Former linebacker at Oklahoma State. 2024: 47 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′0″ · 220 lb · Texarkana, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former linebacker at Oklahoma State. 2024: 47 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Nickolas Martin
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. This is his fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Oklahoma State. Two straight seasons of it now: Preseason All-Big 12 (media) again in 2024. The receipt on tape: 16 tackles, 4.5 TFL against Arkansas, Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oklahoma State, 202 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #75 overall by San Francisco.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Gundy.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
San FranciscoEntering 2nd NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Mike Gundy — 32-21 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (90th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 10.3 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 9.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eric Morris
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Oklahoma State | 47 | 28 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Oklahoma State | 140 | 83 | 16.0 | 6.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 202 | 121 | 23.5 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 39–31
vs Arkansas
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-20vs South Dakota State | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 39-31vs Arkansas | 16 | 8 | 4.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 45-10@ Tulsa | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-22vs Utah | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-42@ Kansas State | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 28 | 7.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Paul Moala’s 2023 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Curtis Jacobs's senior season at Penn State (2023).
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