Player Dossier

2020-2023

UTSA

Nick Booker-Brown

DL • 6'1" • 265 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nick Booker-Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

61%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UTSA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
NC State • UTSA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Nick Booker-Brown built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with NC State and UTSA. The clearest part of Nick Booker-Brown's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8889

Cardinal Newman · West Palm Beach, FL

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Nick Booker-Brown, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UTSA. Nick Booker-Brown shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
47
TFL
13.5
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Nick Booker-Brown quick answers

Latest team and position
UTSA · DL
Career Tackles
47
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · UTSA
Top game
Florida International
Recruit profile
3-star · Cardinal Newman · West Virginia
High school pipeline
Cardinal Newman · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Junior
2023 Tackles rank
18 tackles · DL 384th (top 39%) · American Athletic 235th (top 38%) · National 2,148th (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonNC State2210--022.3
2021 Regular SeasonNC State00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonUTSA11276312053.1
2023 PostseasonUTSA11321--050.4
2023 Regular SeasonUTSA11154.51.513050.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021NC State to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted18.7Apr 5, 2021

Nick Booker-Brown played DL for NC State and UTSA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nick Booker-Brown recorded 47 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UTSA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

UTSA paired 12 primary output with 21.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, UTSA.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Postseason · UTSA

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

18.6

Usage

3.8

Consistency

51.3

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Marshall: 3. Houston: 2. Texas State: 3. Temple: 0. UAB: 1. Florida Atlantic: 1. East Carolina: 0. North Texas: 2. Rice: 1. South Florida: 0. Tulane: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Marshall: 3 by 42.5. Houston: 2 by 28.3. Texas State: 1 by 34.2. Temple: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 1 by 14.2. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 18.3. East Carolina: 3 by 12.5. North Texas: 1 by 24.2. Rice: 1 by 14.2. South Florida: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 9 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Marshall

Result
Wed 12/20@ MarshallSplash gameW 35-1733210
Fri 11/24@ TulaneL 16-2911000
Sat 11/18vs South FloridaW 49-2121000
Sun 11/12vs RiceW 34-1411100
Sat 11/4@ North TexasSplash gameW 37-2910002
Sat 10/28vs East CarolinaW 41-2733000
Sat 10/21@ Florida AtlanticW 36-1022100
Sun 10/15vs UABW 41-2011001
Sat 10/7@ TempleW 49-3410000
Sat 9/9vs Texas StateSplash gameW 20-1311110
Sat 9/2@ HoustonSplash gameL 14-17211.500.500

Player Story

Nick Booker-Brown story

Nick Booker-Brown built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with NC State and UTSA. The clearest part of Nick Booker-Brown's career was his defensive production: 47 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Nick Booker-Brown's 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. 1

    NC State

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UTSA

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNC State19.22.7
2021 Regular SeasonNC State0-1
2022 Regular SeasonUTSA1221.1612
2023 PostseasonUTSA1318.63.81
2023 Regular SeasonUTSA1318.63.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida International

Week 7 · W 30-10 · Conference game

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

86.7 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Marshall

Week 1 · W 35-17 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas State

Week 2 · W 20-13

3

Havoc Plays

68.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Army

Week 2 · W 41-38

2

Havoc Plays

63.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.2 takeover score.

#5

@ UAB

Week 10 · W 44-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

56.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · UTSA

12 primary output · 21.1 efficiency · 6 usage

53.1

#2

2023 Postseason · UTSA

50.4

13 primary · 18.6 efficiency · 3.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · UTSA

50.4

13 primary · 18.6 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games