Bilal Nichols is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Nichols in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Nichols's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Bilal Nichols
Combined Season Grid
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | |||||
| 2018 | 21–22 | CHI | 14 | — | 28 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% | 328 | 36.4% | 22 | 6.1% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 79.2 | -2.0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 22–23 | CHI | 13 | — | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 445 | 52.2% | 40 | 11.9% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 79.2 | -3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 23–24 | CHI | 16 | — | 39 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 5.0 | 25.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 618 | 57.6% | 76 | 16.9% | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 16.7 | -3.5 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 24–25 | CHI | 17 | — | 45 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 3.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 678 | 64.0% | 75 | 17.6% | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 141.7 | 2.5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 25–26 | LV | 17 | — | 36 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 804 | 72.1% | 80 | 17.8% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 26–27 | LV | 17 | — | 42 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 615 | 54.3% | 73 | 16.9% | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 99.0 | -3.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 27–28 | ARI | 6 | — | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 174 | 44.3% | 19 | 12.8% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 28–29 | ARI | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 60 | 24.0% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 104 | — | 227 | 100 | 127 | 27 | 45 | 14.0 | 86.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 3,722 | 54.9% | 385 | 14.2% | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | 60 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 11 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
60 career value over replacement — #1861 all-time of 4,695. 8.6/season above a replacement-level DL.
Draft OutcomeSteal ↑
Pick #145 (Rd 5) · CHI · 2018 · +27.5 vs expected KV-H
58actual
30.5 expected · Δ+27.5
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