Player Dossier

2018-2022

San José State

Ryan Nixon

CB • 6'3" • 194 lbs • Long Beach, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ryan Nixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

43

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Tulsa • San José State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.83

Leesburg · Leesburg, FL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Ryan Nixon, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · San José State. Ryan Nixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
26
TFL
3.5
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Ryan Nixon quick answers

Latest team and position
San José State · CB
Career Tackles
26
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · San José State
Top game
Fresno State
Recruit profile
3-star · Leesburg
High school pipeline
Leesburg · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonTulsa00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonTulsa250.50--028.2
2020 Regular SeasonTulsa61410-2036.3
2021 Regular SeasonSan José State3720--049.3
2022 Regular SeasonSan José State00-0--0-

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023San José State to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted18.2Jan 13, 2023

Ryan Nixon played CB for Tulsa and San José State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ryan Nixon recorded 26 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Tulsa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

San José State paired 2 primary output with 16.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 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 Tulsa, San José State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · San José State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

16.4

Usage

5.9

Consistency

65.3

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Utah: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Fresno State: 1

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. Southern Utah: 4 by 16.7. Western Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Fresno State: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Western Michigan

Result
Thu 11/25vs Fresno StateL 9-4011100
Sat 9/25@ Western MichiganL 3-2322100
Sun 8/29vs Southern UtahW 45-1441000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Tulsa

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    San José State

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonTulsa0
2019 Regular SeasonTulsa0.512.940.5
2020 Regular SeasonTulsa314.72.32.5
2021 Regular SeasonSan José State216.45.9-1
2022 Regular SeasonSan José State0-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Fresno State

Week 13 · L 9-40 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Western Michigan

Week 4 · L 3-23

1

Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

#3

vs East Carolina

Week 9 · W 34-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

46.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Navy

Week 7 · L 17-45 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

41.1 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

#5

@ UCF

Week 5 · W 34-26 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

37.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 37.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · San José State

2 primary output · 16.4 efficiency · 5.9 usage

49.3

#2

2020 Regular Season · Tulsa

36.3

3 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 2.3 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Tulsa

28.2

0.5 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 4 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games