Nick Muse

#9 · TE · Sr. · South Carolina6′4″ · 250 lb · Belmont, NC

Nick Muse: TE · South Carolina · #9.

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Nick Muse

TE · South Carolina · Sr · #9

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches at South Carolina: Will Muschamp and Shane Beamer. The first career honor came in 2021: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 38 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Florida — Week 10, 2021.

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.

South Carolina in the news

Shane Beamer calls out conspiracy theoriesOct 25
South Carolina DB out for Tennessee gameOn3 Oct 24
New suites sold out247Sports Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	South Carolina	20	222	11.1	2	29
2020	South Carolina	30	425	14.2	1	35
2019	South Carolina	17	158	9.3	0	21
Career		67	805	12.0	3	35

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 46-0vs Eastern Illinois	2	15	7.5	1	11
Wk 2	W 20-17@ East Carolina	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 3	L 13-40@ No. 2 Georgia	2	5	2.5	0	5
Wk 4	L 10-16vs Kentucky	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 5	W 23-14vs Troy	2	27	13.5	0	15
Wk 6	L 20-45@ Tennessee	2	24	12.0	0	16
Wk 7	W 21-20vs Vanderbilt	2	31	15.5	1	29
Wk 10	W 40-17vs Florida	4	38	9.5	0	19	Season-high 38 yds
Wk 11	L 28-31@ Missouri	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 12	W 21-17vs Auburn	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 13	L 0-30vs Clemson	2	28	14.0	0	22
Total		20	222	11.1	2	29

Signature game

Week 1 · 2021

W 46-0

vs Eastern Illinois

2 rec · 15 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 46-point win at home against Eastern Illinois.

With Z. White — 128 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · 4 rec · 39 yds · 1 TD · Z. Noland — 121 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.0 · 10 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Vanderbilt · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.19Zeb Noland pass complete to Nick Muse for 29 yds to the Vandy 45 for a
Week 6 · Tennessee · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.22Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 16 yds to the Tenn 33 for a
Week 5 · Troy · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.19Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 15 yds to the Troy 49 for a
Week 10 · Florida · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +2.06Jason Brown pass complete to Nick Muse for 13 yds to the SCaro 36 for a
Week 1 · Eastern Illinois · 1st and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.69Noland to Muse: a 4-yard pass.
Week 10 · Florida · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.64Jason Brown pass complete to Nick Muse for 19 yds to the Fla 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Kentucky · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.63Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 25 yds to the Kent 16 for a
Week 7 · Vanderbilt · 1st and 2 · Q1 · EPA +1.21Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 2 yds for a TD, (Parker White KICK)
Week 5 · Troy · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.10Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 12 yds to the SCaro 40 for a
Week 6 · Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.00Luke Doty pass complete to Nick Muse for 8 yds to the SCaro 38

Teams and coaches

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2020South Carolina2-8HC: Will Muschamp and Mike Bobo · Run-leaning

2021South Carolina7-6HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 41 (#73 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

41Rotational starter #73 of 119 · 2021?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: catch rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#335 / 655 · 49th pct

5.9%

Yards / catch#439 / 655 · 33rd pct

11.1

Explosive rate#477 / 655 · 27th pct

8.8%

EPA / target#556 / 655 · 15th pct

0.31

Catch rate#596 / 655 · 9th pct

58.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#69 / 146 · 50th pct

Rec yards#73 / 146 · 50th pct

222

Yards / catch#76 / 146 · 48th pct

11.1

Rec TDs#70 / 146 · 41st pct

Long catch#96 / 146 · 34th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.0	25.6	14.3	0.3
Road4g	1.5	10.8	7.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.7	19.0	11.7	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	22.2	11.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

Pass share

44.1%

360 pass / 457 run

Plays / game

68.1

12 games

Team sack rate

7.2%

390 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

20 catches in 11 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

41 · #73 of 119 TEs · 2021

Nick Muse

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Style of play

Fans

South Carolina in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

20 catches in 11 games

Four seasons, two schools, drafted

2021 11 games

2022