Player Dossier

2025-2025

Nebraska

Kade Pietrzak

DL • 6'5" • 265 lbs • West Fargo, ND, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kade Pietrzak shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

40%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

54

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC

Player Story

Kade Pietrzak built his college career in 2025 as a defensive lineman from West Fargo, ND wearing No. 73, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Kade Pietrzak's career was his defensive production: 16...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.897

Sheyenne · West Fargo, ND

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Kade Pietrzak, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Nebraska. Kade Pietrzak shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
16
TFL
6
Sacks
2
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Kade Pietrzak quick answers

Latest team and position
Nebraska · DL
Career Tackles
16
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 10 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Nebraska
Top game
USC
Recruit profile
4-star · Sheyenne · Nebraska
High school pipeline
Sheyenne · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 73 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
16 tackles · DL 454th (top 43%) · Big Ten 282nd (top 36%) · National 2,358th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2025 PostseasonNebraska10210--061.6
2025 Regular SeasonNebraska10145231061.6

Related Context

Kade Pietrzak played DL for Nebraska. Across 1 tracked season, Kade Pietrzak recorded 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Nebraska paired 12 primary output with 18.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.7 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: USC

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Nebraska

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

18.7

Usage

7.7

Consistency

63.6

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah: 1. Akron: 2. Michigan State: 1. Maryland: 2. Minnesota: 1. Northwestern: 1. USC: 3. UCLA: 1. Penn State: 0. Iowa: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 2 by 18.3. Akron: 4 by 36.7. Michigan State: 0 by 10. Maryland: 1 by 24.2. Minnesota: 1 by 14.2. Northwestern: 0 by 10. USC: 2 by 38.3. UCLA: 3 by 22.5. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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Wins1.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

USC

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs USC

Result
Wed 12/31@ UtahL 22-4422100
Fri 11/28vs IowaL 16-4022000
Sun 11/23@ Penn StateL 10-3711000
Sun 11/9@ UCLAW 28-2131100
Sat 11/1vs USCSplash gameL 17-2121110
Sat 10/25vs NorthwesternW 28-2100001
Sat 10/18@ MinnesotaL 6-2411000
Sat 10/11@ MarylandSplash gameW 34-3111110
Sat 10/4vs Michigan StateW 38-2700000
Sat 9/6vs AkronSplash gameW 68-043200

Player Story

Kade Pietrzak story

Kade Pietrzak built his college career in 2025 as a defensive lineman from West Fargo, ND wearing No. 73, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Kade Pietrzak's career was his defensive production: 16 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Kade Pietrzak's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Nebraska

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonNebraska1218.77.7
2025 Regular SeasonNebraska1218.77.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 16 USC

Week 10 · L 17-21 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 75 Maryland

Week 7 · W 34-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 117 Akron

Week 2 · W 68-0

2

Havoc Plays

60.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.9 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 70 Minnesota

Week 8 · L 6-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

45.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 98 UCLA

Week 11 · W 28-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

37.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 37.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Nebraska

12 primary output · 18.7 efficiency · 7.7 usage

61.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · Nebraska

61.6

12 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 7.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games