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

9.3

Efficiency

44.3

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

17

Career Arc

Value trend by season

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

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Wake Forest paired 15.5 primary output with 46.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 44.3 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: California

Loss with 1.5 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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2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

44.3

Usage

9.3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Virginia: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Louisiana: 0. NC State: 0. Clemson: 0. UConn: 1. Stanford: 1. California: 1.5. North Carolina: 0. Miami: 0. Duke: 0.5

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. Unknown: 14 by 50. Virginia: 9 by 37.5. Ole Miss: 13 by 50. Louisiana: 13 by 50. NC State: 11 by 45.8. Clemson: 9 by 37.5. UConn: 7 by 39.2. Stanford: 6 by 35. California: 12 by 65. North Carolina: 11 by 45.8. Miami: 8 by 33.3. Duke: 9 by 42.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · -0.4 vs Wins
First Half0 · Games = 6 · -0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

65 vs California

Result
Sat 11/30vs DukeL 17-23930.5000
Sat 11/23@ MiamiL 14-4282000
Sun 11/17@ North Carolina10+ tacklesL 24-31114000
Sat 11/9vs California10+ tacklesL 36-461260.50010
Sat 10/26@ StanfordW 27-24630010
Sat 10/19@ UConnW 23-2074001
Sat 10/12vs ClemsonL 14-4994000
Sat 10/5@ NC State10+ tacklesW 34-30114000
Sat 9/28vs Louisiana10+ tacklesL 38-41135000
Sat 9/14vs Ole Miss10+ tacklesL 6-40136000
Sat 9/7vs VirginiaL 30-3196000
Thu 8/29vs Unknown10+ tackles149000

Career Arc

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    Wake Forest

    2020-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202020202021202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonWake Forest1040.39.1
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest1040.39.10
2021 PostseasonWake Forest523.34-5
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest523.340
2022 Regular SeasonWake Forest0-5
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest518.75.45
2024 Regular SeasonWake Forest444.39.3-1
2025 PostseasonWake Forest15.546.28.211.5
2025 Regular SeasonWake Forest15.546.28.20

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 66.6 takeover score.

#2

California

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.1 takeover score.

#3

Florida State

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 64.1 takeover score.

#4

Wisconsin

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 59.9 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 value score

2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

15.5 primary output · 46.2 efficiency · 8.2 usage

31.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · Wake Forest

31.6

15.5 primary · 46.2 efficiency · 8.2 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Wake Forest

20.4

5 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 4 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

4

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.

Quick Answers

Nick Andersen quick answers

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
9
Career tackles
369