Nik Needham

Needham, Nikolas James
Position: CB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 194
Born: November 4, 1996 Long Beach, CA
High School: Buena Park (CA)

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2019 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2019 MIA NFL	40	RCB-LCB-FS	12	11
2020 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2020 MIA NFL	40	LCB-SS	16	5
2021 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2021 MIA NFL	40	RCB-SS-FS	17	5
2022 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2022 MIA NFL	40	RCB	6	5
2023 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2023 MIA NFL	40	CB	10	0
2024 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2024 MIA NFL	40	CB	2	0
2025 New York Jets (NFL)2025 NYJ NFL	40	CB	1	0
7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL			64	26

Team	Date	Transaction
2019 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	5/10/2019	Signed
2019 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	8/31/2019	Released
2019 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	9/1/2019	Practice Squad
2019 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	10/12/2019	Signed
2020 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	3/17/2021	Exclusive Rights Free Agent
2021 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	4/19/2021	Signed
2021 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	3/16/2022	Restricted Free Agent
2022 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	4/4/2002	Signed
2022 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	10/10/2022	Injured Reserve
2022 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	3/15/2023	Unrestricted Free Agent
2023 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	3/17/2023	Signed
2023 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	8/29/2023	Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform
2023 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	10/24/2023	Activated
2024 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	8/27/2024	Released
2024 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	8/28/2024	Practice Squad
2024 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	10/5/2024	Practice Squad Elevation
2024 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	10/19/2024	Practice Squad Elevation
2024 Miami Dolphins (NFL)Miami Dolphins	12/28/2024	Practice Squad Elevation
2025 Cleveland Browns (NFL)Cleveland Browns	4/21/2025	Signed
2025 Cleveland Browns (NFL)Cleveland Browns	8/24/2025	Released
2025 New York Jets (NFL)New York Jets	9/16/2025	Practice Squad
2025 New York Jets (NFL)New York Jets	12/6/2025	Practice Squad Elevation

SNAP COUNTS	TOTAL	OFF%	DEF	DEF%	ST	ST%
2019 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2019 MIA NFL	789	0.0	752	66.6	37	7.9
2020 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2020 MIA NFL	629	0.0	617	59.7	12	2.7
2021 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2021 MIA NFL	754	0.0	607	53.9	147	31.6
2022 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2022 MIA NFL	297	0.0	297	26.0	0	0.0
2023 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2023 MIA NFL	102	0.0	71	6.4	31	6.8
2024 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2024 MIA NFL	22	0.0	1	0.1	21	4.7
2025 New York Jets (NFL)2025 NYJ NFL	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.2
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2594		2345			7.9

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
2021 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2021 MIA NFL	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		-	0	6

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
2019 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2019 MIA NFL	2	23	11.5	23	0
2020 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2020 MIA NFL	2	1	0.5	1	0
2021 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2021 MIA NFL	2	28	14.0	28t	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	52	8.7	28t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
2019 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2019 MIA NFL	1.0	7.0
2020 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2020 MIA NFL	1.0	13.0
2021 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2021 MIA NFL	1.0	10.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3.0	30.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
2021 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2021 MIA NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	QH	TFL	FF	PD
2019 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2019 MIA NFL	54	54	0	3	1	1	11
2020 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2020 MIA NFL	58	58	0	1	1	0	7
2021 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2021 MIA NFL	59	59	0	2	1	0	5
2022 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2022 MIA NFL	21	21	0	0	0	0	2
2023 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2023 MIA NFL	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
2024 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2024 MIA NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	200	199	1	6	3	1	25

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	First Downs
2019 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2019 MIA NFL	10	4	6	44	6
2020 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2020 MIA NFL	7	1	6	35	6
2021 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2021 MIA NFL	3	2	1	8	1
2022 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2022 MIA NFL	2	1	1	5	1
2023 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2023 MIA NFL	1	0	1	5	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	23	8	15	97	15