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Player Dossier
2020-2025Wake 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.
Impact Production
100
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
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Nick Andersen built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Clifton, VA wearing No. 45, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Nick Andersen's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNick 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 369
- TFL
- 12.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 17
Quick Answers
Nick Andersen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wake Forest · DB
- Career Tackles
- 369
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 54 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 107 tackles · DB 3rd (top 1%) · ACC 2nd (top 1%) · National 33rd (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Wake Forest | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 48 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 9 | 55 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| 2021 Postseason | Wake Forest | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 34.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 10 | 42 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 34.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 10 | 33 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Wake Forest | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 67.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 13 | 95 | 6 | 0.5 | - | 7 | 0 | 67.2 |
Related Context
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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.
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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
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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 game | W 43-29 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Duke | L 32-49 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Delaware | W 52-14 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs North CarolinaSplash game | W 28-12 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Virginia | W 16-9 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Florida State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 7-42 | 11 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs SMU | W 13-12 | 8 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Oregon State | W 39-14 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Virginia Tech | W 30-23 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles | L 29-30 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/11 | vs NC State10+ tackles | L 24-34 | 11 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Western Carolina | W 42-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Kennesaw StateSplash game | W 10-9 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Nick Andersen story
Nick Andersen built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Clifton, VA wearing No. 45, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Nick Andersen's career was his defensive production: 369 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 8 interceptions across 54 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Wake Forest. 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 Nick Andersen's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 1 return yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 54 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wake Forest.
The arc is straightforward: Nick Andersen 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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Wake Forest
2020-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Wake Forest | 10 | 40.3 | 8.7 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 10 | 40.3 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Wake Forest | 5 | 23.3 | 3.7 | -5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 5 | 23.3 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | -5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 6 | 19.7 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 5 | 45.1 | 9.1 | -1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Wake Forest | 15.5 | 46.2 | 7.6 | 10.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 15.5 | 46.2 | 7.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia Tech
Week 8 · W 23-16 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 41 Florida State
Week 10 · L 7-42 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#3
vs California
Week 11 · L 36-46 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Wisconsin
Week 1 · L 28-42 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 58 Mississippi State
Week 1 · W 43-29 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Wake Forest
15.5 primary output · 46.2 efficiency · 7.6 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Wake Forest
67.2
15.5 primary · 46.2 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2020 Postseason · Wake Forest
48
10 primary · 40.3 efficiency · 8.7 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
8
Splash games
13
10+ tackle games
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