Nicktroy Fortune
Nicktroy Fortune
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Neal Brown and Jeff Traylor. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Army — Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at UTSA, 90 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jeff Traylor.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UTSA | 26 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | UTSA | 39 | 26 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 25 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 90 | 62 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 14 | 2 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 20–13
vs Texas State
1 PD · 1 SOLO · 1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Ball Hawk
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Johnny Dixon’s 2022 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Megginson's graduate season at SMU (2023).
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