Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Iowa State paired 4 primary output with 18.8 efficiency.
Player Stats
Ben Nikkel College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 43
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa State | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2023 Postseason | Iowa State | 11 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa State | 11 | 35 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 38.3 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 18.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · Iowa State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
18.8
Usage
3
Consistency
9.1
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
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Active game
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 0. Northern Iowa: 2. Ohio: 1. Oklahoma State: 0. Oklahoma: 1. TCU: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Baylor: 0. Kansas: 0. BYU: 0. Texas: 0
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. Memphis: 5 by 20.8. Northern Iowa: 2 by 28.3. Ohio: 8 by 43.3. Oklahoma State: 6 by 25. Oklahoma: 4 by 26.7. TCU: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. Baylor: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 3 by 12.5. BYU: 4 by 16.7. Texas: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Wins
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