Nesta Jade Silvera: DL · Arizona State · #4.
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Nesta Jade Silvera
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 12 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Utah — Week 4, 2022.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Arizona State | 53 | 19 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 2021 | Miami | 38 | 15 | 5.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Miami | 35 | 15 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Miami | 19 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Miami | 13 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 158 | 61 | 19.5 | 2.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-3vs Northern Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-34@ No. 11 Oklahoma State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-30vs Eastern Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-34vs No. 13 Utah | 12 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 25-42@ No. 6 USC | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-38vs No. 21 Washington | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-15@ Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-34@ Colorado | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 36-50vs No. 10 UCLA | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 18-28@ Washington State | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-31vs No. 25 Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-38@ Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 19 | 3.5 | 0.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%4 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksHurry rate
4%2 hurries53 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Herm Edwards
Pass share
51.5%
402 pass / 378 run
Plays / game
65.0
12 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
53 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #74 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Miami and Arizona State, 2 sacks — drafted at #231 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders.
A stat line in 48 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Mark Richt, Manny Diaz, Herm Edwards and Shaun Aguano.
Next stop · NFL
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 4th NFL season
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 4th NFL season
