College career · 2021–2025
Will Nixon
RB · Syracuse → Washington → Nebraska. Not on a current FBS roster; here is every season we have.
Career
5 seasons at 3 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Syracuse#106 · 3-9 | 12 | 41% | 107 | 432 | 4.0 | 3 | 40.0% | 26 | 187 | 0 | 9.9% |
| 2024 | Syracuse#47 · 10-3 | 3 | 7% | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 0 | 38.9% | 4 | 44 | 0 | 2.9% |
| 2023 |  Washington#12 · 14-1 | 14 | 19% | 33 | 201 | 6.1 | 1 | 67.7% | 13 | 84 | 0 | 5.4% |
| 2022 | Washington#23 · 11-2 | 8 | 12% | 21 | 89 | 4.2 | 2 | 53.8% | 7 | 66 | 0 | 5.5% |
| 2021 |  Nebraska#44 · 3-9 | 1 | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Will Nixon's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Will Nixon's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
5.5 avg. game scoreBest: 6.9 vs UConn (Week 2)0 of 12 games at 8.0+
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 | vs Tennessee | L 26–45 | 6.2 | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 |  UConn | W 27–20 | 6.9 | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 |  Colgate | W 66–24 | 5.6 | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | @ Clemson | W 34–21 | 6.9 | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 |  Duke | L 3–38 | 4.8 | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | @ SMU | L 18–31 | 3.3 | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 |  Pittsburgh | L 13–30 | 4.6 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | @ Georgia Tech | L 16–41 | 6.2 | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 |  North Carolina | L 10–27 | 5.4 | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | @ Miami | L 10–38 | 6.6 | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | @ Notre Dame | L 7–70 | 3.6 | 14 | 33 | 2.4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 |  Boston College | L 12–34 | 6.4 | 16 | 73 | 4.6 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 12 |
| 2025 · 12 games | 5.5 | 107 | 432 | 4.0 | 3 | 28 | 26 | 187 | 7.2 | 0 | 21 | ||
2025 charting · Syracuse
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Nixon’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Charted targets
14
8 caught (57%)Avg. depth of target
0.4
air yards per targetYAC per catch
5.9
47 yds after the catchAir yards caught
-6
of 41 yds on charted catchesDeep targets
0%
20+ air yardsWhere he's targeted14 targets charted
67% comp0.4 avg. depth5.9 YAC/catch0% 20+ air yds0–0 TD–INT
fewer more targets
Direction and air yards come from the play-by-play (left / middle / right thirds of the field), so each glow sits in its zone rather than on an exact spot. Hover a zone for detail.
Run direction46 carries
Left
13%
11.5 YPC · 67% succ.Middle
76%
3.3 YPC · 31% succ.Right
11%
6.2 YPC · 60% succ.Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.