Nickolas Figueroa: DL · USC · #99.
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Nickolas Figueroa
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches at USC: Clay Helton, Donte Williams and Lincoln Riley. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Utah — Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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 this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-14vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-28@ Stanford | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-17vs Fresno State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-25vs Arizona State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-14vs Washington State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | L 42-43@ No. 20 Utah | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 45-37@ Arizona | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-35vs California | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-17vs Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-45@ No. 16 UCLA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 45-46vs No. 14 Tulane | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 16 | 6.0 | 5.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
30%6 TFLSack rate
28%6 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry20 tackles · 6 for loss · 5.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
52.6%
513 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
69.6
14 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
559 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at USC, 12 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.
