Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Kentucky
Terhyon Nichols
DB • 5'11" • 198 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Terhyon Nichols shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
48
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Player Story
Terhyon Nichols built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 20, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Terhyon Nichols' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Terhyon Nichols, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky. Terhyon Nichols shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 28
- TFL
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Terhyon Nichols quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DB
- Career Tackles
- 28
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
- Top game
- Texas
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Withrow · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Withrow · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · DB 465th (top 48%) · SEC 269th (top 36%) · National 2,238th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 6 | 10 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 44.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 51.5 |
Related Context
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Terhyon Nichols played DB for Kentucky. Across 2 tracked seasons, Terhyon Nichols recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 7 primary output with 20.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.7 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: Texas
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20.7
Usage
3.9
Consistency
52.4
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 1. Ole Miss: 2.5. Eastern Michigan: 1. South Carolina: 0. Georgia: 0. Texas: 2.5. Tennessee: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 2 by 18.3. Ole Miss: 2 by 33.3. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 18.3. South Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 2 by 8.3. Texas: 4 by 41.7. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Texas
Player Story
Terhyon Nichols story
Terhyon Nichols built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 20, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Terhyon Nichols' career was his defensive production: 28 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 9 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Terhyon Nichols' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Kentucky
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 5 | 15.3 | 1.3 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 7 | 20.7 | 3.9 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 17 Texas
Week 8 · L 13-16 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 7 Ole Miss
Week 2 · L 23-30 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
2.5
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Tennessee
Week 10 · L 18-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Murray State
Week 12 · W 48-6
1
Havoc Plays
45 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.
#5
vs Ohio
Week 4 · W 41-6
1
Havoc Plays
40.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
7 primary output · 20.7 efficiency · 3.9 usage
51.5
#2
2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
44.2
5 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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