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
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| 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 | 13 | — | 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 | 12 | — | 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 | 15 | — | 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 | 16 | — | 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 | 16 | — | 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 | 5 | — | 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 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 60 | 24.0% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 97 | — | 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
59 career value over replacement — #1844 all-time of 4,649. 8.4/season above a replacement-level DL.
Draft OutcomeSteal ↑
Pick #145 (Rd 5) · CHI · 2018 · +27.4 vs expected KV-H
58actual
30.6 expected · Δ+27.4
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