Nicholas Rodriguez holds the MLB · Starter spot in Missouri Tigers’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Nicholas Rodriguez is a junior linebacker for the Missouri Tigers who hails from Miami, Florida, where he attended St. Thomas Aquinas. During the 2025 season, Rodriguez appeared in all 13 games with three starts, recording 61 total tackles (27 solo), 1.5 sacks, 4.0 tackles for loss, and a team-leading seven pass breakups. He registered double-digit tackles in the Virginia contest with 16 stops. Rodriguez redshirted during his 2024 campaign, appearing in 11 games and logging 17 tackles. At St. Thomas Aquinas, he amassed 270 tackles, 25.0 TFL, and 15.0 sacks across his high school career.