Nicolas Clayton holds the ROLB · Backup spot in Wisconsin Badgers’s rolb room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Nicolas Clayton is a 6'5", 245-pound right outside linebacker from Gainesville, Florida, where he attended Bucholz High School. A four-star recruit in the 2025 class, Clayton registered 17 tackles for loss as a senior and earned all-area honors as a junior with 53 tackles, 3.0 sacks, and 8 TFLs. In his 2025 collegiate debut, he appeared in all 12 games primarily on special teams while logging 15 defensive snaps. Clayton made two tackles on the season, including his first career tackle against Ohio State on October 18 and another against Minnesota on November 29. He intends to study Computer Science at Wisconsin.

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