Niko Gonzalez: S · Florida International · #33.
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Niko Gonzalez
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The three seasons at Florida International span two head coaches: Ron Turner and Butch Davis. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Charlotte — Week 5, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Florida International | 63 | 44 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2016 | Florida International | 55 | 36 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 118 | 80 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-61@ UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-10vs Alcorn State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 13-7@ Rice | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29vs Charlotte | 9 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 17-37@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-10vs Tulane | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-30@ Marshall | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 14-7vs UTSA | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 30-37vs Old Dominion | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-52@ Florida Atlantic | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-17vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 63-45vs Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 3-28vs Temple | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 44 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Week 5 · 2017
W 30-29
vs Charlotte
0.5 tackles for loss · 9 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Charlotte at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
63tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL63 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Davis
Pass share
44.9%
396 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
435 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
63 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida International, 118 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ron Turner → Butch Davis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
