Tahveon Nicholson: DB · Louisville · #23.
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Tahveon Nicholson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Georgia Tech — Week 4, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 3 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisville | 32 | 23 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | Illinois | 36 | 26 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2022 | Illinois | 19 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2021 | Illinois | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 98 | 76 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-0vs Austin Peay | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-14vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-19vs Georgia Tech | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 27-34vs SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-20@ Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 45-52vs No. 6 Miami | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 33-21@ No. 11 Clemson | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-38@ Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-9vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-14@ Kentucky | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-34vs Washington | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 23 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Week 14 · 2024
W 41-14
at Kentucky
1 interception · 5 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 27-point win on the road against Kentucky.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%3 TFL32 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
50.5%
426 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
64.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #290 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Illinois and Louisville, 98 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Lovie Smith, Bret Bielema and Jeff Brohm.
