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, 2019

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2017Baylor413448.4041
2019New Mexico State6064410.7644
Career1019889.8644

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2016Baylor183390191940
2017Baylor–––6700
2018Baylor–––3340
2019New Mexico State74904130
Career253880323110

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2015Baylor13WRRS
2016Baylor13WRFr.
2017Baylor13WRSo.
2018Baylor13WRJr.
2019New Mexico State13WRSr.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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2016Baylor2-0.26––-0.5–
2017Baylor660.3928th (n=507)0.5226.08%
2019New Mexico State910.5144th (n=499)0.5446.611%

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
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31atWashington StateL 7–⁠587400–––
Sep 7atAlabamaL 10–⁠622440–––
Sep 14vs.San Diego StateL 10–⁠317780––1
Sep 21atNew MexicoL 52–⁠557612–––
Sep 28vs.Fresno StateL 17–⁠306811–––
Oct 5vs.LibertyL 13–⁠206760–––
Oct 12atCentral MichiganL 28–⁠427860–––
Oct 26atGeorgia SouthernL 7–⁠41160–––
Nov 9atOle MissL 3–⁠416370–––
Nov 16vs.Incarnate WordW 41–⁠285982––2
Nov 23vs.UTEPW 44–⁠3527058–
Nov 30atLibertyL 28–⁠4943012411
2018 Baylor 3 games, 3 returns, 34 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.Abilene ChristianW 55–⁠27–––––1
Sep 8atUTSAW 37–⁠20–––––1
Sep 15vs.DukeL 27–⁠40–––––1
2017 Baylor 11 games, 41 catches, 344 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2vs.LibertyL 45–⁠485280–––
Sep 9vs.UTSAL 10–⁠17170––1
Sep 16atDukeL 20–⁠343290–––
Sep 23vs.OklahomaL 41–⁠497740––2
Sep 30atKansas StateL 20–⁠335240––1
Oct 14atOklahoma StateL 16–⁠594570–––
Oct 21vs.West VirginiaL 36–⁠383200––1
Oct 28vs.TexasL 7–⁠383380––1
Nov 11vs.Texas TechL 24–⁠383170–––
Nov 18vs.Iowa StateL 13–⁠235350–––
Nov 24atTCUL 22–⁠452150–––
2016 Baylor 11 games, 37 returns, 533 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2vs.Northwestern StateW 55–⁠7–––––4
Sep 10vs.SMUW 40–⁠13–––––2
Sep 16atRiceW 38–⁠10–––1162
Sep 24vs.Oklahoma StateW 35–⁠24–––3361
Oct 15vs.KansasW 49–⁠7–––––2
Oct 29atTexasL 34–⁠35–––––1
Nov 5vs.TCUL 22–⁠62–––61021
Nov 19vs.Kansas StateL 21–⁠42–––123–
Nov 25vs.Texas TechL 35–⁠54–––3752
Dec 3atWest VirginiaL 21–⁠24–––3653
Dec 27 ✦vs.Boise StateW 31–⁠12–––1221

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

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