Nik D'Avanzo: DL · New Mexico · #91.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Nik D'Avanzo
Wins the gap play after play. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Wyoming — Week 13, 2016.
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
61 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 9 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | New Mexico | 61 | 32 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Career | 61 | 32 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-21vs South Dakota | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-32@ New Mexico State | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 28-37@ Rutgers | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-41vs San José State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-49vs No. 19 Boise State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-40vs Air Force | 8 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 59-17vs UL Monroe | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-21@ Hawai'i | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-26vs Nevada | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-21@ Utah State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-49@ Colorado State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-35vs Wyoming | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 23-20vs UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 61 | 32 | 9.0 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
Week 7 · 2016
W 45-40
vs Air Force · neutral site
1 sack · 2.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
Edged out Air Force at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%9 TFLSack rate
8%5 sacksHurry rate
5%3 hurries61 tackles · 9 for loss · 5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Davie
Pass share
20.7%
178 pass / 680 run
Plays / game
66.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
197 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
61 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at New Mexico, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bob Davie.
