Player Dossier

2013-2017

Tulane

Parry Nickerson

CB • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Algiers, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Parry Nickerson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

75%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

99

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

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Reliability

69

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

89

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tulane

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Tulane
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Parry Nickerson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a cornerback from Algiers, LA wearing No. 17, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Parry Nickerson's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7959

West Jefferson · Harvey, LA

Committed To
Tulane
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2018
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 5
Overall
No. 179
NFL Team
New York Jets

Parry Nickerson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tulane. Parry Nickerson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
84
TFL
2
Passes defended
17
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Parry Nickerson quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulane · CB
Career Tackles
84
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Tulane
Top game
Florida International
Recruit profile
2-star · West Jefferson · Tulane
High school pipeline
West Jefferson · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2018 · Round 6 · Pick 5 · New York Jets
Latest roster
No. 17 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
55 tackles · CB 20th (top 6%) · American Athletic 58th (top 11%) · National 594th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonTulane00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonTulane50-0--048.3
2015 Regular SeasonTulane00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonTulane1129-0-9248.6
2017 Regular SeasonTulane125520-8067.4

Related Context

Parry Nickerson played CB for Tulane. Across 5 tracked seasons, Parry Nickerson recorded 84 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Tulane.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Tulane paired 16 primary output with 32.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 32.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

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

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2017 Regular Season · Tulane

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

32.4

Usage

9.3

Consistency

59.8

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Grambling: 1. Navy: 2. Oklahoma: 0. Army: 2. Tulsa: 0. Florida International: 3. South Florida: 1. Memphis: 1. Cincinnati: 0. East Carolina: 2. Houston: 2. SMU: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Grambling: 6 by 35. Navy: 4 by 36.7. Oklahoma: 6 by 25. Army: 5 by 40.8. Tulsa: 3 by 12.5. Florida International: 9 by 67.5. South Florida: 3 by 22.5. Memphis: 3 by 22.5. Cincinnati: 3 by 12.5. East Carolina: 6 by 45. Houston: 5 by 40.8. SMU: 2 by 28.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.4 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida International

Best efficiency game

67.5 vs Florida International

Result
Sat 11/25@ SMUSplash gameL 38-41220011
Sat 11/18vs HoustonSplash gameW 20-17550011
Sun 11/12@ East CarolinaSplash gameW 31-24650011
Sat 11/4vs CincinnatiL 16-1733000
Sat 10/28@ MemphisL 26-5632001
Sat 10/21vs South FloridaL 28-3433001
Sat 10/14@ Florida InternationalSplash gameL 10-23990012
Sat 10/7vs TulsaW 62-2833000
Sat 9/23vs ArmySplash gameW 21-17541010
Sat 9/16@ OklahomaL 14-5666000
Sat 9/9@ NavySplash gameL 21-23411010
Sun 9/3vs GramblingW 43-1465001

Player Story

Parry Nickerson story

Parry Nickerson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a cornerback from Algiers, LA wearing No. 17, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Parry Nickerson's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 16 interceptions, and 17 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Tulane. 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 Parry Nickerson's production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tulane.

The arc is straightforward: Parry Nickerson 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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    Tulane

    2013-2017

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Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonTulane0
2014 Regular SeasonTulane6246
2015 Regular SeasonTulane0-6
2016 Regular SeasonTulane1322.8413
2017 Regular SeasonTulane1632.49.33

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida International

Week 7 · L 10-23

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Houston

Week 11 · W 31-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#3

vs Houston

Week 12 · W 20-17 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Army

Week 4 · W 21-17

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Navy

Week 2 · L 21-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Tulane

16 primary output · 32.4 efficiency · 9.3 usage

67.4

#2

2016 Regular Season · Tulane

48.6

13 primary · 22.8 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Tulane

48.3

6 primary · 24 efficiency · usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

10

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games