AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his second season with the Spartans...Signed with the team during the February 2012 signing period...Slated to compete for playing time as a linebacker.
2012: Completed the season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: An all-purpose player at Sahuaro High in Tucson, Ariz. (Coach Scott McKee) who a Division II first-team all-state and an all-city selection in 2011...A second-team all-city and first-team all-region choice as a junior...Also lettered in basketball and baseball.
MORE ON NIKO: Considering business or kinesiology as a major... Enjoys trout fishing and watching the Cartoon Network...Served two years on the Sahuaro High Student Advisory Council as the community service leader...An older sister, Chanice Kittrell, was a member of the 2008 Northern Arizona University women[apos]s soccer team...His uncle, Leon Kittrell, is a well-known drummer and vocalist and is a member of the Tucson Blues Hall of Fame...The native of Tucson, Ariz., was born on February 6, 1994.