Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Kent State
Nicholas Giacolone
LB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Venice, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
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Impact Production
53
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
50
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- New Mexico State • Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Player Story
Nicholas Giacolone built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Venice, FL wearing No. 24, spending time with Kent State and New Mexico State. The clearest part of Nicholas Giacolone's career...
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- Committed To
- New Mexico State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Nicholas Giacolone, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Nicholas Giacolone shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 120
- TFL
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Nicholas Giacolone quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 120
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
- Top game
- Bowling Green
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Venice · New Mexico State
- High school pipeline
- Venice · 39 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Freshman
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 10 | 54 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 7 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 25.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 12 | 50 | 4.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 43.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Nicholas Giacolone played LB for New Mexico State and Kent State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Nicholas Giacolone recorded 120 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
New Mexico State paired 7.5 primary output with 30 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across New Mexico State, Kent State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Kent State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
23.6
Usage
5.8
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCF: 1. Arkansas: 1. Central Connecticut: 2. Fresno State: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Ohio: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0.5. Buffalo: 0. Akron: 0. Bowling Green: 2. Ball State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas: 5 by 30.8. Central Connecticut: 4 by 36.7. Fresno State: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Ohio: 5 by 20.8. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 17.5. Buffalo: 5 by 20.8. Akron: 4 by 16.7. Bowling Green: 12 by 70. Ball State: 3 by 12.5. Northern Illinois: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 1 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 11 · -1.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
70 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Northern Illinois | L 27-37 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Ball State | L 3-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/9 | vs Bowling Green10+ tackles · Splash game | L 19-49 | 12 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 11/1 | @ Akron | L 27-31 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Buffalo | L 6-24 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Eastern Michigan | L 14-28 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Ohio | L 17-42 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Miami (OH) | L 3-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/24 | @ Fresno State | L 10-53 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Central ConnecticutSplash game | W 38-10 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Arkansas | L 6-28 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | @ UCF | L 6-56 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Nicholas Giacolone story
Nicholas Giacolone built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Venice, FL wearing No. 24, spending time with Kent State and New Mexico State. The clearest part of Nicholas Giacolone's career was his defensive production: 120 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 2 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Kent State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Nicholas Giacolone's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kent State and New Mexico State.
The arc is straightforward: Nicholas Giacolone 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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New Mexico State
2019-2022
Opening stop
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Kent State
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 7.5 | 30 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 2.5 | 13.1 | 4.8 | -5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 6.5 | 23.6 | 5.8 | 4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | -6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Bowling Green
Week 11 · L 19-49 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
90 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#2
@ Kentucky
Week 12 · L 16-56
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Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Central Connecticut
Week 3 · W 38-10
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Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
vs South Carolina State
Week 3 · W 43-35
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 1 · L 0-38
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Havoc Plays
76.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
7.5 primary output · 30 efficiency · 7.3 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Kent State
43.2
6.5 primary · 23.6 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State
25.2
2.5 primary · 13.1 efficiency · 4.8 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
4
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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