2005 Football Roster
Roster
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Nick Santiago
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 284
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Utica, NY
- High School:
- Utica Proctor
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU: Four letters … Member of the 2008 Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … Redshirted in 2004.
Senior Year (2008): Led the team in sacks with 4.5 for 25 yards … Started all 12 games … At Northwestern, had three stops … Against Akron, made two tackles, including one for a loss of two yards … Recorded a sack for a loss of seven yards and recovered his second career fumble on the second play of the game … Against Northeastern, registered one solo tackle … Against Pittsburgh, recorded three tackles and a quarterback hurry … At West Virginia, made two tackles, including one for a loss of three yards … At South Florida, posted four tackles … Against Louisville, recorded a career-best 3.5 tackles for loss, including a personal-best two sacks, and had four total tackles … At Rutgers, posted four tackles, including one for a loss of three yards, and forced his second fumble of the season … Against Connecticut, had two tackles … At Notre Dame, had two tackles … At Cincinnati, made three tackles, including one sack for three yards.
Junior Year (2007): One of 34 players to play in every game, making starts against Buffalo and at Pittsburgh … Against Washington, tallied one tackle … At Iowa, had 0.5 sacks for a loss of eight yards … Against Illinois, collected two tackles … At Louisville, matched a career best with four tackles … At Miami (OH), tallied one stop … Against West Virginia, posted three tackles … Against Buffalo, made one tackle in his first career start … At Pittsburgh, made his second straight start and had three tackles … At Connecticut, posted one tackle.
Sophomore Year (2006): Played in 11-of-12 games … At Wake Forest, had one tackle … At Illinois, registered two tackles, including his first career sack … Against Miami (OH), recorded one tackle … Against Pittsburgh, recorded one tackle … At West Virginia, had one tackle … Against Louisville, posted two tackles … At Cincinnati, set a career high with four tackles … At South Florida, had one solo tackle … At Rutgers, made one tackle … Freshman Year (2005): Played in nine games … Versus Buffalo, had two solo tackles … Against Virginia, had one tackle assist.
High School: PrepStar All-East Region selection … 2003 first-team all-state class AA selection … Utica Observer-Dispatch All-Mohawk Valley Player of the Year as a senior … Rated the No. 13 prospect in New York by SuperPrep … Rated the No. 57 prospect among players from the Atlantic seaboard by Insiders.com … Second-team all-state and All-Mohawk Valley as a junior … Recorded 120 tackles, including 25 sacks, in his career … Posted 63 tackles, including 11 sacks, in 2003 … Three-year football letterwinner and team captain as a senior for coach Jerry Fiorini … Also competed in indoor and outdoor track & field in the shot put and discus as a junior … Won a silver medal in the shot put with a throw of 16.68m at the 2003 Empire State Games … Current SU linebacker Vincenzo Giruzzi also attended Proctor … Recruited by former assistant coach David Walker.
Personal: Nicolas A. Santiago … Born in March 1986 in Utica, N.Y. … Son of Hilda and Danny Santiago … Two brothers … Brother, Arnold, was a starting wide receiver at Mansfield University (2001-03) … Dual major in child and family studies, and hospitality and food service management.
