Keisean Nixon: DB · South Carolina · #9.
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Keisean Nixon
Erases the deep middle of the field. Second year in the same secondary at South Carolina. On tape: 9 tackles against Florida, Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 8 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
On3 Oct 24
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | South Carolina | 50 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8 | -- |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 |
| Career | 58 | 42 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-15vs Coastal Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-41vs No. 3 Georgia | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-14@ Vanderbilt | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-24@ No. 17 Kentucky | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-35vs Missouri | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-26vs No. 22 Texas A&M | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24vs Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-35@ No. 19 Florida | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 49-9vs Chattanooga | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-56@ No. 2 Clemson | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-3vs Akron | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%8 pass breakupsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL50 tackles · 1 for loss · 8 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Will Muschamp — 16-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Muschamp
Pass share
50.3%
443 pass / 437 run
Plays / game
67.7
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
486 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at South Carolina, 58 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Steve Spurrier, Shawn Elliott, and Will Muschamp. Multi-era developmental context.
