Receiver, South Carolina (from Georgia, Purdue), 2024–26
Nitro Tuggle
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2026)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Elkhart, IN
Wikipedia readers: about 1,052 a month over the past year
Nitro Tuggle plays receiver for South Carolina, after Georgia (2024) and Purdue (2025). Last time out, at Alabama: 1 catch, 8 yards; 1 tackles.
2026 so far
4 catches, 39 yards
Last game: 1 catch, 8 yards; 1 tackles at Alabama, L 18–49
Next game: vs. Tennessee, Oct 24
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Career highs
80receiving yards, career highvs. Indiana, 2025Team titles: SEC champions, 2024
Receiving
* The season in progress, so far.
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 16 |
| 2025 | Purdue | 34 | 505 | 14.9 | 4 | 36 |
| 2026 | South Carolina | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 16 |
| Career | 41 | 578 | 14.1 | 4 | 36 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia | 1 | WR | Fr. | ||
| 2025 | Purdue | 1 | WR | So. | ||
| 2026 | South Carolina | 1 | WR | Jr. | 6′1″ | 195 |
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.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia | 5 | 0.56 | – | – | 2.8 | – |
| 2025 | Purdue | 70 | 0.37 | 37th (n=1040) | 0.46 | 25.9 | 9% |
| 2026 | South Carolina | 11 | -0.11 | – | – | -1.2 | – |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2026 South Carolina 4 games, 4 catches, 39 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Kent State | W 57–0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Sep 12 | vs. Towson | W 45–9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. Mississippi State | L 34–41 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| Sep 26 | at Alabama | L 18–49 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – |
2025 Purdue 12 games, 34 catches, 505 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Ball State | W 31–0 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. Southern Illinois | W 34–17 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | – |
| Sep 13 | vs. USC | L 17–33 | 4 | 69 | 1 | 33 | – |
| Sep 20 | at Notre Dame | L 30–56 | 3 | 66 | 1 | 31 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs. Illinois | L 27–43 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Oct 11 | at Minnesota | L 20–27 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Oct 18 | at Northwestern | L 0–19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Oct 25 | vs. Rutgers | L 24–27 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 14 | – |
| Nov 1 | at Michigan | L 16–21 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Nov 8 | vs. Ohio State | L 10–34 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Nov 15 | at Washington | L 13–49 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 36 | – |
| Nov 28 | vs. Indiana | L 3–56 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 23 | – |
2024 Georgia 2 games, 3 catches, 34 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | vs. Tennessee Tech | W 48–3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Nov 16 | vs. Tennessee | W 31–17 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 16 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.