Nick Tarburton: DE · Penn State · #46.
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Nick Tarburton
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Three seasons in the Penn State defensive front to date. On tape: 4 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Rutgers, Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Penn State | 18 | 10 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 2021 | Penn State | 29 | 13 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2020 | Penn State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 49 | 25 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 41-12@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 33-14vs Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-7vs Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-41@ No. 5 Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-17vs Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-44vs No. 2 Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-14@ Indiana | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-0vs Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-10@ Rutgers | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 35-16vs Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 18 | 10 | 5.5 | 2.0 | — | 2 |
Week 10 · 2022
W 45-14
at Indiana
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 31-point win on the road against Indiana.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
11%2 sacksTFL rate
31%6 TFL18 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
3 seasons under James Franklin — 22-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
46.9%
422 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
69.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #270 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
