2001 Football Roster
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Roster
Nick Romeo
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 297
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Tarpon Springs, FL
- High School:
- East Lake
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU: Four letters ... 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-America National Second Team selection ... 2001, 2002 and 2003 CoSIDA District I Academic All-American ... Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in all nine semesters ... Four-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Started every game (48 total) at the center position during his career ... First player to start every game of his SU career since Donovan McNabb started all 49 games at quarterback (1995-98) ... Blocked for a 1,000-yard rusher every year (Reyes, 1,347 yards in 2003; Reyes, 1,135 yards in 2002; James Mungro, 1,170 yards in 2001; Dee Brown, 1,031 yards in 2000) ... Redshirted in 1999.
Senior Year (2003): One of 13 players to start all 12 games ... A second-team All-BIG EAST selection ... Named to the 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team ... Played in the Blue-Gray All-Star Classic and Gridiron Classic ... Received SU’s Joe Alexander Award for excellence in football, scholarship and citizenship ... Blocked for 1,000-yard rusher Walter Reyes, who scored a school-record 20 rushing touchdowns in 2003.
Junior Year (2002): One of eight players to start all 12 games and one of 23 players to participate in all 12 games ... Center for offensive line that blocked for Walter Reyes, who gained 1,135 yards and scored a school-record 17 rushing touchdowns ... Missed the second half of the West Virginia game due to injury.
Sophomore Year (2001): Started all 13 games ... One of 17 players to start every game and one of 35 to participate in every game ... Part of offensive line that blocked for 1,000-yard rusher James Mungro.
Freshman Year (2000): Played and started in 11 games ... One of 26 players to participate in every game ... Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
High School: Super Prep, Prep Star and Tom Lemming All-Regional selection ... Super Prep Florida 85 ... Two-time first-team all-county, All-Sun Coast and all-conference ... Third-team all-state ... 1998 Palms-Pinellas All-Star ... Four-year football letterwinner and three-year starter ... Team captain as a senior ... Career statistics: 185 tackles and seven sacks ... Florida State Weightlifting Champion Division 6A in May 1998 and holds state bench press record of 445 pounds ... Three-time Football Academic Excellence award winner ... Member of National Honor Society, Math Club, Robotics Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... Recruited by retired SU assistant coach Deek Pollard.
Personal: Nicholas Alfonso Romeo ... Born November 15, 1980, in Northridge, Calif. ... Son of Joseph and Linda Romeo ... One sister ... Earned undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering ... Currently pursuing graduate degree in engineering management.
