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

8%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

24

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

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

2017 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 70.2 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: Wyoming

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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2017 Postseason · Iowa

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

40.8

Efficiency

70.2

Usage

26.3

Consistency

70.3

Best Game by takeover score

Wyoming

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 32. Wyoming: 77. Iowa State: 48. North Texas: 37. Penn State: 27. Michigan State: 33. Illinois: 59. Northwestern: 45. Minnesota: 49. Ohio State: 27. Wisconsin: 19. Purdue: 60. Nebraska: 17

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. Boston College: 1 by 100. Wyoming: 4 by 100. Iowa State: 7 by 45.7. North Texas: 5 by 49.3. Penn State: 2 by 90. Michigan State: 2 by 100. Illinois: 7 by 56.2. Northwestern: 4 by 75. Minnesota: 5 by 65.3. Ohio State: 3 by 60. Wisconsin: 2 by 63.3. Purdue: 5 by 80. Nebraska: 4 by 28.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins43.3 · Games = 8 · +6.5 vs Losses
Losses36.8 · Games = 5 · -6.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wyoming

Best efficiency game

100 vs Boston College

Result
Wed 12/27@ Boston CollegeW 27-201323232032
Fri 11/24@ NebraskaW 56-144174.64.3009
Sat 11/18vs PurdueL 15-245601212021
Sat 11/11@ WisconsinL 14-3821989.50010
Sat 11/4vs Ohio StateW 55-2432799014
Sat 10/28vs MinnesotaW 17-105499.89.80025
Sat 10/21@ NorthwesternL 10-1744511.311.30026
Sat 10/7vs IllinoisW 45-167598.48.40111
Sat 9/30@ Michigan StateL 10-1723316.516.50032
Sat 9/23vs Penn StateL 19-2122713.513.50121
Sat 9/16vs North TexasW 31-145377.47.40012
Sat 9/9@ Iowa StateW 44-417486.96.90112
Sat 9/2vs WyomingW 24-347719.319.30145

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

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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.

77

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

60

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

82

#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

3

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games