Defensive line, Indiana, 2014–18
Nile Sykes
- Number
- No. 35
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 252 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Oak Park, IL
Nile Sykes played defensive line at Indiana (2014–18).
Career highs
2sacks, career highat Northwestern, 2016Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 of 13 | 1 | 1 |
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 | Indiana | 35 | DL | RS | ||
| 2015 | Indiana | 35 | DL | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Indiana | 35 | DL | So. | ||
| 2017 | Indiana | 35 | DL | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Indiana | 35 | DL | Sr. | 6′2″ | 252 |
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 Indiana 11 games, 25 tackles, 3 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Florida International | W 38–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Virginia | W 20–16 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Michigan State | L 21–35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | at Rutgers | W 24–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 6 | at Ohio State | L 26–49 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Iowa | L 16–42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Penn State | L 28–33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | at Minnesota | L 31–38 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Maryland | W 34–32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | at Michigan | L 20–31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Purdue | L 21–28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2016 Indiana 11 games, 18 tackles, 5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | atFlorida International | W 34–13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Ball State | W 30–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Wake Forest | L 28–33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Michigan State | W 24–21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atOhio State | L 17–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Nebraska | L 22–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Northwestern | L 14–24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Penn State | L 31–45 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atMichigan | L 10–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Purdue | W 26–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Utah | L 24–26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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