Nick Minicucci is a Dual-Threat QB for Delaware. Nick's 2025 season ranks in the 0th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 519 plays — a developing rate for the QB.
2026 Usage Outlook · projected share of team plays
Regressed toward the QB mean. Model correlation r≈0.46 on a 2019-2025 walk-forward — volume only; efficiency not projected.
2025 Production
Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs QB peers
A genuine rushing threat who stresses defenses horizontally. Extends plays with legs and forces extra gap assignments.
- ▸Below-average efficiency vs QB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.
- ▸High-volume role — one of the team's most-used QBs by play share.
- ▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.17 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
- ▸Peak game: 2.21 EPA/play in Wk 9 vs Middle Tennessee (SP+ -16).
NIL Market Tier· 2025
On3 valuation ↗Top-10 nationally. Multiple mid-to-large collective deals expected.
Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.
Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Opp SP+ | C/ATT | Pass Yds | Pass TD | INT | QBR | Rush Yds | Rush TD | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vsDelaware State | W35-17 | — | 28/36 | 251 | 3 | 0 | 73.8 | 44 | 1 | 0.53 |
| 2 | @Colorado | L7-31 | -8.3 | 18/36 | 312 | 1 | 1 | 49.3 | 5 | 0 | 0.21 |
| 3 | vsUConn | W44-41 | 5.1 | 23/34 | 265 | 1 | 0 | 67.7 | 20 | 3 | 0.36 |
| 4 | @Florida International | W38-16 | -10.5 | 23/35 | 218 | 3 | 1 | 64.6 | 4 | 0 | 0.25 |
| 6 | vsWestern Kentucky | L24-27 | 1.6 | 28/47 | 314 | 0 | 1 | 58.3 | 55 | 3 | 0.35 |
| 8 | @Jacksonville State | L25-38 | -6.7 | 32/50 | 422 | 1 | 0 | 50.9 | 13 | 0 | 0.26 |
| 9 | vsMiddle Tennessee | W31-28 | -16.0 | 27/42 | 276 | 4 | 0 | 63.0 | -2 | 0 | 2.21 |
| 10 | @Liberty | L30-59 | -9.0 | 29/49 | 344 | 2 | 1 | 62.8 | 37 | 1 | 0.30 |
| 11 | vsLouisiana Tech | W25-24 | -1.3 | 26/52 | 304 | 2 | 2 | 43.1 | 55 | 0 | 0.15 |
| 12 | vsSam Houston | L23-26 | -27.8 | 24/36 | 338 | 1 | 1 | 21.1 | -34 | 1 | 0.21 |
| 13 | @Wake Forest | L14-52 | 5.7 | 21/30 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 47.3 | -13 | 0 | -0.09 |
| 14 | vsUTEP | W61-31 | -17.5 | 24/37 | 311 | 3 | 0 | 84.7 | 47 | 1 | 0.23 |
| 1 | vsLouisiana | W20-13 | -10.1 | 19/30 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 40.7 | 4 | 0 | 0.14 |
Usage & Situational · Pro
- Standard downs
- 0.28
- Passing downs
- 0.26
- Pass / Rush EPA
- 0.25 / 0.39
Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).