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Defensive line, Auburn, 2007–10
Nick Fairley
- Number
- No. 90
- Height
- 6′5″
- Hometown
- Mobile, AL
- Born
- Jan 23, 1988, in Mobile, Alabama
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Nick Fairley played defensive line at Auburn (2007–10). He won the 2010 Lombardi Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2010. The Detroit Lions took Fairley in the first round, No. 13 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2010Lombardi Award
- 2010Consensus All‑American
- 2010SEC Defensive Player of the Year
- 2010First-team All-SEC
Team titles: National champions, 2010; SEC champions, 2010
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2010* | Auburn | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. 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
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2010 | 13 | 36 | 24 | 60 | 24 | 11.5 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| On file | 50 | 38 | 88 | 27.5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 28 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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 Auburn 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at Mississippi State | W 17–14 | 1 |
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
| Drill | Combine 2011 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅞″ |
| Weight | 291 lb |
| Arm length | 34¾″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
| Wingspan | 83¼″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.89 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.75 sW |
| Vertical jump | 31″ |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.14 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.56 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 75 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Detroit Lions | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | Detroit Lions | 13 | 35 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2013 | Detroit Lions | 15 | 34 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | Detroit Lions | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | St. Louis Rams | 14 | 29 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 40 | 6.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 75 | 166 | 20.5 | 0 | |
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.
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