Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Stanford
Brandon Nicholson
CB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon Nicholson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
70
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: California
Player Story
Brandon Nicholson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a cornerback from Memphis, TN wearing No. 9, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Brandon Nicholson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Stanford
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Brandon Nicholson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Stanford. Brandon Nicholson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 58
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Brandon Nicholson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Stanford · CB
- Career Tackles
- 58
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Stanford
- Top game
- California
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Memphis University School · Stanford
- High school pipeline
- Memphis University School · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · CB 135th (top 29%) · ACC 213th (top 27%) · National 1,556th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Stanford | 7 | 31 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Stanford | 9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 53.3 |
Related Context
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Brandon Nicholson played CB for Stanford. Across 2 tracked seasons, Brandon Nicholson recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Stanford paired 10 primary output with 23.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.6 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: California
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
23.6
Usage
4
Consistency
55.7
Best Game by takeover score
California
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. Virginia: 1. San José State: 1. SMU: 0. Florida State: 2. Pittsburgh: 2. North Carolina: 0. California: 3. Notre Dame: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Virginia: 3 by 22.5. San José State: 1 by 14.2. SMU: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 2 by 28.3. Pittsburgh: 1 by 24.2. North Carolina: 3 by 12.5. California: 9 by 67.5. Notre Dame: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
California
Best efficiency game
67.5 vs California
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs Notre Dame | L 20-49 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | vs CaliforniaSplash game | W 31-10 | 9 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ North Carolina | L 15-20 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs PittsburghSplash game | L 20-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | vs Florida StateSplash game | W 20-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ SMU | L 10-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs San José State | W 30-29 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Virginia | L 20-48 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | vs Boston College | W 30-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brandon Nicholson story
Brandon Nicholson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a cornerback from Memphis, TN wearing No. 9, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Brandon Nicholson's career was his defensive production: 58 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Brandon Nicholson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Stanford
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Stanford | 1 | 19.9 | 3.8 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Stanford | 10 | 23.6 | 4 | 9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 80 California
Week 13 · W 31-10 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 9 · L 24-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 10 · L 20-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 41 Florida State
Week 8 · W 20-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
35.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 35.3 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 5 Notre Dame
Week 14 · L 20-49 · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
27.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Stanford
10 primary output · 23.6 efficiency · 4 usage
53.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Stanford
16.5
1 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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