Last confirmed: South Florida, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · 190 lb · Miami, FL · Miami Central
Deatrick Nichols: CB · South Florida · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Deatrick Nichols
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Deatrick Nichols has been at South Florida through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Houston — Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 12 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | South Florida | 56 | 44 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 3 |
| 2016 | South Florida | 49 | 37 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 |
| 2015 | South Florida | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
| Career | 105 | 81 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 11 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-22@ San José State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | W 31-17vs Stony Brook | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-23vs Illinois | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 43-7vs Temple | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 61-31@ East Carolina | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 33-3vs Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-28@ Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-28vs Houston | 10 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 37-20@ UConn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-20vs Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 42-49@ No. 13 UCF | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 38-34vs Texas Tech | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 56 | 44 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 12 |
Week 4 · 2017
W 43-7
vs Temple
2 interceptions · 3 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Dominant 36-point win at home against Temple.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
21%12 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
56tackles this season56 tackles · 4 for loss · 12 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charlie Strong
Pass share
36.9%
366 pass / 626 run
Plays / game
82.7
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
389 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
56 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Florida, 105 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
