Senior defensive tackle for Delaware. 2025: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 10 tackles.
6′3″ · 305 lb · Saint James, NY
The numbers
sack · 2025
2 TFL · 10 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Louisiana
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for Delaware. 2025: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 10 tackles.
His career, year by yearNick Karika
Wins his gap play after play. The receipt: 2 tackles against Florida International — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (2nd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Carty
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Delaware | 10 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 10 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 35–17
2 SOLO · 2 TOT
With N. Minicucci — 251 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.8 · 44 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · K. Duplessis — 7 rush yds (1 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-17vs Delaware State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 7-31@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-41vs UConn | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-16@ Florida International | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-28vs Middle Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 20-13vs Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Delaware
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Delaware
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Delaware · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #134 · 2026 recruiting class #115
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Xavier Stillman’s 2024 season.
Matches Xavier on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Julian Peterson's junior season at Troy (2024).
Matches Julian on
Differs from Julian on
Player DNA
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