Nehemiah Wagner

Defensive back for Arkansas State. 2017: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 16 tackles.

DB · Arkansas State · #2

6′0″ · 167 lb · Mesquite, TX

Arkansas State 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive back for Arkansas State. 2017: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 16 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arkansas State, 33 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Arkansas State

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

Played his entire career under Blake Anderson.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Blake Anderson — 24-14 over that span.

2015Arkansas State9-4HC: Blake Anderson · Run-heavy

2016Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2017Arkansas State7-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#483 / 2682 · 77th pct

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

Solo tackles#1864 / 2682 · 29th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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Tackles#2142 / 2682 · 19th pct

Tackles for loss#2274 / 2682 · 8th 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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road5g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+3g	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Arkansas State	16	11	0.0	0.0	3	1	--
2016	Arkansas State	17	11	1.5	0.0	2	--	--
2015	Arkansas State	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		33	22	1.5	0.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2017

W 51–17

vs Coastal Carolina

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

Dominant 34-point win at home against Coastal Carolina.

With J. Hansen — 286 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.0 · 68 rush yds (9 car) · C. Grace — 48 AVG · 49 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week