Tristan Nichols: DT · Nevada · #95.
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Tristan Nichols
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Nevada. The first one came in 2021: All-Mountain West. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Colorado State — Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 22-17@ California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-10vs Idaho State | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 41-31@ Boise State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 6 | W 55-28vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-17vs Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | W 51-20vs UNLV | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-24vs San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-23@ San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 39-41vs Air Force | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-10@ Colorado State | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 27 | 19 | 11.0 | 10.0 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2021
W 49-10
vs Idaho State
3 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 39-point win at home against Idaho State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
41%11 TFLSack rate
37%10 sacksHurry rate
19%5 hurries27 tackles · 11 for loss · 10 sacks.
3 seasons under Jay Norvell — 22-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Vai Taua
Pass share
63.7%
571 pass / 326 run
Plays / game
74.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
624 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #215 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Nevada, 36 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jay Norvell.
