Receiver, New Mexico State (from Baylor), 2015–19
Tony Nicholson
Lettered 2016–17 at Baylor (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 13
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 189 lb
- Class (2019)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Grand Prairie, TX
Tony Nicholson played receiver at Baylor (2015–18) and New Mexico State (2019).
Career highs
7catches, career highfive times; last at Central Michigan, 201998receiving yards, career highvs. Incarnate Word, 20192receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Incarnate Word, 2019Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Baylor | 41 | 344 | 8.4 | 0 | 41 |
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 60 | 644 | 10.7 | 6 | 44 |
| Career | 101 | 988 | 9.8 | 6 | 44 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Baylor | 18 | 339 | 0 | 19 | 194 | 0 |
| 2017 | Baylor | – | – | – | 6 | 70 | 0 |
| 2018 | Baylor | – | – | – | 3 | 34 | 0 |
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 7 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| Career | 25 | 388 | 0 | 32 | 311 | 0 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Baylor | 13 | WR | RS | ||
| 2016 | Baylor | 13 | WR | Fr. | ||
| 2017 | Baylor | 13 | WR | So. | ||
| 2018 | Baylor | 13 | WR | Jr. | ||
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 13 | WR | Sr. | 5′10″ | 189 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Baylor | 2 | -0.26 | – | – | -0.5 | – |
| 2017 | Baylor | 66 | 0.39 | 28th (n=507) | 0.52 | 26.0 | 8% |
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 91 | 0.51 | 44th (n=499) | 0.54 | 46.6 | 11% |
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
2019 New Mexico State 12 games, 60 catches, 644 yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at | L 7–58 | 7 | 40 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 7 | at | L 10–62 | 2 | 44 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 14 | vs. | L 10–31 | 7 | 78 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 21 | at | L 52–55 | 7 | 61 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Sep 28 | vs. | L 17–30 | 6 | 81 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 5 | vs. | L 13–20 | 6 | 76 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 12 | at | L 28–42 | 7 | 86 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 26 | at | L 7–41 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 9 | at | L 3–41 | 6 | 37 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 16 | vs. | W 41–28 | 5 | 98 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 44–35 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 8 | – |
| Nov 30 | at | L 28–49 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 1 |
2018 Baylor 3 games, 3 returns, 34 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 55–27 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 8 | at | W 37–20 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 15 | vs. | L 27–40 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
2017 Baylor 11 games, 41 catches, 344 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | L 45–48 | 5 | 28 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 9 | vs. | L 10–17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 16 | at | L 20–34 | 3 | 29 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 23 | vs. | L 41–49 | 7 | 74 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 30 | at | L 20–33 | 5 | 24 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 14 | at | L 16–59 | 4 | 57 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 21 | vs. | L 36–38 | 3 | 20 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 28 | vs. | L 7–38 | 3 | 38 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 11 | vs. | L 24–38 | 3 | 17 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 18 | vs. | L 13–23 | 5 | 35 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 24 | at | L 22–45 | 2 | 15 | 0 | – | – | – |
2016 Baylor 11 games, 37 returns, 533 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 55–7 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 40–13 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 16 | at | W 38–10 | – | – | – | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 35–24 | – | – | – | 3 | 36 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | vs. | W 49–7 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 29 | at | L 34–35 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 5 | vs. | L 22–62 | – | – | – | 6 | 102 | 1 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | L 21–42 | – | – | – | 1 | 23 | – |
| Nov 25 | vs. | L 35–54 | – | – | – | 3 | 75 | 2 |
| Dec 3 | at | L 21–24 | – | – | – | 3 | 65 | 3 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. | W 31–12 | – | – | – | 1 | 22 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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