Player Dossier

2020-2025

Wake Forest

Nick Andersen

DB • 5'11" • 197 lbs • Clifton, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nick Andersen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.6

Efficiency

46.2

Consistency

59.5

Season Value

53.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
9
Program Path
Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Scouting Read

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Nick Andersen, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Wake Forest. Nick Andersen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46.2 disruption score.

Nick Andersen played DB for Wake Forest. Across 6 tracked seasons, Nick Andersen recorded 369 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Wake Forest paired 15.5 primary output with 46.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 46.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Loss with 3 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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2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

46.2

Usage

7.6

Consistency

59.5

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 2. Kennesaw State: 2. Western Carolina: 1. NC State: 0.5. Georgia Tech: 0. Virginia Tech: 1.5. Oregon State: 0. SMU: 1.5. Florida State: 3. Virginia: 0. North Carolina: 2. Delaware: 1. Duke: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 12 by 70. Kennesaw State: 9 by 57.5. Western Carolina: 3 by 22.5. NC State: 11 by 50.8. Georgia Tech: 11 by 45.8. Virginia Tech: 7 by 44.2. Oregon State: 9 by 37.5. SMU: 8 by 48.3. Florida State: 11 by 75.8. Virginia: 8 by 33.3. North Carolina: 5 by 40.8. Delaware: 7 by 39.2. Duke: 6 by 35

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

75.8 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 1/3@ Mississippi State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 43-29126110
Sat 11/29@ DukeL 32-49620.500.500
Sat 11/22vs DelawareW 52-1473001
Sat 11/15vs North CarolinaSplash gameW 28-1253002
Sun 11/9@ VirginiaW 16-984000
Sat 11/1@ Florida State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 7-42116201
Sat 10/25vs SMUW 13-12821.5000
Sat 10/11@ Oregon StateW 39-1495000
Sat 10/4@ Virginia TechW 30-23720.5001
Sat 9/27vs Georgia Tech10+ tacklesL 29-30114000
Thu 9/11vs NC State10+ tacklesL 24-341150.5000
Sat 9/6vs Western CarolinaW 42-1032100
Fri 8/29vs Kennesaw StateSplash gameW 10-993002

Career Arc

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    Wake Forest

    2020-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020202021202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonWake Forest1040.38.7
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest1040.38.70
2021 PostseasonWake Forest523.33.7-5
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest523.33.70
2022 Regular SeasonWake Forest0-5
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest619.75.56
2024 Regular SeasonWake Forest545.19.1-1
2025 PostseasonWake Forest15.546.27.610.5
2025 Regular SeasonWake Forest15.546.27.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Virginia Tech

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 66 takeover score.

#2

Florida State

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

#3

California

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.6 takeover score.

#4

Wisconsin

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 59.5 takeover score.

#5

Syracuse

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

15.5 primary output · 46.2 efficiency · 7.6 usage

53.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Wake Forest

53.3

15.5 primary · 46.2 efficiency · 7.6 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Wake Forest

32.1

10 primary · 40.3 efficiency · 8.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

8

Splash games

13

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

9

Seasons tracked

369

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 9 tracked seasons, 54 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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