#91

Nick Thurman

Defensive end for Houston. 2017: 2 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

DE · Houston · #91

6′4″ · 293 lb · Dallas, TX

Houston 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1471 nationally · Signed with Houston

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive end for Houston. 2017: 2 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Houston in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Houston, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Houston3-star out of Lake Highlands

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1471 national

CFB

College

Houston

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Tom Herman

Houston

2017

Major Applewhite

Houston

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Houston9-4HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Houston7-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (94th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#122 / 2682 · 94th pct

Sacks#473 / 2682 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#678 / 2682 · 73rd pct

4.5

Tackles#1262 / 2682 · 52nd pct

Solo tackles#1313 / 2682 · 50th pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road5g	3.0	0.5	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	0.5	0.2	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	0.2	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Houston	32	18	4.5	2.0	1	--	--
2016	Houston	27	14	6.5	2.0	2	--	--
Career		59	32	11.0	4.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 28–24

at South Florida

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With D. Roy — 48 AVG · 58 LONG · 8 NO · D. King — 137 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.7 · 83 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 19-16@ Arizona	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-3vs Rice	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-27vs Texas Tech	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 20-13@ Temple	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 35-22vs SMU	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-45@ Tulsa	4	1	1.5	0.5	—	1
Wk 8	L 38-42vs Memphis	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 28-24@ South Florida	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 17-20@ Tulane	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 13	W 24-14vs Navy	3	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Bowl	L 27-33vs Fresno State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		32	18	4.5	2.0	—	1

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

2013

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays