Deatrick Nichols

Cornerback for South Florida. 2017: 3 interceptions, 12 pass breakups, 56 tackles.

CB · South Florida · #3

5′10″ · 190 lb · Miami, FL

South Florida 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 793 nationally · Signed with South Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 cornerback for South Florida. 2017: 3 interceptions, 12 pass breakups, 56 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at South Florida, 105 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with South Florida3-star out of Miami Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#793 national

CFB

College

South Florida

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

2 coaches

2015–2016

Willie Taggart

South Florida

2017

Charlie Strong

South Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015South Florida8-5HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2016South Florida11-2HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2017South Florida10-2HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#26 / 2682 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#247 / 2682 · 90th pct

Interceptions#66 / 795 · 87th pct

Tackles#544 / 2682 · 79th pct

Tackles for loss#773 / 2682 · 69th pct

4.0

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.7	0.6	0.0	1.4
Road5g	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.4	0.0	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	South Florida	56	44	4.0	0.0	12	3	--
2016	South Florida	49	37	2.0	0.0	7	4	--
2015	South Florida	--	--	--	--	--	4	--
Career		105	81	6.0	0.0	19	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 31–17

vs Stony Brook

1 PD · 5 TOT · 4 SOLO

With J. Hernandez — 46 AVG · 63 LONG · 6 NO · Q. Flowers — 186 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.7 · 67 rush yds (18 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-22@ San José State	6	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 1	W 31-17vs Stony Brook	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 47-23vs Illinois	2	2	1.0	—	2
Wk 4	W 43-7vs Temple	3	2	0.0	2	2
Wk 5	W 61-31@ East Carolina	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 33-3vs Cincinnati	4	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 34-28@ Tulane	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-28vs Houston	10	9	1.0	—	1	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 10	W 37-20@ UConn	3	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	W 27-20vs Tulsa	4	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 13	L 42-49@ UCF	6	3	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 38-34vs Texas Tech	5	5	1.0	—	1
Total		56	44	4.0	3	12

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2014

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays