Usage Score
6.3
Player Dossier
2023-2025Florida State
Blake Nichelson
LB • 6'3" • 229 lbs • Ripon, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Blake Nichelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.9 disruption score.
Efficiency
22.9
Consistency
37.7
Season Value
41.7
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Florida State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- Florida State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Scouting Read
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Blake Nichelson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Florida State. Blake Nichelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.9 disruption score.
Blake Nichelson played LB for Florida State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Blake Nichelson recorded 100 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Florida State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Florida State paired 9.5 primary output with 22.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Florida State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
22.9
Usage
6.3
Consistency
37.7
Best Game by takeover score
Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 3. East Texas A&M: 1. Kent State: 0. Virginia: 0. Miami: 2. Pittsburgh: 0. Stanford: 1.5. Wake Forest: 0. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. NC State: 1. Florida: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 4 by 46.7. East Texas A&M: 1 by 14.2. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Miami: 6 by 45. Pittsburgh: 2 by 8.3. Stanford: 7 by 44.2. Wake Forest: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 7 by 29.2. Virginia Tech: 2 by 18.3. NC State: 5 by 30.8. Florida: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Alabama
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Alabama
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Florida | L 21-40 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ NC State | L 11-21 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Virginia Tech | W 34-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Clemson | L 10-24 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Wake Forest | W 42-7 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ Stanford | L 13-20 | 7 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Pittsburgh | L 31-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs MiamiSplash game | L 22-28 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/26 | @ Virginia | L 38-46 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Kent State | W 66-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs East Texas A&M | W 77-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs AlabamaSplash game | W 31-17 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Florida State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Florida State | 1 | 7.5 | 1.2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida State | 1 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 4.5 | 23.3 | 5.8 | 3.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida State | 9.5 | 22.9 | 6.3 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Alabama
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Primary metric
3 disruption/tackle impact with 52.3 takeover score.
#2
Florida
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.6 takeover score.
#3
Miami
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.5 takeover score.
#4
SMU
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.
#5
Southern Miss
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Florida State
9.5 primary output · 22.9 efficiency · 6.3 usage
41.7
#2
2024 Regular Season · Florida State
35.1
4.5 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Florida State
5.8
1 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2023 · Rating 0.9292
Manteca · Ripon, CA
- Committed To
- Florida State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Career Facts
1
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
100
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 30 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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