Tony Nicholson

#13 · WR · Sr. · New Mexico State5′10″ · 189 lb · Grand Prairie, TX

Tony Nicholson: WR · New Mexico State · #13.

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Tony Nicholson

WR · New Mexico State · Sr · #13

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Jim Grobe, Matt Rhule and Doug Martin. A game that shows it: 98 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Incarnate Word — Week 12, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	New Mexico State	60	644	10.7	6	44
2018	Baylor	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Baylor	41	344	8.4	0	41
2016	Baylor	--	--	--	--	--
Career		101	988	9.8	6	44

Season	Team
2019	New Mexico State	3	5	49	13
2018	Baylor	--	--	--	34
2017	Baylor	4	41	--	70
2016	Baylor	1	3	339	194
Career		8	49	388	311

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-58@ No. 23 Washington State	7	40	5.7	0	12
Wk 2	L 10-62@ No. 2 Alabama	2	44	22.0	0	44
Wk 3	L 10-31vs San Diego State	7	78	11.1	0	20
Wk 4	L 52-55@ New Mexico	7	61	8.7	2	18	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 17-30vs Fresno State	6	81	13.5	1	21
Wk 6	L 13-20vs Liberty	6	76	12.7	0	37
Wk 7	L 28-42@ Central Michigan	7	86	12.3	0	36
Wk 9	L 7-41@ Georgia Southern	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 11	L 3-41@ Ole Miss	6	37	6.2	0	9
Wk 12	W 41-28vs Incarnate Word	5	98	19.6	2	42	Season-high 98 yds
Wk 13	W 44-35vs UTEP	2	7	3.5	0	5
Wk 14	L 28-49@ Liberty	4	30	7.5	1	16
Total		60	644	10.7	6	44

Signature game

Week 12 · 2019

W 41-28

vs Incarnate Word

5 rec · 98 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Incarnate Word at home in a shootout.

With J. Huntley — 174 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · J. Adkins — 316 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Incarnate Word · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +5.00Josh Adkins pass complete to Tony Nicholson for 42 yds for a TD (Dylan Brown KICK)
Week 3 · San Diego State · 3rd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.65Josh Adkins pass complete to Tony Nicholson for 18 yds to the SDSt 40 for a
Week 5 · Fresno State · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +3.34Josh Adkins pass complete to Tony Nicholson for 16 yds for a TD, (Dylan Brown KICK)
Week 3 · San Diego State · 2nd and 16 · Q4 · EPA +3.21Josh Adkins pass complete to Tony Nicholson for 20 yds to the SDSt 47 for a
Week 6 · Liberty · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +3.21Josh Adkins pass complete to Tony Nicholson for 37 yds to the Liber 38 for a
Week 14 · Liberty · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.99Josh Adkins pass complete to Tony Nicholson for 16 yds to the Liber 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · Incarnate Word · 4th and 13 · Q2 · EPA +2.98Josh Adkins pass complete to Tony Nicholson for 14 yds to the InWrd 17 for a
Week 2 · Alabama · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Josh Adkins pass complete to Tony Nicholson for 44 yds to the Alab 5 for a
Week 7 · Central Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.97Josh Adkins pass complete to Tony Nicholson for 36 yds to the CMich 41 for a
Week 12 · Incarnate Word · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Josh Adkins pass complete to Tony Nicholson for 34 yds for a TD (Dylan Brown KICK)

Teams and coaches

2016Baylor7-6HC: Jim Grobe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Baylor1-11HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

2018Baylor7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced, fast tempo

2019New Mexico State2-10HC: Doug Martin · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (87th percentile). Strength: rec tds (83rd percentile). Concern: yards / catch (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#225 / 728 · 69th pct

7.1%

Catch rate#325 / 728 · 55th pct

70.6%

EPA / target#336 / 728 · 54th pct

0.55

Explosive rate#480 / 728 · 34th pct

9.4%

Yards / catch#507 / 728 · 30th pct

10.7

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#67 / 556 · 87th pct

Rec TDs#77 / 556 · 83rd pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 82nd pct

Rec yards#139 / 556 · 75th pct

644

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Long catch#333 / 556 · 40th pct

Rush yards#202 / 283 · 28th pct

Yards / catch#440 / 556 · 20th pct

10.7

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.2	68.0	12.1	0.6
Road7g	4.9	43.4	9.8	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.0	66.6	12.3	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	35.6	8.6	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Doug Martin

Pass share

53.7%

446 pass / 384 run

Plays / game

69.2

12 games

Team sack rate

6.6%

484 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

60 catches, 3 pass attempts and 3 carries in 12 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Tony Nicholson

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Starter

Five seasons, two schools