Nickendre Stiger is a safety at Old Dominion who has not played in Old Dominion's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Old Dominion lists 32 defensive backs this season.
Old Dominion is 2-7. Next: at Coastal Carolina, Sat Nov 7.
Stiger moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Chris Klieman and Ricky Rahne. On tape: 8 tackles against Indiana, Week 1, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Old Dominion | 46 | 25 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Kansas State | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 59 | 34 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-27@ No. 20 Indiana | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 54-6vs North Carolina Central | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-26@ Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-7vs Liberty | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 47-7vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-48@ Marshall | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-63@ James Madison | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-21vs App State | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-6@ UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-0vs Troy | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-10@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-10vs Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-10vs South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 25 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
46tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%3 TFL46 tackles · 3 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
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
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Pass share
38.0%
330 pass / 539 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
341 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #278 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #27 of 42 Sun Belt Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Chris Klieman and Ricky Rahne.
