Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2022Northern Illinois
Nick Alvarado
LB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Bloomfield, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nick Alvarado shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
48
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
22
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Player Story
Nick Alvarado built his college career in 2022 as a linebacker from Bloomfield, NJ wearing No. 48, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Nick Alvarado's career was his defensive production: 13...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Nick Alvarado, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Nick Alvarado shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 13
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
Quick Answers
Nick Alvarado quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 13
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 5 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Union City · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Union City · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 48 · Freshman
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · LB 658th (top 54%) · Mid-American 231st (top 43%) · National 2,463rd (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | 13 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 51.6 |
Related Context
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Nick Alvarado played LB for Northern Illinois. Across 1 tracked season, Nick Alvarado recorded 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 3 primary output with 16.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
16.8
Usage
9.2
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ohio: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Miami (OH): 2
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. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 7 by 39.2. Miami (OH): 1 by 24.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs Western Michigan
Player Story
Nick Alvarado story
Nick Alvarado built his college career in 2022 as a linebacker from Bloomfield, NJ wearing No. 48, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Nick Alvarado's career was his defensive production: 13 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 5 career games in the available record. That gives Nick Alvarado's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Northern Illinois
2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | 16.8 | 9.2 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Miami (OH)
Week 12 · L 23-29 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Western Michigan
Week 11 · W 24-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.
#3
@ Ohio
Week 8 · L 17-24 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Central Michigan
Week 10 · L 22-35 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
5.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 7 · W 39-10 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
4.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
3 primary output · 16.8 efficiency · 9.2 usage
51.6
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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