Nickendre Stiger

Senior safety for Old Dominion. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 46 tackles.

S · Old Dominion · Sr. · #2

5′11″ · 194 lb · Wichita, KS

CFB Index 49 · #278 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Old Dominion for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6 pm ETvs East CarolinaS.B. Ballard StadiumOld Dominion by 3

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

5 PBU · 46 tackles · 3 TFL

Best game: 1 PBU, 8 tackles, at Indiana

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Old Dominion. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 46 tackles.

Signed with Kansas State in 2022.
Transferred from Kansas State to Old Dominion in 2025.

His career, year by year

Nickendre Stiger

S · Old Dominion · Sr · #2

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Chris Klieman and Ricky Rahne. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles against Indiana, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2023Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2024Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2025Old Dominion10-3HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

49Rotational starter #278 of 544?

Medium confidenceBreakout7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Tackles#706 / 2975 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#744 / 2975 · 74th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.5	0.0	0.3
Road7g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.3	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #278 of 544 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #278 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #27 of 42 Sun Belt Ss

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Old Dominion	46	25	3.0	5	1	--
2024	Kansas State	9	7	0.0	1	--	--
2023	Kansas State	1	--	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Kansas State	3	2	0.0	--	--	--
Career		59	34	3.0	7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2025

W 24–10

at South Florida

1 TOT

With Q. Henicle — 127 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 40.2 · 107 rush yds (24 car) · 2 TD · I. Brandt — -4 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-27@ Indiana	8	6	0.0	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 2	W 54-6vs North Carolina Central	4	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 45-26@ Virginia Tech	4	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 21-7vs Liberty	4	3	0.5	—	1
Wk 6	W 47-7vs Coastal Carolina	3	2	0.5	—	1
Wk 7	L 24-48@ Marshall	7	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 27-63@ James Madison	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 24-21vs App State	7	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 31-6@ UL Monroe	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 33-0vs Troy	2	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 45-10@ Georgia Southern	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 27-10vs Georgia State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 24-10@ South Florida	1	0	0.0	—	0
Total		46	25	3.0	1	5

The secondary · Old Dominion

#3Mario EasterlyS · Sr.80 tackles · 2025
#1Zion FrinkCB · Jr.60 tackles · 2025
#2Nickendre StigerS · Sr.46 tackles · 2025
#19Lucas StruckS · Jr.46 tackles · 2025
#2Daevon IlesS · Jr.37 tackles · 2025

26 more on the roster · Old Dominion team page

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

Nickendre Stiger

20223 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

The secondary · Old Dominion