Arkansas Transfer Isaiah Nichols Announces Commitment to Purdue Football

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Isaiah Nichols, a switch defensive sort out from Arkansas, introduced Tuesday his dedication to Purdue soccer forward of the 2023 season. Nichols will come to campus with one 12 months of eligibility remaining. 

Nichols was a former three-star prospect out of Springdale, Ark., who spent the final 5 seasons with the Razorbacks. He is appeared in 37 video games throughout his school profession, recording 78 complete tackles, six tackles for loss and a pair of.5 sacks. 

As a freshman in 2018, Nichols appeared in simply three video games and recorded one solo sort out within the season opener for Arkansas. The next season, he performed in all 12 video games and registered 17 complete tackles with one sort out for loss, together with half a sack on the 12 months. 

Nichols made his first profession begin as a redshirt sophomore throughout the 2020 season. By the top of the 12 months, he began seven video games of the 9 video games he appeared in and made 24 tackles.

In 2021, Nichols was as soon as once more a key a part of the Arkansas line of defense rotation,m making simply three begins however enjoying in all 13 video games. He tallied 21 complete tackles, together with a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss which included 1.5 sacks. 

In his last 12 months with this system, Nichols notched 16 complete tackles and one sort out for loss. 

Nichols will bolster a Purdue line of defense that misplaced three starters from the 2022 season by way of the switch portal, together with defensive tackles Branson Deen and Lawrence Johnson. The Boilermakers will return Damarjhe Lewis, Cole Brevard, Mo Omonode, and Prince James Boyd Jr., amongst others. 

Lewis missed all of final season resulting from a knee damage suffered throughout fall coaching camp. 

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