#23

Tahveon Nicholson

Former defensive back at Louisville. 2024: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 32 tackles.

DB · Louisville · Sr. · #23

5′11″ · 185 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 48 · #290 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceLouisville 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive back at Louisville. 2024: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 32 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Florida Atlantic in 2019.
Transferred from Illinois to Louisville in 2024.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 3486 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisville, 98 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2019

Signed with Florida Atlantic2-star out of Riverside

2020

Signed with Illinois3-star out of Duplicate

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3486 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2022

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

2023–2024

Jeff Brohm

Louisville

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2022Illinois8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2023Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Balanced

2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

48Rotational starter #290 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#886 / 2892 · 69th pct

Tackles for loss#1063 / 2892 · 61st pct

3.0

Tackles#1275 / 2892 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.8	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #290 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #290 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Louisville	32	23	3.0	1	2	--
2023	Illinois	36	26	2.0	6	--	--
2022	Illinois	19	18	1.0	6	1	--
2021	Illinois	11	9	0.0	2	--	--
Career		98	76	6.0	15	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 33–21

at Clemson

5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD

With T. Shough — 156 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.1 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · I. Brown — 151 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 62-0vs Austin Peay	3	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 49-14vs Jacksonville State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 31-19vs Georgia Tech	9	7	1.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 6	L 27-34vs SMU	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-20@ Virginia	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 45-52vs Miami	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 33-21@ Clemson	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 35-38@ Stanford	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 37-9vs Pittsburgh	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 41-14@ Kentucky	5	2	0.0	1	0
Bowl	W 35-34@ Washington	2	2	0.0	1	0
Total		32	23	3.0	2	1

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