Nick Nash

Former wide receiver at San José State. 2024: 104 catches, 1,382 receiving yards, 16 TD.

WR · San José State · Sr. · #3

6′3″ · 195 lb · Irvine, CA

CFB Index 97 · #1 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceConsensus AASan José State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at San José State. 2024: 104 catches, 1,382 receiving yards, 16 TD.

Named All-America (AFCA) in 2024.
Named All-America (Consensus) in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at San José State, 2,212 receiving yards, a Consensus All-American season (2024) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 99 yds at Boise State.Boise State · L 27-352023

202313 games

All-Mountain Westsecond

202412 games

Entered the portal
All-America10 selectors
All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

San José State

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

15 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2024)

8 first-team selectors

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2023

Brent Brennan

San José State

2024

Ken Niumatalolo

San José State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brent Brennan → Ken Niumatalolo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-heavy

2020San José State7-1HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2021San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2023San José State7-6HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2024San José State7-6HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Pass-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

97All-America level #1 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Strength: epa / target (87th percentile). Concern: rush yards (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#77 / 610 · 87th pct

1.27

TD rate#77 / 610 · 87th pct

12.2%

Explosive rate#125 / 610 · 79th pct

21.4%

Yards / catch#185 / 610 · 70th pct

13.5

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 541 · 100th pct

1382

Receptions#1 / 541 · 100th pct

104

Rec TDs#1 / 541 · 100th pct

Yards / catch#250 / 541 · 53rd pct

13.3

Long catch#305 / 541 · 43rd pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#197 / 221 · 7th pct

Rush yards#295 / 299 · 1st pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

96th → 87th percentile

Explosive rate

93rd → 79th percentile

Catch rate

98th → 91st percentile

TD rate

92nd → 87th percentile

Yards / catch

76th → 70th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	8.6	113	12.8	1.4
Road5g	8.8	118	14.8	1.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	10.3	134	13.5	1.7
Weeks 8+6g	7.0	96.0	13.7	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

97 · #1 of 466 WRs

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	San José State	104	1,382	13.3	16	--
2023	San José State	48	728	15.2	8	--
2022	San José State	6	62	10.3	1	--
2021	San José State	4	36	9.0	0	--
2020	San José State	--	--	--	--	--
2019	San José State	1	4	4.0	0	--
Career		163	2,212	13.6	25	--

Season	Team
2024	San José State	1	-9	--	--	--
2023	San José State	1	--	--	--	--
2022	San José State	3	23	--	--	--
2021	San José State	68	385	--	--	--
2020	San José State	40	204	--	--	--
2019	San José State	40	255	--	--	--
Career		153	858	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 42–24

vs Sacramento State

26 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.9

With E. Brown — 298 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 47.6 · -33 rush yds (3 car) · T. Carrizosa — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Boise State · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA -3.50Nick Nash run for a loss of 9 yards to the BOIS 43 Nick Nash fumbled, recovered by BOIS Ahmed Hassanein A. Hassanein return for 0 yds
Week 1 · Sacramento State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Emmett Brown pass complete to Nick Nash for 16 yds to the SAC 39 for a 1ST down Sacramento State Penalty, Targeting on LEOTA, Will enforced (Will Leota) to the SAC 24 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wyoming · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.37Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 20 yds to the WYO 39 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wyoming · 2&16 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 17 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 11 · Oregon State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.14Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 40 yds to the ORST 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Sacramento State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Emmett Brown pass complete to Nick Nash for 23 yds to the SAC 26 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oregon State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 36 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 9 · Fresno State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.97Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 35 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 3 · Kennesaw State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Emmett Brown pass complete to Nick Nash for 34 yds to the KENN 41 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Boise State · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 6 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Sacramento State	10	170	17.0	2	26	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 17-7@ Air Force	7	90	12.9	1	20
Wk 3	W 31-10vs Kennesaw State	17	225	13.2	3	34	Season-high 225 yds
Wk 4	L 52-54@ Washington State	16	152	9.5	2	43	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 35-31vs Nevada	5	75	15.0	1	24
Wk 7	L 24-31@ Colorado State	7	94	13.4	1	27
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Wyoming	10	98	9.8	1	20
Wk 9	L 10-33@ Fresno State	8	91	11.4	1	35
Wk 11	W 24-13@ Oregon State	6	161	26.8	1	40	161-yard receiving day
Wk 12	L 21-42vs Boise State	9	126	14.0	1	45
Wk 13	L 16-27vs UNLV	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 14	W 34-31vs Stanford	8	91	11.4	2	20	2 TD catches
Total		104	1382	13.6	16	45

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

Nick Nash

202313 games

202412 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Consensus All-American

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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