Nick Dawson-Brents: DL · Western Kentucky · #12.
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Nick Dawson-Brents
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Marshall — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 37 | 18 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 6 |
| Career | 37 | 18 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 10-38@ No. 1 Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-24@ Miami (OH) | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 59-24vs Old Dominion | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-3@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-21vs Florida International | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-7vs North Texas | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 60-6@ Marshall | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 58-44vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 2 | 2.5 sacks |
 Bowl | W 51-31vs Memphis | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 37 | 18 | 11.0 | 7.0 | — | 6 |
Bowl · 2016
W 51-31
vs Memphis · neutral site
3 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Memphis at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
30%11 TFLSack rate
19%7 sacksHurry rate
14%5 hurries37 tackles · 11 for loss · 7 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
49.8%
471 pass / 474 run
Plays / game
67.5
14 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
464 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
More tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Western Kentucky, 7 sacks — the college career is complete.
