AT SAN JOSE STATE: Finished five seasons with the Spartans... Two-year starter at a defensive end position... Played in 25 games and started 23 times... First joined the team for 2012 preseason drills... Originally an offensive line candidate... Moved to the defensive line during 2013 spring practice... Placed on scholarship in August 2015.
2016: Played in 12 games and started 10 times... Had a personal best single-season high 48 tackles and 11.0 tackles for loss... Tied for second on the team and seventh in the Mountain West for tackles for loss per game (0.92)... Had a tackle for loss in eight of the team's 12 games... Single-game career best 2.5 tackles for loss in the UNLV win (10/29)...Single-game career-high nine tackles against Utah (9/17)... Had quarterback sacks during the season against Portland State (9/10) and Utah... Also forced a fumble in the Portland State win.
2015: Started all 13 games... One of 10 Spartans to start in every game... Moved from a defensive tackle spot to a defensive end role two weeks before the start of preseason fall camp and earned a starting position for the season opener... Finished the season with 37 tackles... Was credited with at least one stop in 12 of the 13 contests... Improved with as the season evolved... Had a season-high six tackles in the UNLV triumph (10/10) and AutoNation Cure Bowl victory over Georgia State (12/19)... Had his first career quarterback sack vs. Brigham Young (11/6)... Added an assisted quarterback sack in the bowl game win... Credited with a forced fumble at Auburn (10/3) and in the AutoNation Cure Bowl.
2014: Did not see any game action... Named one of the Spartans two Scout Team Players of the Year at the team's annual post-season awards banquet.
2013: Did not play in any games.
2012: Completed the season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Oscar Caballero) at Willow Glen High in San Jose... Was a second-team Blossom Valley Athletic League lineman during his high school career.
MORE ON NICK: A communication studies major... Interested in becoming a firefighter or working for the Highway Patrol... Enjoys water skiing... Played for the Bellarmine Rugby Club of San Jose... He is a native of San Jose.
CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
| YEAR | G | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL/Yds. | SK | FF | FR | DEF |
| 2012...Redshirt | |||||||||
| 2013... FR | 0 | ||||||||
| 2014... SO | 0 | ||||||||
| 2015... JR | 13 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 2.5/10 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016...SR | 12 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 11.0/30 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| CAREER | 25 | 39 | 46 | 85 | 13.5/40 | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 3 |