Player Dossier

2022-2025

Western Michigan

Nadame Tucker

DE • 6'3" • 250 lbs • New York, NY, USA

High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence

Nadame Tucker shows a high-volume tackler profile with 51.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

85

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Houston • Western Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Player Story

Nadame Tucker built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from New York, NY wearing No. 11, spending time with Houston and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Nadame Tucker's career was his...

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Nadame Tucker, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Nadame Tucker shows a high-volume tackler profile with 51.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
65
TFL
23
Sacks
14.5
QB hurries
17
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Nadame Tucker quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Michigan · DE
Career Tackles
65
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Top game
Miami (OH)
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
55 tackles · DE 6th (top 3%) · Mid-American 52nd (top 9%) · National 497th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonHouston110.50--031.5
2023 Regular SeasonHouston37101-033.5
2024 Regular SeasonHouston12-0--040
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan135521.514.5161078.5

Related Context

Nadame Tucker played DE for Houston and Western Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nadame Tucker recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Western Michigan paired 53 primary output with 51.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 51.1 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Houston, Western Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Regular Season · Western Michigan

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

4.1

Efficiency

51.1

Usage

19.6

Consistency

63

Best Game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 6. North Texas: 1.5. Illinois: 0.5. Toledo: 6. Rhode Island: 2. Massachusetts: 4. Ball State: 7. Miami (OH): 4.5. Central Michigan: 2. Ohio: 2. Northern Illinois: 2. Eastern Michigan: 6. Miami (OH): 9.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan State: 5 by 70.8. North Texas: 3 by 27.5. Illinois: 2 by 13.3. Toledo: 3 by 62.5. Rhode Island: 5 by 40.8. Massachusetts: 3 by 52.5. Ball State: 7 by 79.2. Miami (OH): 4 by 61.7. Central Michigan: 6 by 45. Ohio: 2 by 28.3. Northern Illinois: 8 by 53.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 54.2. Miami (OH): 6 by 75

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins4.5 · Games = 9 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses3.1 · Games = 4 · -1.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Ball State

Result
Sat 12/6vs Miami (OH)2+ sacks · Splash gameW 23-136232.500
Wed 11/26@ Eastern MichiganSplash gameW 31-2111110
Wed 11/19@ Northern IllinoisSplash gameW 35-19861.500.500
Wed 11/12vs OhioSplash gameW 17-1322110
Sat 11/1vs Central MichiganSplash gameW 24-2164110
Sat 10/25@ Miami (OH)Splash gameL 17-26411.5001
Sat 10/11vs Ball State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 42-0733.503.500
Sat 10/4@ Massachusetts2+ sacks · Splash gameW 21-333220
Sat 9/27vs Rhode IslandSplash gameW 47-14531.500.500
Sat 9/20vs ToledoSplash gameW 14-1333100
Sat 9/13@ IllinoisL 0-38200.5000
Sat 9/6vs North TexasL 30-333110.500
Fri 8/29@ Michigan State2+ sacks · Splash gameL 6-2355320

Player Story

Nadame Tucker story

Nadame Tucker built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from New York, NY wearing No. 11, spending time with Houston and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Nadame Tucker's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 14.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Western Michigan. 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 Nadame Tucker's production has multiple signals. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Houston and Western Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: Nadame Tucker 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Houston

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Michigan

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonHouston0.59.21.9
2023 Regular SeasonHouston216.45.81.5
2024 Regular SeasonHouston08.31.4-2
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan5351.119.653

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 82 Miami (OH)

Week 15 · W 23-13 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

9.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

9.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 132 Ball State

Week 7 · W 42-0 · Conference game

7

Havoc Plays

84.3 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 84.3 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 82 Michigan State

Week 1 · L 6-23

6

Havoc Plays

78 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 78 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 48 Toledo

Week 4 · W 14-13 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

75.2 takeover

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 75.2 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 14 · W 31-21 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Western Michigan

53 primary output · 51.1 efficiency · 19.6 usage

78.5

#2

2024 Regular Season · Houston

40

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Houston

33.5

2 primary · 16.4 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games