Last confirmed: Bowling Green, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 278 lb · Mentor, OH
Nico Lautanen: DL · Bowling Green · #54.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Nico Lautanen
Wins his gap play after play. Nico Lautanen has been at Bowling Green through three head coaches in four seasons. On tape: 8 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Toledo, Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bowling Green | 32 | 12 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | Bowling Green | 19 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 25 | 17 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 81 | 43 | 13.5 | 6.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-3vs Morgan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-52@ Kansas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-35vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-62@ Kent State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 0-52@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-7vs Toledo | 8 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 20-38vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-49@ Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-6vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-44@ Miami (OH) | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-66vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-49@ Buffalo | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 12 | 5.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%6 TFLSack rate
11%4 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry32 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scot Loeffler
Pass share
40.5%
335 pass / 493 run
Plays / game
69.0
12 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
353 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Bowling Green, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Jinks, Carl Pelini, and Scot Loeffler. Multi-era developmental context.
