Nick Andersen is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Wake Forest.
Andersen plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at Wake Forest: Dave Clawson and Jake Dickert. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-ACC again in 2025. On tape: 12 tackles and 1 sack against Mississippi State, Bowl, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
107 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 107 | 47 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 7 | -- |
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 122 | 56 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 33 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 44 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 63 | 47 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 |
| Career | 369 | 200 | 12.5 | 2.0 | 17 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 10-9vs Kennesaw State | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Western Carolina | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-34vs NC State | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 29-30vs No. 16 Georgia Tech | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-23@ Virginia Tech | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-14@ Oregon State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 13-12vs SMU | 8 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-42@ Florida State | 11 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-9@ No. 12 Virginia | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-12vs North Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-14vs Delaware | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 32-49@ Duke | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 43-29vs Mississippi State | 12 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 107 | 47 | 7.0 | 1.5 | — | 7 |
Bowl · 2025
W 43-29
vs Mississippi State · neutral site
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 12 tackles
Edged out Mississippi State at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
107tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%7 TFL107 tackles · 7 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 7 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 8.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Pass share
48.0%
405 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #26 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-ACC
Based on 2025: #5 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
A stat line in 52 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dave Clawson → Jake Dickert. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
