Nick Kwiatkoski with the Chicago Bears, 2018
With the Chicago Bears, 2018. Photo: LaDanian1000000, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, West Virginia, 2011–⁠15

Nick Kwiatkoski

Number
No. 35
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Bethel Park, PA
Born
May 26, 1993, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Nick Kwiatkoski played linebacker at West Virginia (2011–⁠15). The Chicago Bears took Kwiatkoski in round 4, No. 113 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2015
First-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 113
Round 4, 2016 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Honors

Team titles: Big East champions, 2011

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2013West Virginia3
2015West Virginia3
Career6

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
2012102082800030
2013N105432866.52302
On file74401146.52332

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
2011West Virginia35LB
2012West Virginia35LB
2013West Virginia35LB
2014West Virginia35LB
2015West Virginia35LB6′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

2015 West Virginia 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 10vs.Oklahoma StateL 26–⁠331
Nov 14vs.TexasW 38–⁠201
Dec 5atKansas StateL 23–⁠241
2013 West Virginia 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 2atTCUW 30–⁠271
Nov 9vs.TexasL 40–⁠471
Nov 30vs.Iowa StateL 44–⁠521

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

Played in the 2016 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–⁠27).

DrillCombine 2016
Height6′2″
Weight243 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.73 s
10-yard split1.62 sW
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill7.16 s
20-yard shuttle4.22 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 67 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016Chicago Bears114410
2017Chicago Bears104820
2018Chicago Bears101400
2019Chicago Bears127431
2020Las Vegas Raiders127711
2021Las Vegas Raiders72000
2022Atlanta Falcons5600
NFL career6728372

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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