Nico Lautanen: DL · Bowling Green · #54.
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Nico Lautanen
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches at Bowling Green: Mike Jinks, Carl Pelini and Scot Loeffler. On tape: 8 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Toledo, Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 0 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bowling Green | 32 | 12 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | Bowling Green | 19 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 25 | 17 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 81 | 43 | 13.5 | 6.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-3vs Morgan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-52@ Kansas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-35vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-62@ Kent State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 0-52@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-7vs Toledo | 8 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 20-38vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-49@ Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-6vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-44@ Miami (OH) | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-66vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-49@ Buffalo | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 12 | 5.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%6 TFLSack rate
11%4 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry32 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scot Loeffler
Pass share
40.5%
335 pass / 493 run
Plays / game
69.0
12 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
353 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Bowling Green, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Jinks, Carl Pelini, and Scot Loeffler. Multi-era developmental context.
