Drake Nevis in the NFL, 2019
In the NFL, 2019. Photo: Krazytea, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive tackle, LSU, 2007–⁠10

Drake Nevis

Number
No. 92
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Marrero, LA
Born
May 8, 1989, in Thibodaux, Louisiana

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Drake Nevis played defensive tackle at LSU (2007–⁠10). The Indianapolis Colts took Nevis in round 3, No. 87 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2010
First-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 87
Round 3, 2011 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

Honors

All-America: AP second team 2010; Walter Camp second team 2010; CBS Sports 2010

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010LSU1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2007N81071720–2––
2008N1097165.50––1–
2009132624501140203
2010123026561361134
On file756413931.510––––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009LSU92DT
2010LSU92DT6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 LSU 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 18vs.Mississippi StateW 29–⁠71

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011Combine or pro day 2011
Height6′0⅝″
Weight294 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan77⅜″W
40-yard dash5.06 s
10-yard split1.79 s
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump9′4″
Bench press31 reps
3-cone drill7.71 s
20-yard shuttle4.65 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 24 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2011Indianapolis Colts51700
2012Indianapolis Colts81610
2013Jacksonville Jaguars111200
NFL career244510

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2015–⁠16CFLHamilton Tiger-Cats
2017–⁠19CFLWinnipeg Blue Bombers
2020–⁠21CFLToronto Argonauts

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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