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Nick Whiteside Detroit Lions · #38

Cornerback · 6' 1", 200 lbs · Age 26

Nick Whiteside is a Cornerback for the Detroit Lions, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he recorded 5 tackles.

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Detroit Lions · #38 · Cornerback

Nick Whiteside

Season avg5 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int

Career avg5 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

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Scouting report

Nick Whiteside — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

Cornerback · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Nick Whiteside is a Cornerback for the Detroit Lions, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he recorded 5 tackles.

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Coverage

Ball skills

C-

Run support

B-

Coverage

Strong · defense

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Ball skills

Solid · defense

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Tackling

Average · defense

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Splash plays

Solid · defense

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C+

Blitz

Solid · defense

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Act II

Where Nick Whiteside stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬

29%

Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬

23%

Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬

22%

Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬

11%

Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #1132 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

9Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Nick Whiteside — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Tackling

5 TKL

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C+

Pass rush

0.0 SACK

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Coverage

3 PD

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Splash

0 FF

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The engine

How the model sees Nick Whiteside

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026 modeled

3–3

int

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tackles

5–5

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games

8–10

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.

What moves the pd line vs last season

Last season 3 → projected 3 pd

Baseline (recency-weighted)

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Age curve

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Everything it reads

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1 seasons of real box production

every game line, verified

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Recency × games weight

recent, healthy years anchor the baseline

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Year-over-year trend

his own trajectory, season to season

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Position aging curve

age 26 — applied to the projection

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Role & usage context

target / carry share and snaps fold in

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Availability signal

games last 3: 9

health

The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Nick Whiteside career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	G	Tkl	PD	INT	FF	Sack
2025	9	5	3	0	0	0
Career	9	5	3	0	0	0.0

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Darius Rush 99%Emmanuel Forbes Jr. 99%Kei'Trel Clark 99%Christian Braswell 99%Samuel Womack III 99%Kahlef Hailassie 98%

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Context

Are the Detroit Lions built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record

91off index

99def index

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95%playoff odds

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Roster delta · what changed

Offense grades A (91), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 86, pass rush 99, coverage 99.

How his role moves

Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Nick Whiteside

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2000-05-01

The beginning

Nick Whiteside is a Cornerback for the Detroit Lions, in his 2nd NFL season.

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Nick Whiteside is a Detroit Lions cornerback, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 1 season (2025) he has recorded 5 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

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Most recently he posted 5 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

Where things stand

Where Whiteside goes from here.

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Whiteside's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the field

Measurables

Active

Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 200 lbs
Age: 26
Jersey: #38

Background

Nick Whiteside is 26 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays cornerback at 6' 1", 200 lbs.

Over his 2025 season he has recorded 5 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Whiteside is currently on the Detroit Lions roster.

The person

Nick Whiteside is a depth and special-teams defensive back who has recorded 5 tackles with 0 interceptions and 3 passes defensed across his 2025 rookie season.

Coverage production0 career interceptions and 3 passes defensed.

Tackling5 career tackles from the secondary.

UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Nick Whiteside — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Nick Whiteside, answered.

What position does Nick Whiteside play?

Nick Whiteside is a Cornerback for the Detroit Lions.

When was Nick Whiteside drafted?

Nick Whiteside entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.

How many seasons has Nick Whiteside played?

1 (2025).

What are Nick Whiteside's career stats?

He has recorded 5 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Nick Whiteside career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Nick Whiteside Detroit Lions · #38

Nick Whiteside — the report card

Where Nick Whiteside stands

Nick Whiteside — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Nick Whiteside

Nick Whiteside career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Detroit Lions built to win?

The Ballad of Nick Whiteside

The beginning

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Chapter

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the field

Nick Whiteside — frequently asked

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