Nick Nash

#3 · WR · Sr. · San José State6′3″ · 195 lb · Irvine, CA

Nick Nash: WR · San José State · #3.

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Nick Nash

WR · San José State · Sr · #3

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Played for two head coaches in six seasons at San José State. All-America (Consensus) in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 225 receiving yards and 17 receptions against Kennesaw State, Week 3, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

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Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	San José State	104	1,382	13.3	16	45
2023	San José State	48	728	15.2	8	58
2022	San José State	6	62	10.3	1	17
2021	San José State	4	36	9.0	0	16
2020	San José State	--	--	--	--	--
2019	San José State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Career		163	2,212	13.6	25	58

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 13 Boise State	9	126	14.0	1	45
Wk 13	L 16-27vs No. 23 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	13.3	16	45

Signature game

Week 4 · 2024

L 52-54

at Washington State

16 rec · 152 yds · 2 TD

With E. Brown — 375 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 78.4 · D. Beslagic — 46.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Boise State · 3rd and 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 · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Emmett Brown pass complete to Nick Nash for 16 yds to the SAC 39 for a Sacramento State Penalty, Targeting on LEOTA, Will enforced (Will Leota) to the SAC 24 for a
Week 8 · Wyoming · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.37Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 20 yds to the WYO 39 for a
Week 8 · Wyoming · 2nd and 16 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 17 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 11 · Oregon State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.14Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 40 yds to the ORST 45 for a
Week 1 · Sacramento State · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Emmett Brown pass complete to Nick Nash for 23 yds to the SAC 26 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Oregon State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 36 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 9 · Fresno State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.97Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 35 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 3 · Kennesaw State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Emmett Brown pass complete to Nick Nash for 34 yds to the KENN 41 for a
Week 12 · Boise State · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Walker Eget pass complete to Nick Nash for 6 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 97 (#1 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

97All-America level #1 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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

-9

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 in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2024 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

64.4%

550 pass / 304 run

Plays / game

65.7

13 games

Team sack rate

1.5%

549 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Unanimous All-American

First team on every major selector list.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

97 · #1 of 466 WRs · 2024

Selector Grid · 2024

AP1st

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

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

Nick Nash

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

Unanimous All-American

Six seasons at San José State

Moves

2023 13 games

2024 12 games