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Player Dossier
2022-2025Vanderbilt
Nick Rinaldi
LB • 6'3" • 234 lbs • Dover, MA, USA
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Nick Rinaldi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
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 Postseason · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- 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...
Read the storyNick 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 7 | 20 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 14.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 42.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 13 | 42 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 0 | 42.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 12 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 66.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 42 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.8 |
Related Context
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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
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 25.9 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: Georgia Tech
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
25.9
Usage
8.7
Consistency
12.8
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 4. Virginia Tech: 0. Alcorn State: 0. Georgia State: 0. Missouri: 0. Alabama: 2. Kentucky: 2. Ball State: 2. Texas: 2. Auburn: 0. South Carolina: 0. LSU: 0. Tennessee: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 10 by 81.7. Virginia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Alcorn State: 2 by 8.3. Georgia State: 3 by 12.5. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 2 by 28.3. Kentucky: 5 by 40.8. Ball State: 7 by 49.2. Texas: 2 by 28.3. Auburn: 4 by 16.7. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. LSU: 5 by 20.8. Tennessee: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
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Wins1.4 · Games = 7 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -1.1 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
Georgia Tech
Best efficiency game
81.7 vs Georgia Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/27 | vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles · 2+ sacks | W 35-27 | 10 | 8 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs Tennessee | L 23-36 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | @ LSU | L 17-24 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs South Carolina | L 7-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Auburn | W 17-7 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs TexasSplash game | L 24-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Ball StateSplash game | W 24-14 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ KentuckySplash game | W 20-13 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs AlabamaSplash game | W 40-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Missouri | L 27-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Georgia State | L 32-36 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Alcorn State | W 55-0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Virginia Tech | W 34-27 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 2 | 14.8 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 12 | 25.9 | 8.7 | 10 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 25.9 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 20.5 | 33.4 | 8.9 | 8.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 20.5 | 33.4 | 8.9 | 0 |
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
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