Linebacker, Illinois (from California), 2012–16
Hardy Nickerson
Lettered 2016 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 47
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- Oakland, CA
- Born
- Jan 5, 1994, in Oakland, California
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Hardy Nickerson played linebacker at California (2012–15) and Illinois (2016).
Career highs
14tackles, career highat Michigan, 20162interceptions, career highvs. Purdue, 2016Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | California | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2016 | Illinois | 107 | 38 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 107 | 38 | 5.5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013N | 10 | 35 | 29 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014E | 6 of 12 | 10 | 23 | 33 | – | – | – | – |
| 2015E | 7 of 13 | 22 | 29 | 51 | – | – | – | – |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | California | 47 | LB | |
| 2013 | California | 47 | LB | |
| 2014 | California | 47 | LB | |
| 2015 | California | 47 | LB | |
| 2016 | Illinois | 47 | LB | 6′0″ |
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
2016 Illinois 12 games, 107 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Murray State | W 52–3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. North Carolina | L 23–48 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Western Michigan | L 10–34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at Nebraska | L 16–31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Purdue | L 31–34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at Rutgers | W 24–7 | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Michigan | L 8–41 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Minnesota | L 17–40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Michigan State | W 31–27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Wisconsin | L 3–48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Iowa | L 0–28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | at Northwestern | L 21–42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 California 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13 | at USC | L 30–38 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2017 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 10–3).
| Drill | Combine 2017 | Combine or pro day 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11⅝″ | |
| Weight | 232 lb | |
| Arm length | 32″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.78 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′8″ | |
| Bench press | 18 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.30 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.38 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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