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2012 Football

21 Nick Driskill

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wabash, IN
  • Highschool Southwood
  • Position DB

Biography

2012:

  • Capital One Academic All-American of the Year for NCAA DivisionIII Football
  • National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award($18,000 post-graduate scholarship)
  • AP Little All-America First Team, AFCA All-America Team
  • D3Football.com All-America First Team
  • Lee Tressel Award (given to top defensive back in OAC)
  • All-OAC First Team
  • Academic All-OAC
  • Capital One Academic All-American
  • Started all 15 games with team-best 101 tackles (14.5 for loss)with 3.0 sacks, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, twointerceptions, 11 pass breakups and two blocked kicks
  • Career-best 19 tackles vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas)(12/8/12)

2011:

  • AFCA All-America Team, AP Little All-America Team
  • D3Football.com National Defensive Player of the Year
  • D3Football.com All-America First Team
  • Lee Tressel Award (given to top defensive back in OAC)
  • All-OAC First Team
  • Academic All-OAC
  • Capital One Academic All-American
  • Started all 15 games with team-best 113 tackles (17.0 forloss), 6.5 sacks, 4 interceptions, forced fumble, 2 fumblerecoveries and 9 passes defended
  • Season-best 14 tackles against Baldwin-Wallace (11/5/11)

2010:

  • Played in 14 games and had 80 tackles (13.5 for loss), 5interceptions and three fumble recoveries, 3.0 sacks
  • Three defensive touchdowns (two interceptions and fumblerecovery)
  • Season-best 13 tackles, 3.0 for loss, against Bethel (Minn.)(Dec. 11)
  • All-OAC Second Team
  • Academic All-OAC

2009:

  • Played in 13 games and had 43 tackles with a forced fumble andan interception

Personal:

  • Four-year letterwinner and an all-state and an all-conferenceselection for coach Dan Snyder at Southwood High School
  • Born on July 9, 1990 - Son of Jay and Mary Jo Driskill

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2009Freshman

    DB
    5'9" 185 lbs
    4
  • 21

    2010Sophomore

    DB
    5'10" 190 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2011Junior

    DB
    5'10" 190 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2012Senior

    DB
    5'10" 205 lbs
    21