Nick Gallo

#86 · TE · Sr. · Virginia Tech6′4″ · 245 lb · Richboro, PA

Nick Gallo: TE · Virginia Tech · #86.

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Nick Gallo

TE · Virginia Tech · Sr · #86

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. The three seasons at Virginia Tech span three head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price and Brent Pry. A game that shows it: 52 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Wofford — Week 3, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Virginia Tech in the news

ACC team to play bowl game in San JuanThe Roanoke Times Oct 23
Clemson vs. Virginia Tech depth charts releasedTigerNet Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Virginia Tech	30	256	8.5	0	35
2021	Virginia Tech	14	130	9.3	0	27
2020	Virginia Tech	10	75	7.5	1	15
Career		54	461	8.5	1	35

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-20@ Old Dominion	7	49	7.0	16
Wk 2	W 27-10vs Boston College	1	1	1.0	1
Wk 3	W 27-7vs Wofford	5	52	10.4	20	Season-high 52 yds
Wk 4	L 10-33vs West Virginia	4	22	5.5	6
Wk 5	L 10-41@ North Carolina	2	14	7.0	8
Wk 7	L 14-20vs Miami	4	29	7.3	16
Wk 10	L 27-28vs Georgia Tech	4	34	8.5	14
Wk 11	L 7-24@ Duke	1	10	10.0	10
Wk 12	W 23-22@ Liberty	2	45	22.5	35
Total		30	256	8.5	35

Signature game

Week 3 · 2022

W 27-7

vs Wofford

5 rec · 52 yds

With G. Wells — 314 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.9 · P. Moore — 47.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Wofford · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.07Grant Wells pass complete to Nick Gallo for 13 yds to the Woffd 27 for a
Week 1 · Old Dominion · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +1.83Grant Wells pass complete to Nick Gallo for 9 yds to the VTech 37 for a
Week 1 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.65Grant Wells pass complete to Nick Gallo for 11 yds to the VTech 43 for a
Week 12 · Liberty · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.55Grant Wells pass complete to Nick Gallo for 10 yds to the Liber 46 for a
Week 3 · Wofford · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +1.46Grant Wells pass complete to Nick Gallo for 10 yds to the VTech 44 for a
Week 11 · Duke · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +1.09Grant Wells pass complete to Nick Gallo for 10 yds to the Duke 32 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Old Dominion · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA −1.03Grant Wells pass complete to Nick Gallo for a loss of 3 yards to the VTech 35
Week 12 · Liberty · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.02Grant Wells pass complete to Nick Gallo for 35 yds to the Liber 11 for a
Week 5 · North Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.01Grant Wells pass complete to Nick Gallo for 8 yds to the VTech 39
Week 1 · Old Dominion · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.77Grant Wells pass complete to Nick Gallo for 16 yds to the ODU 31 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2021Virginia Tech6-7HC: Justin Fuente and J.C. Price · Run-heavy

2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 45 (#72 of 132). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

45Rotational starter #72 of 132 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: epa / target (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#527 / 636 · 16th pct

66.7%

Explosive rate#565 / 636 · 11th pct

4.8%

Yards / catch#567 / 636 · 11th pct

8.4

TD rate#554 / 636 · 7th pct

0.0%

EPA / target#596 / 636 · 6th pct

0.16

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#41 / 158 · 74th pct

Rec yards#72 / 158 · 54th pct

256

Long catch#79 / 158 · 49th pct

Yards / catch#136 / 158 · 14th pct

8.5

Rec TDs#135 / 158 · 8th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.6	27.6	6.5	0.0
Road4g	3.0	29.5	11.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	27.8	6.4	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	2.3	29.7	13.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Brent Pry

Pass share

47.8%

346 pass / 378 run

Plays / game

65.8

11 games

Team sack rate

8.6%

360 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

30 catches in 9 games

More catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

45 · #72 of 132 TEs · 2022

Nick Gallo

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Style of play

Fans

Virginia Tech in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

30 catches in 9 games

Six seasons at Virginia Tech