6′3″ · 200 lb · Fayetteville, GA
Josh Nurse: DB · Utah · #14.
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Josh Nurse
Erases the deep middle of the field. He has spent two seasons in the Utah secondary. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Washington — Week 10, 2019.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-12@ BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-17vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-30@ USC | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-13vs Washington State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 52-7@ Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-0vs California | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 33-28@ Washington | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 49-3vs UCLA | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-7@ Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-15vs Colorado | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 15-37@ No. 13 Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 10-38@ Texas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 27 | 23 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 6 |
Week 9 · 2019
W 35-0
vs California
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 35-point win at home against California.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
22%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFL27 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 6 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 20-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Pass share
35.5%
321 pass / 583 run
Plays / game
64.6
14 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
355 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Utah, 34 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.
