Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Louisville
Tahveon Nicholson
DB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tahveon Nicholson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
94
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois • Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Tahveon Nicholson built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Illinois and Louisville. The clearest part of Tahveon Nicholson's career...
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- Committed To
- Florida Atlantic
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Tahveon Nicholson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois. Tahveon Nicholson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 98
- TFL
- 6
- Passes defended
- 15
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Tahveon Nicholson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DB
- Career Tackles
- 98
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Riverside · Florida Atlantic
- High school pipeline
- Riverside · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DB 327th (top 34%) · ACC 168th (top 22%) · National 1,329th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 11 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 15.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 48.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 36 | 2 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Louisville | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 44.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 30 | 3 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 44.6 |
Related Context
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Tahveon Nicholson played DB for Illinois and Louisville. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tahveon Nicholson recorded 98 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Illinois paired 8 primary output with 15.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 17.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 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 Illinois, Louisville.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Louisville
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
17.6
Usage
3.8
Consistency
54.4
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington: 1. Austin Peay: 1. Jacksonville State: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. SMU: 0. Virginia: 0. Miami: 0. Clemson: 1. Stanford: 0. Pittsburgh: 1. Kentucky: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington: 2 by 18.3. Austin Peay: 3 by 22.5. Jacksonville State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Tech: 9 by 47.5. SMU: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 2 by 8.3. Clemson: 5 by 30.8. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 2 by 18.3. Kentucky: 5 by 30.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.8 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
Georgia Tech
Best efficiency game
47.5 vs Georgia Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/31 | @ Washington | W 35-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Kentucky | W 41-14 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Pittsburgh | W 37-9 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Stanford | L 35-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Clemson | W 33-21 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Miami | L 45-52 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Virginia | W 24-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs SMU | L 27-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Georgia Tech | W 31-19 | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Jacksonville State | W 49-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Austin Peay | W 62-0 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tahveon Nicholson story
Tahveon Nicholson built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Illinois and Louisville. The clearest part of Tahveon Nicholson's career was his defensive production: 98 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 15 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Illinois. 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 Tahveon Nicholson's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois and Louisville.
The arc is straightforward: Tahveon Nicholson 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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Illinois
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Louisville
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 13.2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 15.9 | 2.6 | 6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 19.2 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Louisville | 6 | 17.6 | 3.8 | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 6 | 17.6 | 3.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wisconsin
Week 5 · W 34-10 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Georgia Tech
Week 4 · W 31-19 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#3
@ Kentucky
Week 14 · W 41-14
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Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 8 · L 21-25 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 10 · W 27-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
8 primary output · 15.9 efficiency · 2.6 usage
48.3
#2
2024 Postseason · Louisville
44.6
6 primary · 17.6 efficiency · 3.8 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Louisville
44.6
6 primary · 17.6 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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