Nick Straw: LB · Navy · #51.
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Nick Straw
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Rated a two-star prospect, with three seasons of snaps at Navy since. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Memphis — Week 2, 2022.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 12 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-14vs Delaware | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-37vs Memphis | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 23-20@ East Carolina | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 10 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-13@ Air Force | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 53-21vs Tulsa | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 34-40@ SMU | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-38vs Houston | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-20vs Temple | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-20@ Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 32-35vs No. 20 Notre Dame | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-14@ No. 17 UCF | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 24 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 12 |
Week 4 · 2022
W 23-20
1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles · 10 pass breakups
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
46tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%4 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
26%12 pass breakups46 tackles · 4 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo — 11-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
14.4%
119 pass / 705 run
Plays / game
68.7
12 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
140 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #106 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Navy, 119 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 29 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.
