Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Texas State
Nico Ezidore
DL • 6'1" • 280 lbs • Garland, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nico Ezidore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
69
Reliable weekly contributor
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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: 2020 Regular Season · Texas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Nico Ezidore built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Garland, TX wearing No. 95, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Nico Ezidore's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Nico Ezidore, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Texas State. Nico Ezidore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 194
- TFL
- 28
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Nico Ezidore quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 194
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 50 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Texas State
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Naaman Forest · Texas State
- High school pipeline
- Naaman Forest · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 38 tackles · DL 84th (top 9%) · Sun Belt 108th (top 17%) · National 963rd (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas State | 4 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 44 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 25.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 66 | 13 | 3.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 66.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas State | 10 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 38 | 9 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 45.6 |
Related Context
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Nico Ezidore played DL for Texas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nico Ezidore recorded 194 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Texas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Texas State paired 18.5 primary output with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Texas State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
37.9
Usage
11.4
Consistency
32.7
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. SMU: 1. UTSA: 1.5. UL Monroe: 1. Boston College: 2. Troy: 0. South Alabama: 5. BYU: 0. Louisiana: 0. App State: 1. Georgia Southern: 1. Arkansas State: 5.5. Coastal Carolina: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SMU: 4 by 26.7. UTSA: 7 by 44.2. UL Monroe: 6 by 35. Boston College: 5 by 40.8. Troy: 4 by 16.7. South Alabama: 9 by 87.5. BYU: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana: 5 by 20.8. App State: 9 by 47.5. Georgia Southern: 4 by 26.7. Arkansas State: 7 by 79.2. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 17.5
Split Comparison
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Wins3.3 · Games = 2 · +2.0 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 10 · -2.0 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
87.5 vs South Alabama
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 14-49 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Arkansas StateSplash game | W 47-45 | 7 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Georgia Southern | L 38-40 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs App State | L 17-38 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/1 | vs Louisiana | L 34-44 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/25 | @ BYU | L 14-52 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | @ South AlabamaSplash game | L 20-30 | 9 | 5 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Troy | L 17-37 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Boston CollegeSplash game | L 21-24 | 5 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | @ UL Monroe | W 38-17 | 6 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/12 | vs UTSA | L 48-51 | 7 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/5 | vs SMU | L 24-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nico Ezidore story
Nico Ezidore built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Garland, TX wearing No. 95, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Nico Ezidore's career was his defensive production: 194 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 50 career games in the available record. That gives Nico Ezidore's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Texas State
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas State | 0 | 7.3 | 1.2 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas State | 5 | 19.4 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Texas State | 18.5 | 37.9 | 11.4 | 13.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas State | 7 | 23.2 | 6.4 | -11.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas State | 14 | 24.9 | 6.1 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arkansas State
Week 12 · W 47-45 · Conference game
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
@ South Alabama
Week 7 · L 20-30 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
92.8 takeover
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.8 takeover score.
#3
vs UL Monroe
Week 10 · W 27-19 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#4
@ UL Monroe
Week 10 · L 30-31 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Troy
Week 7 · L 14-17 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Texas State
18.5 primary output · 37.9 efficiency · 11.4 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Texas State
45.6
14 primary · 24.9 efficiency · 6.1 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Texas State
39
0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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