Nick McCloud: DB · Notre Dame · #4.
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Nick McCloud
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2020: All-ACC. On tape: 5 tackles against Duke, Week 2, 2020.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 2 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 33 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2019 | NC State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | NC State | 51 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 |
| 2017 | NC State | 34 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2016 | NC State | 13 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 138 | 93 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-13vs Duke | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 42-26vs Florida State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 12-7vs Louisville | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-3@ Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-13@ Georgia Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 47-40vs No. 1 Clemson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-31@ Boston College | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-17@ No. 25 North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-21vs Syracuse | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | L 10-34vs No. 4 Clemson | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 |
Week 8 · 2020
W 45-3
at Pittsburgh
1 interception · 4 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 42-point win on the road against Pittsburgh.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
24%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL33 tackles · 2 for loss · 8 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| 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
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
41.9%
359 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
77.9
11 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Five seasons, at NC State and Notre Dame, 138 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 40 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dave Doeren and Brian Kelly.
