Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | W 27-24@ Maryland | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-15@ Iowa | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | Season-high 3 yds |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
#24
Nick Fedanzo
Junior running back for Illinois. 2023: 3 rushing yards.
6′0″ · 220 lb · Lombard, IL
Illinois 2023 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
RB recruit
No. 1514 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for Illinois. 2023: 3 rushing yards.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2019.
Nick Fedanzo
Two seasons at Illinois, two different head coaches: Rod Smith and Bret Bielema. One game to point at: 3 rush yds against Iowa — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Illinois, 5 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2019
- Signed with Illinois3-star out of Montini Catholic
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Illinois
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
2 coaches2020
Rod Smith
Illinois
Coaching transition mid-career: Rod Smith → Bret Bielema. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Illinois2-6HC: Rod Smith · Run-heavy
2023Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 YDS/g, 3.0 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023
W 27–24
at Maryland
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With L. Altmyer — 206 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.1 · 29 rush yds (13 car) · H. Robertson — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 53 LONG
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology