Last confirmed: Tennessee, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 190 lb · College Park, GA · Peachtree Ridge
Nigel Warrior: DB · Tennessee · #18.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Nigel Warrior
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Nigel Warrior has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Tennessee. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against South Carolina — Week 9, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 9 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 2 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.
Sports Illustrated Oct 21
Bleacher Report Oct 19
Knoxville News Sentinel Oct 14Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 30-38vs Georgia State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-29vs BYU | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-0vs Chattanooga | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-34@ No. 9 Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-43vs No. 3 Georgia | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10vs Mississippi State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-35@ No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-21vs South Carolina | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-7vs UAB | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 17-13@ Kentucky | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-20@ Missouri | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-10vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 23-22vs Indiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 70 | 39 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL70 tackles · 2 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeremy Pruitt
Pass share
44.4%
360 pass / 450 run
Plays / game
62.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
70 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tennessee, 227 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 42 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
