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Linebacker, Iowa, 2017–⁠20

Nick Niemann

Number: No. 49
Height: 6′4″
Weight: 233 lb
Class (2020): Senior
Hometown: Sycamore, IL
Born: Dec 2, 1997, in Waterloo, Iowa

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Nick Niemann played linebacker at Iowa (2017–⁠20). The Los Angeles Chargers took Niemann in round 6, No. 185 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Best season: 77; Tackles, 2020 (Iowa, 6–⁠2)
Drafted: No. 185; Round 6, 2021 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Chargers)

17tackles, career highat Penn State, 2020

Defense

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

8–⁠59–⁠4AP 2510–⁠3AP 156–⁠2AP 16

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	Hur
2017	Iowa	5	4	0	0	0	0
2018	Iowa	43	18	2.5	1	0	1
2019	Iowa	32	15	2.5	1	1	2
2020	Iowa	77	37	2.5	0	0	0
Career		157	74	7.5	2	1	3

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
2017	Iowa	49	LB	Fr.
2018	Iowa	49	LB	So.
2019	Iowa	49	LB	Jr.
2020	Iowa	49	LB	Sr.	6′4″	233

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

2020 Iowa 8 games, 77 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Oct 24	atPurdue	L 20–⁠24	8	8	0
Oct 31	vs.Northwestern	L 20–⁠21	10	2	0.5
Nov 7	vs.Michigan State	W 49–⁠7	7	3	0
Nov 13	atMinnesota	W 35–⁠7	7	4	0.5
Nov 21	atPenn State	W 41–⁠21	17	6	1
Nov 27	vs.Nebraska	W 26–⁠20	12	5	0
Dec 5	atIllinois	W 35–⁠21	8	6	0
Dec 12	vs.Wisconsin	W 28–⁠7	8	3	0.5

2019 Iowa 9 games, 32 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int
Aug 31	vs.Miami (OH)	W 38–⁠14	3	0	0	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Rutgers	W 30–⁠0	2	2	0	0	0
Sep 14	atIowa State	W 18–⁠17	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 28	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 48–⁠3	4	0	0.5	0	0
Oct 5	atMichigan	L 3–⁠10	7	3	1	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Penn State	L 12–⁠17	7	4	0	0	0
Nov 9	atWisconsin	L 22–⁠24	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 29	atNebraska	W 27–⁠24	2	1	0	0	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.USC	W 49–⁠24	2	1	1	1	1

2018 Iowa 10 games, 43 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 1	vs.Northern Illinois	W 33–⁠7	4	4	1	0
Sep 8	vs.Iowa State	W 13–⁠3	7	3	1	1
Sep 15	vs.Northern Iowa	W 38–⁠14	1	0	0	0
Sep 22	vs.Wisconsin	L 17–⁠28	10	3	0.5	0
Oct 20	vs.Maryland	W 23–⁠0	2	2	0	0
Nov 3	atPurdue	L 36–⁠38	1	1	0	0
Nov 10	vs.Northwestern	L 10–⁠14	4	0	0	0
Nov 17	atIllinois	W 63–⁠0	4	2	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Nebraska	W 31–⁠28	5	2	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Mississippi State	W 27–⁠22	5	1	0	0

2017 Iowa 5 games, 5 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo
Sep 9	atIowa State	W 44–⁠41	1	1
Sep 23	vs.Penn State	L 19–⁠21	1	0
Oct 28	vs.Minnesota	W 17–⁠10	1	1
Nov 4	vs.Ohio State	W 55–⁠24	1	1
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Boston College	W 27–⁠20	1	1

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

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2021
Height	6′3″
Weight	234 lb
Arm length	32⅝″
Hand size	9⅛″
Wingspan	76⅞″
40-yard dash	4.51 s
10-yard split	1.56 s
Vertical jump	33½″
Broad jump	10′1″
Bench press	19 reps
3-cone drill	6.67 s
20-yard shuttle	4.23 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 43 games with a stat; latest team: Green Bay Packers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Int
2021	Los Angeles Chargers	13	21	1
2022	Los Angeles Chargers	2	3	0
2023	Los Angeles Chargers	11	38	0
2024	Los Angeles Chargers	8	21	0
2025	Green Bay Packers	5	11	0
2026 (so far)	Green Bay Packers	4	5	0
NFL career		43	99	1

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

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