Player Dossier

2022-2025

Vanderbilt

Nick Rinaldi

LB • 6'3" • 234 lbs • Dover, MA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nick Rinaldi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

36%

Rotational defensive role

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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: 2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Player Story

Nick Rinaldi built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Dover, MA wearing No. 24, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Nick Rinaldi's career was his defensive production: 122...

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Nick Rinaldi, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt. Nick Rinaldi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
122
TFL
13
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
10
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Nick Rinaldi quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · LB
Career Tackles
122
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Top game
Georgia Tech
Latest roster
No. 24 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
47 tackles · LB 309th (top 25%) · SEC 93rd (top 13%) · National 703rd (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt33-0--037.1
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt720-01-014.8
2024 PostseasonVanderbilt131022--042.3
2024 Regular SeasonVanderbilt134244--042.3
2025 PostseasonVanderbilt125-0--066.8
2025 Regular SeasonVanderbilt124273.591066.8

Related Context

Nick Rinaldi played LB for Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nick Rinaldi recorded 122 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Vanderbilt paired 20.5 primary output with 33.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 33.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.7

Efficiency

33.4

Usage

8.9

Consistency

59.9

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Virginia Tech: 4.5. South Carolina: 3.5. Georgia State: 1. Utah State: 0. Alabama: 2. LSU: 1. Missouri: 2. Texas: 0. Auburn: 2.5. Kentucky: 2. Tennessee: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 5 by 20.8. Virginia Tech: 6 by 70. South Carolina: 7 by 64.2. Georgia State: 3 by 22.5. Utah State: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 3 by 32.5. LSU: 0 by 10. Missouri: 4 by 36.7. Texas: 8 by 33.3. Auburn: 3 by 37.5. Kentucky: 1 by 24.2. Tennessee: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.1 · Games = 9 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -1.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

Best efficiency game

70 vs Virginia Tech

Result
Wed 12/31vs IowaL 27-3450000
Sat 11/29@ TennesseeSplash gameW 45-2464110
Sat 11/22vs KentuckySplash gameW 45-17100.500.500
Sat 11/8vs AuburnSplash gameW 45-38310.5000
Sat 11/1@ TexasL 31-3483000
Sat 10/25vs MissouriSplash gameW 17-1040000
Sat 10/18vs LSUW 31-2400000
Sat 10/4@ AlabamaSplash gameL 14-3032001
Sat 9/27vs Utah StateW 55-3510000
Sat 9/20vs Georgia StateW 70-2131000
Sat 9/13@ South CarolinaSplash gameW 31-7752.5010
Sat 9/6@ Virginia TechSplash gameW 44-20642.5010

Player Story

Nick Rinaldi story

Nick Rinaldi built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Dover, MA wearing No. 24, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Nick Rinaldi's career was his defensive production: 122 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Nick Rinaldi's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Vanderbilt

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt04.20.9
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt214.832
2024 PostseasonVanderbilt1225.98.710
2024 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1225.98.70
2025 PostseasonVanderbilt20.533.48.98.5
2025 Regular SeasonVanderbilt20.533.48.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia Tech

Week 1 · W 35-27 · Postseason

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

93.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 105 Virginia Tech

Week 2 · W 44-20

4.5

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 49 South Carolina

Week 3 · W 31-7 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

80.7 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Ball State

Week 8 · W 24-14

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Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 29 Auburn

Week 11 · W 45-38 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt

20.5 primary output · 33.4 efficiency · 8.9 usage

66.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

66.8

20.5 primary · 33.4 efficiency · 8.9 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt

42.3

12 primary · 25.9 efficiency · 8.7 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

12

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games