2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 3
Tahveon Nicholson
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
- High School:
- Riverside
2023 Junior
- Played in all 12 games and started 11 games at cornerback
- 36 tackles, 2.0 TFLs, six pass breakups, one fumble recovery, and two forced fumbles on the season
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten fourth team
- PFF Preseason All-Big Ten third team
2022 Sophomore
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Illinois’ Howard Griffith Impact Player Award winner
- Started the first 10 games at cornerback
- Missed the last three games with an injury
- 19 tackles, 1.0 TFL, one interception, six pass breakups, and one force fumble on the season
- Career-high six tackles and first career TFL and interception at Wisconsin 10/1/22
- Forced fumble at Indiana 9/2/22
2021 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- 11 tackles and two pass breakups in eight games played, including two starts
2020 Freshman
- Did not play in a game
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247
- Two-star recruit by Rivals
- National prep school ranks: #7 (247 Composite), #8 (247)
- No. 1 prep school athlete in the nation by 247 Composite
- Four interceptions and one forced fumble at Palmetto Prep Academy
- Also played wide receiver for Palmetto Prep Academy
- Played at Palmetto Prep Academy after high school career at Lee HS
- Played for head coach O.J. Small at Lee
- Five interceptions and one forced fumble during his high school career
- 28 touchdowns during his high school career, including two interception returns and one punt return
- Offers included Florida Atlantic
Personal
- Born Jan. 31, 2000
- Majoring in general studies
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