Nick Mardner

#8 · WR · Sr. · Auburn6′6″ · 206 lb · Oakville, ON

Nick Mardner: WR · Auburn · #8.

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Nick Mardner

WR · Auburn · Sr · #8

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Nick Rolovich, Todd Graham and Luke Fickell. On tape: 47 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Miami (OH), Week 3, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

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

Auburn in the news

Auburn GM Brian Kloman firedYahoo Sports Oct 26
Xavier Atkins dismissed from AuburnOct 21
Auburn ends losing streak to GeorgiaUSA Today Oct 18
Georgia starter ruled out for AuburnOn3 Oct 17

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Cincinnati	19	218	11.5	3	35
2021	Hawai'i	46	913	19.8	5	79
2020	Hawai'i	11	188	17.1	1	42
2019	Hawai'i	5	169	33.8	2	50
Career		81	1,488	18.4	11	79

Season	Team
2022	Cincinnati	1	3
2021	Hawai'i	--	--
2020	Hawai'i	--	--
2019	Hawai'i	--	--
Career		1	3

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-31@ No. 19 Arkansas	1	35	35.0	1	35
Wk 2	W 63-10vs Kennesaw State	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 3	W 38-17vs Miami (OH)	3	47	15.7	1	21	Season-high 47 yds
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Indiana	2	2	1.0	0	1
Wk 6	W 28-24vs South Florida	2	22	11.0	1	14
Wk 8	W 29-27@ SMU	4	41	10.3	0	15
Wk 9	L 21-25@ UCF	2	16	8.0	0	8
Wk 10	W 20-10vs Navy	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 12	W 23-3@ Temple	2	22	11.0	0	15
Wk 13	L 24-27vs No. 19 Tulane	1	13	13.0	0	13
Total		19	218	11.5	3	35

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Arkansas · 2nd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Ben Bryant pass complete to Nick Mardner for 35 yds for a TD, (Ryan Coe KICK)
Week 6 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Ben Bryant pass complete to Nick Mardner for 14 yds for a TD, (Ryan Coe KICK)
Week 3 · Miami (OH) · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.51B.Bryant pass complete to MOH 10. Catch made by N.Mardner at MOH 10. Gain of 10 yards. N.Mardner for 10 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 8 · SMU · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Ben Bryant pass complete to Nick Mardner for 11 yds to the SMU 47 for a
Week 8 · SMU · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.22Ben Bryant pass complete to Nick Mardner for 10 yds to the SMU 46 for a
Week 8 · SMU · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.21Ben Bryant pass complete to Nick Mardner for 15 yds to the SMU 32 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · UCF · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.71Ben Bryant pass complete to Nick Mardner for 8 yds to the UCF 35 for a
Week 3 · Miami (OH) · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.51B.Bryant pass complete to CIN 33. Catch made by N.Mardner at CIN 33. Gain of 16 yards. Tackled by MOH at CIN 49.
Week 10 · Navy · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +1.47Ben Bryant pass complete to Nick Mardner for 8 yds to the Navy 27 for a
Week 6 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.91Ben Bryant pass complete to Nick Mardner for 8 yds to the Cincy 33

Teams and coaches

2019Hawai'i10-5HC: Nick Rolovich · Pass-leaning

2020Hawai'i5-4HC: Todd Graham · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Hawai'i6-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 31 (#409 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

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

31Below cohort / limited sample #409 of 488 · 2022, at Cincinnati?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score, at Cincinnati: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: explosive rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#200 / 636 · 68th pct

8.7%

EPA / target#417 / 636 · 35th pct

0.55

Yards / catch#443 / 636 · 30th pct

10.7

Catch rate#488 / 636 · 23rd pct

69.6%

Explosive rate#575 / 636 · 9th pct

4.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#216 / 550 · 54th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#380 / 550 · 31st pct

11.5

Rush yards#192 / 275 · 28th pct

Receptions#424 / 550 · 22nd pct

Long catch#433 / 550 · 21st pct

Rec yards#452 / 550 · 18th pct

218

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

35th → 35th percentile

Explosive rate

65th → 9th percentile

Catch rate

5th → 23rd percentile

TD rate

35th → 68th percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 30th percentile

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.4	11.4	9.0	0.2
Road4g	2.2	28.5	16.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.8	23.6	14.9	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	20.0	10.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Pass share

50.2%

416 pass / 413 run

Plays / game

63.8

13 games

Team sack rate

8.2%

451 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

19 catches and 1 carry in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

31 · #409 of 488 WRs · 2022, at Cincinnati

Nick Mardner

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Style of play

Fans

Auburn in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

19 catches and 1 carry in 10 games

Five seasons, three schools

Moves

2022 10 games

2023

Where it started