Defensive back, UTEP, 2014–18
Nik Needham
- Number
- No. 5
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 203 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Buena Park, CA
- Born
- Nov 4, 1996, in Long Beach, California
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Nik Needham played defensive back at UTEP (2014–18).
Career highs
10tackles, career highvs. Middle Tennessee, 2018Defense
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 of 12 | 23 | 12 | 35 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: 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 | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UTEP | 5 | DB | RS | ||
| 2015 | UTEP | 5 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | UTEP | 5 | DB | So. | ||
| 2017 | UTEP | 5 | DB | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | UTEP | 5 | DB | Sr. | 6′0″ | 203 |
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
2018 UTEP 12 games, 60 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Northern Arizona | L 10–30 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | at UNLV | L 24–52 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | at Tennessee | L 0–24 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 22 | vs. New Mexico State | L 20–27 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | at UTSA | L 21–30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs. North Texas | L 24–27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 20 | at Louisiana Tech | L 24–31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 27 | vs. UAB | L 0–19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | at Rice | W 34–26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Middle Tennessee | L 32–48 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | at Western Kentucky | L 16–40 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Southern Miss | L 7–39 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 UTEP 12 games, 59 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Oklahoma | L 7–56 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs.Rice | L 14–31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Arizona | L 16–63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | atNew Mexico State | L 14–41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | at Army | L 21–35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Western Kentucky | L 14–15 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Oct 14 | atSouthern Miss | L 0–24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | vs.UTSA | L 14–31 | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | atMiddle Tennessee | L 3–30 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atNorth Texas | L 10–45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Louisiana Tech | L 21–42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atUAB | L 7–28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 UTEP 12 games, 54 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs.New Mexico State | W 38–22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 10 | at Texas | L 7–41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs.Army | L 14–66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs.Southern Miss | L 7–34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 1 | atLouisiana Tech | L 7–28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Florida International | L 21–35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 22 | atUTSA | W 52–49 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Old Dominion | L 21–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Houston Christian | W 42–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Florida Atlantic | L 31–35 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atRice | L 24–44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | vs.North Texas | W 52–24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2015 UTEP 3 games, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Arkansas | L 13–48 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 24 | vs.Florida Atlantic | W 27–17 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 6 | vs.Rice | W 24–21 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2019 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′11¼″ |
| Weight | 194 lb |
| Arm length | 30¾″ |
| Hand size | 8½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.67 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.64 s |
| Vertical jump | 30½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ |
| Bench press | 10 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.90 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.20 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 52 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Miami Dolphins | 12 | 54 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 55 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | Miami Dolphins | 15 | 53 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | Miami Dolphins | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Miami Dolphins | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Miami Dolphins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 52 | 187 | 3 | 6 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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