Player Dossier

2015-2018

Iowa

Nick Easley

WR • 5'11" • 205 lbs • Newton, IA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Nick Easley reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

64%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Iowa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Iowa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Player Story

Nick Easley built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Newton, IA wearing No. 84, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Nick Easley's career was his receiving role: 103 catches,...

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Nick Easley, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Iowa. Nick Easley reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,032
Receptions
103
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Nick Easley quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,032
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 25 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Iowa
Top game
Wyoming
Latest roster
No. 84 · Senior
2018 Receiving yards rank
502 receiving yards · WR 219th (top 22%) · Big Ten 24th (top 11%) · National 239th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonIowa0-00-
2016 Regular SeasonIowa0-00-
2017 PostseasonIowa13132082
2017 Regular SeasonIowa1350498482
2018 PostseasonIowa128104269.8
2018 Regular SeasonIowa1244398369.8

Related Context

Nick Easley played WR for Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nick Easley recorded 18 rushing yards, 1,032 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Iowa paired 530 primary output with 70.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 68.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Postseason · Iowa

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

41.8

Efficiency

68.9

Usage

20.9

Consistency

45.9

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 104. Iowa State: 15. Northern Iowa: 103. Wisconsin: 22. Minnesota: 52. Indiana: 28. Maryland: 27. Penn State: 25. Purdue: 34. Northwestern: 53. Illinois: 10. Nebraska: 29

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. Mississippi State: 8 by 86.7. Iowa State: 1 by 100. Northern Iowa: 10 by 68.7. Wisconsin: 1 by 100. Minnesota: 6 by 57.8. Indiana: 4 by 46.7. Maryland: 2 by 90. Penn State: 4 by 41.7. Purdue: 3 by 75.6. Northwestern: 8 by 44.2. Illinois: 1 by 66.7. Nebraska: 4 by 48.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins46 · Games = 8 · +12.5 vs Losses
Losses33.5 · Games = 4 · -12.5 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

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Wisconsin

Result
Tue 1/1vs Mississippi State100 receiving yards · High volumeW 27-2281041313275
Fri 11/23vs NebraskaW 31-284297.37.3009
Sat 11/17@ IllinoisW 63-01101010010
Sat 11/10vs NorthwesternHigh volumeL 10-148536.66.60013
Sat 11/3@ PurdueL 36-3833411.311.30017
Sat 10/27@ Penn StateL 24-304256.36.30011
Sat 10/20vs MarylandW 23-02278.313.50015
Sat 10/13@ IndianaW 42-1642877116
Sat 10/6@ MinnesotaW 48-316528.78.70121
Sun 9/23vs WisconsinL 17-281222222022
Sat 9/15vs Northern Iowa100 receiving yards · High volumeW 38-141010310.210.30123
Sat 9/8vs Iowa StateW 13-31151515015

Player Story

Nick Easley story

Nick Easley built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Newton, IA wearing No. 84, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Nick Easley's career was his receiving role: 103 catches, 1,032 receiving yards, 9 touchdowns, and 18 rushing yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Iowa. 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 18 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa.

The arc is straightforward: Nick Easley 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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    Iowa

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonIowa0
2016 Regular SeasonIowa00
2017 PostseasonIowa53070.226.3530
2017 Regular SeasonIowa53070.226.30
2018 PostseasonIowa50268.920.9-28
2018 Regular SeasonIowa50268.920.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wyoming

Week 1 · W 24-3

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

100 takeover

77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Mississippi State

Week 1 · W 27-22 · Postseason

104

Receiving Yards

95.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

104 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#3

vs Northern Iowa

Week 3 · W 38-14

103

Receiving Yards

89.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

103 receiving yards with a 68.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Purdue

Week 12 · L 15-24 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

86 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

60 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.

#5

vs Illinois

Week 6 · W 45-16 · Conference game

59

Receiving Yards

77.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 56.2 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Iowa

530 primary output · 70.2 efficiency · 26.3 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Iowa

82

530 primary · 70.2 efficiency · 26.3 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Iowa

69.8

502 primary · 68.9 efficiency · 20.9 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games