Last confirmed: Buffalo, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 260 lb · Rochester, NY · Irondequoit
Myles Nicholas: DE · Buffalo · #94.
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Myles Nicholas
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has three seasons of production at Buffalo behind him. On tape: 3 tackles against Ohio, Week 12, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs Delaware State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-28vs Eastern Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-42vs Army | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-24@ Central Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-6vs Akron | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-17@ Toledo | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 51-42vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-14vs Kent State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-52@ Ohio | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-14@ Bowling Green | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 29-30vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 32-42@ Troy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 10 | 5.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
13%4 sacksTFL rate
18%6 TFLHurry rate
6%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
67%4 of 6 pressures31 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
3 seasons under Lance Leipold — 18-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
42.2%
419 pass / 573 run
Plays / game
70.9
14 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
456 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Buffalo, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 30 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Quinn, Alex Wood, and Lance Leipold. Multi-era developmental context.
