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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Iowa
Nick Niemann
LB • 6'4" • 233 lbs • Sycamore, IL, USA
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Nick Niemann shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
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Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Player Story
Nick Niemann built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Sycamore, IL wearing No. 49, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Nick Niemann's career was his defensive production: 157...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 1
- Overall
- No. 185
- NFL Team
- Los Angeles Chargers
Nick Niemann, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Iowa. Nick Niemann shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.6 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Iowa · LB
- Career Tackles
- 157
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Iowa
- Top game
- Penn State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Sycamore · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Sycamore · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 6 · Pick 1 · Los Angeles Chargers
- Latest roster
- No. 49 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 77 tackles · LB 57th (top 6%) · Big Ten 5th (top 1%) · National 67th (top 2%)
Nick Niemann played LB for Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nick Niemann recorded 157 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Iowa.
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