Player Dossier

2012-2015

Maryland

Anthony Nixon

DB • 6'1" • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Anthony Nixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

93%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive back

lowelite

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: 2015 Regular Season · Maryland

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Maryland
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Anthony Nixon built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a defensive back from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 20, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Anthony Nixon's career was his defensive...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8367

Central Catholic · Pittsburgh, PA

Committed To
Maryland
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Anthony Nixon, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Maryland. Anthony Nixon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Anthony Nixon quick answers

Latest team and position
Maryland · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Maryland
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
3-star · Central Catholic · Maryland
High school pipeline
Central Catholic · 42 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Class 2015

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonMaryland10-0--051.1
2013 Regular SeasonMaryland00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonMaryland20-0--031.1
2015 Regular SeasonMaryland30-0--060.6

Related Context

Anthony Nixon played DB for Maryland. Across 4 tracked seasons, Anthony Nixon recorded -3 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Maryland.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Maryland paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10 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: James Madison

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Regular Season · Maryland

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

10

Usage

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

James Madison

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. James Madison: 1. Syracuse: 0

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

James Madison

Best efficiency game

20 vs James Madison

Result
Sat 9/20@ SyracuseW 34-20
Sat 8/30vs James MadisonW 52-71

Player Story

Anthony Nixon story

Anthony Nixon built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a defensive back from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 20, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Anthony Nixon's career was his defensive production: 5 interceptions across 6 career games in the available record. His career also includes 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Anthony Nixon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Maryland

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonMaryland120
2013 Regular SeasonMaryland0-1
2014 Regular SeasonMaryland1101
2015 Regular SeasonMaryland3202

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan State

Week 11 · L 7-24 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

@ Virginia

Week 7 · W 27-20 · 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 James Madison

Week 1 · W 52-7

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ West Virginia

Week 4 · L 6-45

1

Havoc Plays

35 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

#5

@ Syracuse

Week 4 · W 34-20

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Maryland

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

60.6

#2

2012 Regular Season · Maryland

51.1

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Maryland

31.1

1 primary · 10 efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games