Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Purdue
Isaiah Nichols
DL • 6'3" • 300 lbs • Springdale, AR, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Isaiah Nichols shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
37
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Arkansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Arkansas • Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Isaiah Nichols built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Springdale, AR wearing No. 93, spending time with Arkansas and Purdue. The clearest part of Isaiah Nichols' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Arkansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Isaiah Nichols, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Arkansas. Isaiah Nichols shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 98
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Isaiah Nichols quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · DL
- Career Tackles
- 98
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Arkansas
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Springdale · Arkansas
- High school pipeline
- Springdale · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 93 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DL 334th (top 34%) · Big Ten 203rd (top 34%) · National 1,962nd (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 14.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas | 7 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 21.4 |
| 2021 Postseason | Arkansas | 9 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arkansas | 9 | 18 | 3.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 46.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 10 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 39.6 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Isaiah Nichols played DL for Arkansas and Purdue. Across 6 tracked seasons, Isaiah Nichols recorded 98 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Arkansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Arkansas paired 5 primary output with 15.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arkansas, Purdue.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
14.3
Usage
4.1
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 0. Virginia Tech: 3. Syracuse: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Illinois: 0. Iowa: 2. Ohio State: 1. Michigan: 0. Northwestern: 0. Indiana: 0
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Fresno State: 5 by 20.8. Virginia Tech: 4 by 46.7. Syracuse: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 2 by 28.3. Ohio State: 0 by 10. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Virginia Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Indiana | W 35-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Northwestern | L 15-23 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Michigan | L 13-41 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Ohio State | L 7-41 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ IowaSplash game | L 14-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Illinois | W 44-19 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/22 | vs Wisconsin | L 17-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Syracuse | L 20-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Virginia TechSplash game | W 24-17 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Fresno State | L 35-39 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Isaiah Nichols story
Isaiah Nichols built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Springdale, AR wearing No. 93, spending time with Arkansas and Purdue. The clearest part of Isaiah Nichols' career was his defensive production: 98 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Isaiah Nichols' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Arkansas
2018-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Purdue
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920202021202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | 4.2 | 0.5 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas | 1.5 | 9.6 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas | 2 | 16.5 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | Arkansas | 5 | 15.3 | 4.6 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arkansas | 5 | 15.3 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas | 4 | 10.7 | 2.5 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 6 | 14.3 | 4.1 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia Tech
Week 2 · W 24-17
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Ole Miss
Week 12 · W 42-27 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Auburn
Week 6 · L 28-30 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa
Week 6 · L 14-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#5
vs Rice
Week 1 · W 38-17
2
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Arkansas
5 primary output · 15.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage
46.4
#2
2021 Regular Season · Arkansas
46.4
5 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Purdue
39.6
6 primary · 14.3 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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