Defensive back, Maryland, 2019–⁠21

Nick Cross

Number: No. 3
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 210 lb
Class (2021): Sophomore
Hometown: Bowie, MD
Born: Sep 10, 2001

Nick Cross played defensive back at Maryland (2019–⁠21). The Indianapolis Colts took Cross in round 3, No. 96 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 66; Tackles, 2021 (Maryland, 7–⁠6)
Drafted: No. 96; Round 3, 2022 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

13tackles, career highat Minnesota, 2021

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

3–⁠92–⁠37–⁠6

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2019	Maryland	45	30	1	0	2	5	0
2020	Maryland	23	14	1	1	0	3	1
2021	Maryland	66	44	3.5	3	3	5	0
Career		134	88	5.5	4	5	13	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.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Maryland	3	DB	Yr 1
2020	Maryland	3	DB	Yr 2
2021	Maryland	3	DB	So. (Yr 3)	6′1″	210

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

2021 Maryland 12 games, 66 tackles, 3 sacks, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 4	vs.West Virginia	W 30–⁠24	6	6	0	0	1	1
Sep 17	atIllinois	W 20–⁠17	7	4	0	0	1	3
Sep 25	vs.Kent State	W 37–⁠16	5	4	0	0	0	0
Oct 1	vs.Iowa	L 14–⁠51	4	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 9	atOhio State	L 17–⁠66	6	5	0	0	0	1
Oct 23	atMinnesota	L 16–⁠34	13	8	0	0	0	0
Oct 30	vs.Indiana	W 38–⁠35	5	4	1	1	0	0
Nov 6	vs.Penn State	L 14–⁠31	5	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 13	atMichigan State	L 21–⁠40	5	2	0.5	0	1	0
Nov 20	vs.Michigan	L 18–⁠59	3	3	1	1	0	0
Nov 27	atRutgers	W 40–⁠16	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Virginia Tech	W 54–⁠10	3	3	1	1	0	0

2020 Maryland 4 games, 23 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Oct 24	atNorthwestern	L 3–⁠43	7	4	0	0	0
Oct 30	vs.Minnesota	W 45–⁠44	4	2	0	0	0
Nov 7	atPenn State	W 35–⁠19	8	4	1	1	2
Dec 12	vs.Rutgers	L 24–⁠27	4	4	0	0	1

2019 Maryland 11 games, 45 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Howard	W 79–⁠0	3	1	1	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Syracuse	W 63–⁠20	3	3	0	0	0
Sep 27	vs.Penn State	L 0–⁠59	3	2	0	1	1
Oct 5	atRutgers	W 48–⁠7	4	3	0	0	0
Oct 12	atPurdue	L 14–⁠40	2	2	0	0	1
Oct 19	vs.Indiana	L 28–⁠34	2	2	0	0	1
Oct 26	atMinnesota	L 10–⁠52	7	4	0	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Michigan	L 7–⁠38	3	2	0	0	1
Nov 9	atOhio State	L 14–⁠73	9	6	0	0	1
Nov 23	vs.Nebraska	L 7–⁠54	7	5	0	1	0
Nov 30	atMichigan State	L 16–⁠19	2	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	6′0⅛″
Weight	212 lb
Arm length	31½″
Hand size	9″
Wingspan		76″^W
40-yard dash	4.34 s
10-yard split		1.51 s
Vertical jump	37″
Broad jump	10′10″
Bench press		21 reps^W
3-cone drill		6.85 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.21 s^W

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

5 seasons, 58 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Commanders.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2022	Indianapolis Colts	9	16	0	0
2023	Indianapolis Colts	13	35	0	1
2024	Indianapolis Colts	17	133	1	3
2025	Indianapolis Colts	17	118	2.5	1
2026 (so far)	Washington Commanders	2	11	0	0
NFL career		58	313	3.5	5

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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