Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Minnesota
John Nestor
DB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
John Nestor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.3 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
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Iowa • Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
John Nestor built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 17, spending time with Iowa and Minnesota. The clearest part of John Nestor's career was his defensive...
Read the storyJohn Nestor, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Minnesota. John Nestor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 66
- TFL
- 6
- Passes defended
- 6
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
John Nestor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · DB
- Career Tackles
- 66
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Minnesota
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Marist · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 50 tackles · DB 139th (top 15%) · Big Ten 78th (top 10%) · National 616th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Iowa | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 7 | 14 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40 |
| 2025 Postseason | Minnesota | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 65.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Minnesota | 11 | 47 | 6 | 0 | - | 6 | 2 | 65.8 |
Related Context
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John Nestor played DB for Iowa and Minnesota. Across 3 tracked seasons, John Nestor recorded 66 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Minnesota paired 18 primary output with 35.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 35.3 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa, Minnesota.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Minnesota
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
35.3
Usage
9.8
Consistency
45.9
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. New Mexico: 1. Buffalo: 1. Northwestern State: 3. California: 1. Rutgers: 1. Ohio State: 2. Purdue: 2. Iowa: 1. Michigan State: 1. Oregon: 1. Wisconsin: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico: 3 by 22.5. Buffalo: 2 by 18.3. Northwestern State: 0 by 30. California: 4 by 26.7. Rutgers: 3 by 22.5. Ohio State: 5 by 40.8. Purdue: 7 by 49.2. Iowa: 3 by 22.5. Michigan State: 6 by 35. Oregon: 8 by 43.3. Wisconsin: 9 by 77.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.9 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
77.5 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||||
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| Fri 12/26 | vs New Mexico | W 20-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs WisconsinSplash game | W 17-7 | 9 | 7 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Oregon | L 13-42 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Michigan State | W 23-20 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Iowa | L 3-41 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs PurdueSplash game | W 27-20 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Ohio StateSplash game | L 3-42 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Rutgers | W 31-28 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | @ California | L 14-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Northwestern StateSplash game | W 66-0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Buffalo | W 23-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
John Nestor story
John Nestor built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 17, spending time with Iowa and Minnesota. The clearest part of John Nestor's career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Minnesota. 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 John Nestor's production has multiple signals. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa and Minnesota.
The arc is straightforward: John Nestor 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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Iowa
2023-2024
Opening stop
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Minnesota
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2023 Postseason | Iowa | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Minnesota | 18 | 35.3 | 9.8 | 18 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Minnesota | 18 | 35.3 | 9.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 85 Wisconsin
Week 14 · W 17-7 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
92.5 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 2 Ohio State
Week 6 · L 3-42 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Northwestern State
Week 2 · W 66-0
3
Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 90 Purdue
Week 7 · W 27-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 4 Oregon
Week 12 · L 13-42 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Minnesota
18 primary output · 35.3 efficiency · 9.8 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Minnesota
65.8
18 primary · 35.3 efficiency · 9.8 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Iowa
40
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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