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 Score

6.4

Efficiency

16.4

Consistency

65.3

Season Value

25.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Tulsa • San José State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Scouting Read

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

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · San José State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

16.4

Usage

6.4

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. Unknown: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Fresno State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 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.

Losses1 · Games = 2
First Half0.5 · Games = 2
All Games0.7 · Games = 3

Game Log

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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 Unknown41000

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 Progression

20182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonTulsa0
2019 Regular SeasonTulsa0.512.940.5
2020 Regular SeasonTulsa314.72.42.5
2021 Regular SeasonSan José State216.46.4-1
2022 Regular SeasonSan José State0-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

East Carolina

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.2 takeover score.

#2

Fresno State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.

#3

Western Michigan

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.3 takeover score.

#4

Navy

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 24.7 takeover score.

#5

UCF

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · San José State

2 primary output · 16.4 efficiency · 6.4 usage

25.4

#2

2019 Regular Season · Tulsa

17.6

0.5 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Tulsa

12.1

3 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.83

Leesburg · Leesburg, FL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

2

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

26

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 11 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.