Player Dossier

2019-2021

South Florida

Brock Nichols

DB • 6'0" • 197 lbs • Naples, FL, USA

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Brock Nichols shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

18

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · South Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
South Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida

Player Story

Brock Nichols built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive back from Naples, FL wearing No. 16, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Brock Nichols' career was his defensive...

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Brock Nichols, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · South Florida. Brock Nichols shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
42
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Brock Nichols quick answers

Latest team and position
South Florida · DB
Career Tackles
42
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 26 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · South Florida
Top game
Florida
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
10 tackles · DB 542nd (top 59%) · American Athletic 219th (top 44%) · National 2,690th (top 45%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Florida913-0-1022.5
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Florida819-0--017.2
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Florida610-0-2037.1

Related Context

Brock Nichols played DB for South Florida. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brock Nichols recorded 42 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with South Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

South Florida paired 3 primary output with 11.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · South Florida

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

11.2

Usage

2.4

Consistency

4.2

Best Game by takeover score

Cincinnati

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. The Citadel: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Cincinnati: 1. East Carolina: 0. Temple: 0. Tulsa: 0. Memphis: 0. UCF: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. The Citadel: 2 by 8.3. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 2 by 18.3. East Carolina: 6 by 25. Temple: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 4 by 16.7. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. UCF: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Cincinnati

Best efficiency game

25 vs East Carolina

Result
Fri 11/27vs UCFL 46-5811000
Sat 11/7@ MemphisL 33-3422000
Fri 10/23vs TulsaL 13-4243000
Sat 10/17@ TempleL 37-3910000
Sat 10/10vs East CarolinaL 24-4464000
Sat 10/3@ CincinnatiL 7-28200010
Sat 9/19@ Notre DameL 0-5211000
Sat 9/12vs The CitadelW 27-622000

Player Story

Brock Nichols story

Brock Nichols built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive back from Naples, FL wearing No. 16, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Brock Nichols' career was his defensive production: 42 tackles, 3 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 19 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brock Nichols' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Florida

    2019-2021

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Season Value Progression

201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Florida28.31.4
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Florida111.22.4-1
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Florida311.932

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida

Week 2 · L 20-42

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Cincinnati

Week 5 · L 7-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

58 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58 takeover score.

#3

vs South Carolina State

Week 3 · W 55-16

2

Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Cincinnati

Week 11 · L 28-45 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

20 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.

#5

vs East Carolina

Week 6 · L 24-44 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

19.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 19.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · South Florida

3 primary output · 11.9 efficiency · 3 usage

37.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · South Florida

22.5

2 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · South Florida

17.2

1 primary · 11.2 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games