Player Dossier

2010-2013

Michigan State

Niko Palazeti

FB • 6'1" • Northville, MI, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Niko Palazeti leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

4

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

13

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.7889

Catholic Central · Grand Rapids, MI

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

Niko Palazeti, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Michigan State. Niko Palazeti leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2
Receiving yards
2

Quick Answers

Niko Palazeti quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · FB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 2 games
Best season
2011 Postseason · Michigan State
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
2-star · Catholic Central · Michigan State
High school pipeline
Catholic Central · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 38 · Class 2013

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonMichigan State00000-
2011 PostseasonMichigan State2000042.4
2011 Regular SeasonMichigan State2202042.4
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan State00000-
2013 Regular SeasonMichigan State00000-

Related Context

Niko Palazeti played FB for Michigan State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Niko Palazeti recorded 2 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason

Michigan State paired 2 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2013 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Win with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2011 Postseason · Michigan State

Games

2

Scrimmage Yards / G

1

Efficiency

16.7

Usage

1

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 0. Indiana: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -2 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · Games = 1 · +2 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs Indiana

Result
Mon 1/2@ GeorgiaW 33-30
Sat 11/19vs IndianaW 55-3122

Career Arc

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    Michigan State

    2010-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20102011201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonMichigan State0
2011 PostseasonMichigan State216.712
2011 Regular SeasonMichigan State216.710
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan State0-2
2013 Regular SeasonMichigan State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Indiana

Week 12 · W 55-3 · Conference game

Win with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

2

Scrimmage Yards

40.7 takeover

2 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.

#2

@ Georgia

Week 1 · W 33-30 · Postseason

0

Scrimmage Yards

0 takeover

Win with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

0 scrimmage yards and 0 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Postseason · Michigan State

2 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 1 usage

42.4

#2

2011 Regular Season · Michigan State

42.4

2 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · Michigan State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games