AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his fifth season with the Spartans... Tops the 2017 opening fall depth chart at a defensive end position... Has seen practice time as a defensive lineman, offensive lineman and tight end as a Spartan... Signed a National Letter-of-Intent in February 2013.
2016: Played in five games as a reserve defensive tackle... Credited with three tackles... Was in on an assisted tackle in the Portland State win (9/10) and two stops at Iowa State (9/24)... Also saw action at Tulsa (9/3), at San Diego State (10/21) and in the UNLV win (10/29).
2015: Was an offensive lineman... Did not have any game action during the season.
2014: Did not see any game action due to a preseason injury.
2013: Finished the season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 MaxPreps Division II second-team all-state lineman for Los Gatos (Calif.) High (Coach Butch Cattalico)... Also was a San Francisco Chronicle second-team All-Metro, a first-team All-Central Coast Section (CCS) and first-team all-league choice in 2012... A first-team all-league and honorable mention All-CCS pick as a junior... Concluded his high school football career playing in the 2013 Literacy Classic All-Star Game in San Jose... Two-sport letterwinner competed in the shot put and discus for the track and field team.
MORE ON NICO: A business administration major... A second-generation San Jose State football player... Dad, John Aimonetti, was a 1986 U.P.I. second-team All-West Coast offensive tackle as a senior for the Spartans... Steve Aimonetti, an uncle, was an offensive lineman at Stanford in the early 1980's... He is a native of Los Gatos, Calif.
| SEASON | G | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL/Yds. | SK | INT | DEF |
| 2013...Redshirt | ||||||||
| 2014...FR | 0 | --- | --- | --- | ----- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2015...SO | 0 | --- | --- | --- | ----- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2016...JR | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |