Junior defensive back on Kentucky's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 194 lb · Cincinnati, OH
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 182 nationally · Signed with Kentucky
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on Kentucky's 2025 roster.
How he projects
Erases the deep middle of the field.
Grades highest in speed and zone coverage.
The full scouting readTerhyon Nichols
Erases the deep middle of the field. He has spent two seasons in the Kentucky secondary. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Tennessee — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Mark Stoops — 9-15 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Stein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-16vs Toledo | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-30vs Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-23vs Eastern Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-35@ South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-35@ Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-16vs Texas | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-56vs Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kentucky
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Kentucky
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kentucky · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #23 · 2026 recruiting class #60
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ashton McShane’s 2024 season.
Matches Ashton on
Differs from Ashton on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Nicholson's sophomore season at Stanford (2025).
Matches Brandon on
Player DNA
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