Nick McCloud

Senior defensive back for Notre Dame. 2020: 1 interception, 8 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

DB · Notre Dame · Sr. · #4

6′1″ · 190 lb · Rock Hill, SC

All-ConferenceNotre Dame 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 858 nationally · Signed with NC State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Notre Dame. 2020: 1 interception, 8 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Notre Dame, 138 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20166 games

Signed with NC State3-star out of South Pointe

202010 games

All-ACCthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#858 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2020

1 coach

2016–2020

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2017NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2018NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2019NC State4-8HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2020Notre Dame10-2HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Concern: sacks (27th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#28 / 2211 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#569 / 2211 · 73rd pct

Tackles#665 / 2211 · 69th pct

Tackles for loss#954 / 2211 · 51st pct

2.0

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th pct

Interceptions#180 / 568 · 34th pct

QB hurries#917 / 2211 · 29th pct

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th pct

0.0

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

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.5
Road4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-73g	3.0	0.3	0.0	1.0
Weeks 8+7g	2.9	0.1	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Notre Dame	33	22	2.0	8	1	--
2019	NC State	7	3	0.0	2	--	--
2018	NC State	51	34	0.0	8	2	--
2017	NC State	34	22	0.0	7	1	--
2016	NC State	13	12	0.0	3	--	--
Career		138	93	2.0	28	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2020

W 47–40

vs Clemson

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out Clemson at home in a shootout.

With I. Book — 310 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 68 rush yds (15 car) · K. Williams — 140 rush yds (23 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week