Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Louisiana
Jalen Nixon
QB • 6'2" • Lafayette, LA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Jalen Nixon is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
6
Developing production for a quarterback
lowelite
Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Louisiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Louisiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Jalen Nixon built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Lafayette, LA wearing No. 6, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Jalen Nixon's career was his passing role: 1,021...
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- Committed To
- Louisiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Jalen Nixon, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Louisiana. Jalen Nixon is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,547
- Passing yards
- 1,021
- Rushing yards
- 526
- Touchdowns
- 13
Quick Answers
Jalen Nixon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisiana · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,547
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Louisiana
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Carencro · Louisiana
- High school pipeline
- Carencro · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Class 2016
- 2016 Total offense rank
- 161 total offense · QB 238th (top 75%) · Sun Belt 52nd (top 47%) · National 629th (top 44%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Postseason | Louisiana | 3 | 43 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisiana | 3 | 99 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 36.7 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisiana | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 30.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisiana | 10 | 1,234 | 828 | 406 | 12 | 58.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisiana | 5 | 161 | 84 | 77 | 0 | 19.3 |
Related Context
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Jalen Nixon played QB for Louisiana. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jalen Nixon recorded 1,021 passing yards, 526 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Louisiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Louisiana paired 1,234 primary output with 58.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 35.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Louisiana
Games
5
Primary Metric / G
32.2
Efficiency
35.7
Usage
9.3
Consistency
7.7
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 20. McNeese: -2. South Alabama: 1. New Mexico State: 142. Georgia Southern: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boise State: 3 by 66.7. McNeese: 1 by 0. South Alabama: 1 by 10. New Mexico State: 25 by 65.9
Split Comparison
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Wins-0.3 · Games = 3 · -81.3 vs Losses
Losses81 · Games = 2 · +81.3 vs Wins
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5 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
New Mexico State
Best efficiency game
66.7 vs Boise State
Player Story
Jalen Nixon story
Jalen Nixon built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Lafayette, LA wearing No. 6, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Jalen Nixon's career was his passing role: 1,021 passing yards, 8 touchdown passes, 168 attempts, and 526 rushing yards across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Louisiana. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 526 rushing yards, 1 tackle, and 9 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisiana.
The arc is straightforward: Jalen Nixon 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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Louisiana
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201220132013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Postseason | Louisiana | 142 | 53.7 | 10.9 | 142 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisiana | 142 | 53.7 | 10.9 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisiana | 10 | 57.2 | 3.6 | -132 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisiana | 1,234 | 58.6 | 20.3 | 1,224 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisiana | 161 | 35.7 | 9.3 | -1,073 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arkansas State
Week 8 · L 27-37 · Conference game
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
454
Total Offense
89 takeover
454 total offense with 67.1 efficiency.
#2
@ New Mexico State
Week 5 · L 31-37 · Conference game
142
Total Offense
73.4 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
142 total offense with 65.9 efficiency.
#3
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 5 · L 14-43
215
Total Offense
60.5 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
215 total offense with 60 efficiency.
#4
vs Texas State
Week 6 · W 49-27 · Conference game
283
Total Offense
56.6 takeover
Win with 283 yards of offense and 77.1 efficiency.
283 total offense with 77.1 efficiency.
#5
@ South Alabama
Week 15 · L 8-30 · Conference game
99
Total Offense
55.5 takeover
Loss with 99 yards of offense and 53 efficiency.
99 total offense with 53 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Louisiana
1,234 primary output · 58.6 efficiency · 20.3 usage
58.1
#2
2013 Postseason · Louisiana
36.7
142 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 10.9 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Louisiana
36.7
142 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 10.9 usage
Milestones
1
250+ passing yards
1
300+ total offense
2
3+ TD games
10
Above avg efficiency
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