylor
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State
75.4
644 primary · 65.1 efficiency · 20.8 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Baylor
57.8
344 primary · 55.4 efficiency · 18.3 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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