Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 55-13vs North Carolina Central | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-59vs Wake Forest | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 34 | Season-high 37 yds |
| Total | 7 | 50 | 10.6 | 1 | 34 |
#6
Nico Pierre
Senior running back for Duke. 2018: 50 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
6′2″ · 220 lb · Miami, FL
Duke 2018 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
PRO recruit
No. 720 nationally · Signed with Duke
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Duke. 2018: 50 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2014.
Nico Pierre
This is his fourth year in the same backfield at Duke. One game to point at: 37 rush yds against Wake Forest — Week 13, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Duke, 174 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2014
- Signed with Duke3-star out of Coral Reef
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Duke
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coach2015–2018
Duke
Played his entire career under David Cutcliffe.
2018 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 27-24 over that span.
2015Duke8-5HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced, fast tempo
2016Duke4-8HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced, fast tempo
2017Duke7-6HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2018Duke8-5HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (95th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 25.0 YDS/g, 10.6 YPC, 0.5 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2018
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology