Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017SMU
Nick Horton
DE • 6'2" • 247 lbs • Garland, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nick Horton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Nick Horton built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive end from Garland, TX wearing No. 23, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Nick Horton's career was his defensive production: 10...
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- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Nick Horton, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · SMU. Nick Horton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 10
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Nick Horton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · DE
- Career Tackles
- 10
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · SMU
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Garland · SMU
- High school pipeline
- Garland · 32 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · DE 273rd (top 76%) · American Athletic 289th (top 54%) · National 3,097th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 28.3 |
| 2017 Postseason | SMU | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 49.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | SMU | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 49.4 |
Related Context
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Nick Horton played DE for SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nick Horton recorded 10 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
SMU paired 4 primary output with 13.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 13.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · SMU
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
13.8
Usage
3.4
Consistency
55.5
Best Game by takeover score
UConn
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 0. Stephen F. Austin: 1. North Texas: 0. TCU: 1. UConn: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 8.3. Stephen F. Austin: 0 by 10. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 3 by 22.5. UConn: 1 by 24.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs UConn
Player Story
Nick Horton story
Nick Horton built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive end from Garland, TX wearing No. 23, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Nick Horton's career was his defensive production: 10 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Nick Horton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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SMU
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 11.3 | 3.3 | 1 |
| 2017 Postseason | SMU | 4 | 13.8 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | SMU | 4 | 13.8 | 3.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ North Texas
Week 1 · W 34-21
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#2
vs UConn
Week 5 · W 49-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#3
@ TCU
Week 3 · L 36-56
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Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Stephen F. Austin
Week 1 · W 58-14
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Havoc Plays
28.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 1 · L 10-51 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · SMU
4 primary output · 13.8 efficiency · 3.4 usage
49.4
#2
2017 Regular Season · SMU
49.4
4 primary · 13.8 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · SMU
28.3
1 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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