Ryan Nixon
Tulsa to San José State — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Southern Utah, Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at San José State, 7 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Awards
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | San José State | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 45–14
4 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 31-point win at home against Southern Utah.
With N. Starkel — 394 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.7 · 3 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · S. Olson — 1 rec · 70 yds · 1 TD
Game log
Game Log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-14vs Southern Utah | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 3-23@ Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-40vs Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
How he plays
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.