#18

Nigel Warrior

Senior defensive back for Tennessee. 2019: 4 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 70 tackles.

DB · Tennessee · Sr. · #18

6′0″ · 190 lb · College Park, GA

Tennessee 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 57 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Tennessee. 2019: 4 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 70 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tennessee, 227 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20165 games

Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Peachtree Ridge

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#57 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2017

Butch Jones

Tennessee

2018–2019

Jeremy Pruitt

Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Tennessee5-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2019Tennessee8-5HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (97th percentile). Strength: interceptions (96th percentile). Concern: sacks (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#78 / 2688 · 97th pct

Interceptions#17 / 779 · 96th pct

Tackles#296 / 2688 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#365 / 2688 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#1413 / 2688 · 43rd pct

2.0

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

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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

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	5.1	0.1	0.0	0.7
Road4g	6.0	0.2	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	0.0	0.0	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	6.7	0.3	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Tennessee	70	39	2.0	0.0	9	4	--
2018	Tennessee	57	35	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2017	Tennessee	78	39	3.5	1.0	3	1	--
2016	Tennessee	22	19	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		227	132	7.5	1.0	13	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 19 · 2019

W 23–22

vs Indiana

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 2 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With T. Chandler — 35 rush yds (12 car) · P. Brooks — 37 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 43 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 30-38vs Georgia State	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 26-29vs BYU	4	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 45-0vs Chattanooga	2	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	L 3-34@ Florida	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 14-43vs Georgia	10	3	0.0	—	2	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 7	W 20-10vs Mississippi State	4	3	0.0	1	2
Wk 8	L 13-35@ Alabama	6	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 9	W 41-21vs South Carolina	10	6	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 30-7vs UAB	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 17-13@ Kentucky	8	5	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 24-20@ Missouri	6	6	1.0	—	2
Wk 14	W 28-10vs Vanderbilt	4	1	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 23-22vs Indiana	2	1	0.0	—	2
Total		70	39	2.0	4	9

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

20165 games

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays