#7

Lew Nichols

RB · Central Michigan · So. · #7

Central Michigan 2022 alumnus
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Lew Nichols

RB · Central Michigan · So · #7

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Central Michigan
2021–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Central Michigan9-4HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2022Central Michigan1776013.46--
2021Central Michigan3411,8485.416--
Career5182,4494.722--
SeasonTeam
2022Central Michigan211286.10--
2021Central Michigan403388.42--
Career614667.62--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 35–22

at Northern Illinois

92 rush yds (28 car)

How he plays

Play style

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Workhorse

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

RB

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jared Wilson’s 2020 season.

Jared Wilson

66%match

South Alabama · 2020

#2

Cartevious Norton

Iowa State · 2022

63%
#3

Amauri Pesek-Hickson

Kansas · 2021

61%
#4

Noah Cain

Penn State · 2021

60%
#5

Rahjai Harris

East Carolina · 2021

60%

Matches Jared on

Height
Weight
Rush TD rate

Differs from Jared on

Class year (lower)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Andrew Body’s path through Alabama State.

Andrew Body

97%match

Alabama State · 2025

#2

Chuba Hubbard

Oklahoma State · 2020

All-Big 12NFL Rd 4
97%
#3

Larry Rountree III

Missouri · 2020

All-SECNFL Rd 6
95%
#4

Gaej Walker

Western Kentucky · 2020

94%
#5

Narii Gaither

Gardner-Webb · 2023

93%

Matches Andrew on

Yards per carry
202020212022

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Benjamin Hall's junior season at North Carolina (2025).

North Carolina · 2025

#2

Parker Jenkins

East Carolina · 2025

68%
#3

Nolan Ray

Maryland · 2025

64%
#4

A'Marion Peterson

UTSA · 2025

64%
#5

Kalib Hicks

Oklahoma State · 2025

62%

Matches Benjamin on

Total rush EPA (college ability)
EPA / carry (adj)
Yards / carry

Differs from Benjamin on

Weight (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Lew Nichols

#1

Dylan McDuffie

Buffalo · 2021

92%
#2

Tyler Lavine

SMU · 2021

90%

Development

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2022
1,8482021
6012022

-67%

Sharp dropoff (-67%) — career inflection point.