Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2014Tulane
Taurean Nixon
CB • 6'0" • Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Taurean Nixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Memphis
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Memphis • Tulane
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Austin Peay
Player Story
Taurean Nixon built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a cornerback from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 30, spending time with Memphis and Tulane. The clearest part of Taurean Nixon's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Memphis
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2015
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 34
- Overall
- No. 251
- NFL Team
- Denver Broncos
Taurean Nixon, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Memphis. Taurean Nixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Taurean Nixon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulane · CB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Memphis
- Top game
- Austin Peay
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Southern Lab · Memphis
- High school pipeline
- Southern Lab · 21 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2015 · Round 7 · Pick 34 · Denver Broncos
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Class 2014
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Memphis | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Memphis | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Tulane | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Taurean Nixon is listed as a CB for Memphis and Tulane. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Memphis paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2014 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Memphis, Tulane.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · Tulane
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
20 vs Tulsa
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 8/29 | @ Tulsa | L 31-38 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Taurean Nixon story
Taurean Nixon built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a cornerback from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 30, spending time with Memphis and Tulane. The clearest part of Taurean Nixon's career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions across 6 career games in the available record. His career also includes 53 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Taurean Nixon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Memphis
2010-2011
Opening stop
- 2
Tulane
2013-2014
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Memphis | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Memphis | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Tulane | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Austin Peay
Week 3 · W 27-6
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Tulsa
Week 1 · L 31-38 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs UCF
Week 13 · L 17-37 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#4
vs Tennessee
Week 10 · L 14-50
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#5
vs Southern Miss
Week 7 · L 19-41 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Memphis
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2014 Regular Season · Tulane
73.3
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Memphis
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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