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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2015Northwestern
Nick VanHoose
CB • 6'0" • Urbana, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nick VanHoose shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Player Story
Nick VanHoose built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a cornerback from Urbana, OH wearing No. 23, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Nick VanHoose's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Nick VanHoose, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Northwestern. Nick VanHoose shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Nick VanHoose quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · CB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2012 Postseason · Northwestern
- Top game
- Mississippi State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Graham · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Graham · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Class 2015
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Postseason | Northwestern | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 62.2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Nick VanHoose played CB for Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nick VanHoose recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason
Northwestern paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 1. Penn State: 1. Wisconsin: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
20 vs Wisconsin
Player Story
Nick VanHoose story
Nick VanHoose built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a cornerback from Urbana, OH wearing No. 23, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Nick VanHoose's career was his defensive production: 8 interceptions across 8 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Northwestern. 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 Nick VanHoose's production has multiple signals. With 8 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Nick VanHoose 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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Northwestern
2011-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Postseason | Northwestern | 3 | 20 | — | 3 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 20 | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 20 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Mississippi State
Week 1 · W 34-20 · Postseason
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 13 · W 50-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Indiana
Week 5 · W 44-29 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Minnesota
Week 7 · L 17-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs Western Illinois
Week 4 · W 24-7
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Postseason · Northwestern
3 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2012 Regular Season · Northwestern
73.3
3 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Northwestern
73.3
3 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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