Nick Internicola

Defensive lineman for Florida Atlantic. 2017: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

DL · Florida Atlantic · #8

6′3″ · 255 lb · Pembroke Pines, FL

Florida Atlantic 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive lineman for Florida Atlantic. 2017: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Florida Atlantic, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Florida Atlantic

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Charlie Partridge

Florida Atlantic

2017

Lane Kiffin

Florida Atlantic

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Charlie Partridge · Run-leaning

2017Florida Atlantic11-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (8th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#799 / 2682 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1340 / 2682 · 46th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Tackles#2074 / 2682 · 21st pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2430 / 2682 · 8th pct

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
Home5g	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.0
Road4g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

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	Florida Atlantic	17	6	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Florida Atlantic	12	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		29	11	2.0	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2017

W 45–0

vs Bethune-Cookman

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 45-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With D. Parr — 165 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.7 · 38 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · G. Howell Jr. — 175 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 19-42vs Navy	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 14-31@ Wisconsin	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 45-0vs Bethune-Cookman	3	2	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	W 58-28@ Old Dominion	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 69-31vs North Texas	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 48-23@ Louisiana Tech	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 13	W 31-12@ Charlotte	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 41-17vs North Texas	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 50-3vs Akron	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		17	6	2.0	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays