Nigel Warrior: DB · Tennessee · #18.
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Nigel Warrior
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Tennessee. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against South Carolina — Week 9, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 9 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 2 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 30-38vs Georgia State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-29vs BYU | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-0vs Chattanooga | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-34@ No. 9 Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-43vs No. 3 Georgia | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10vs Mississippi State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-35@ No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-21vs South Carolina | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-7vs UAB | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 17-13@ Kentucky | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-20@ Missouri | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-10vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 23-22vs Indiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 70 | 39 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL70 tackles · 2 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 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
Head Coach
Jeremy Pruitt
Pass share
44.4%
360 pass / 450 run
Plays / game
62.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
70 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tennessee, 227 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
