Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025South Florida
Rocco Nicholl
LB • 6'4" • 238 lbs • Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Rocco Nicholl shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kent State • South Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: St. Francis (PA)
Player Story
Rocco Nicholl built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 44, spending time with Kent State and South Florida. The clearest part of Rocco Nicholl's career was his...
Read the storyRocco Nicholl, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kent State. Rocco Nicholl shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 93
- TFL
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Rocco Nicholl quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Florida · LB
- Career Tackles
- 93
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- St. Francis (PA)
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · LB 852nd (top 67%) · American Athletic 362nd (top 57%) · National 3,354th (top 55%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 9 | 17 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 8 | 61 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 51 |
| 2025 Postseason | South Florida | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Florida | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | South Florida to Kent State | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 19.6 | Jan 24, 2026 |
| 2025 | Kent State to South Florida | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 77 | May 6, 2025 |
Rocco Nicholl played LB for Kent State and South Florida. Across 4 tracked seasons, Rocco Nicholl recorded 93 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Kent State paired 5.5 primary output with 37.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 9.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
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 Kent State, South Florida.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · South Florida
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
9.7
Usage
1.5
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Old Dominion
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Old Dominion: 0. Boise State: 0. South Carolina State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Old Dominion: 5 by 20.8. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina State: 1 by 4.2
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Old Dominion
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Old Dominion
Player Story
Rocco Nicholl story
Rocco Nicholl built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 44, spending time with Kent State and South Florida. The clearest part of Rocco Nicholl's career was his defensive production: 93 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 3 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Kent State. 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 Rocco Nicholl's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kent State and South Florida.
The arc is straightforward: Rocco Nicholl 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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- 1
Kent State
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
South Florida
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 2 | 13.3 | 4.5 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 2 | 10.1 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 5.5 | 37.6 | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | South Florida | 0 | 9.7 | 1.5 | -5.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 9.7 | 1.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs St. Francis (PA)
Week 2 · L 17-23
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
93.6 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Ball State
Week 12 · L 3-34 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Miami (OH)
Week 6 · L 24-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Long Island University
Week 3 · W 63-10
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Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 5 · L 33-52 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Kent State
5.5 primary output · 37.6 efficiency · 6.5 usage
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#2
2025 Postseason · South Florida
40.8
0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · South Florida
40.8
0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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