2005 General Roster
Roster
Nick Santiago
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 284
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Utica, NY
- High School:
- Utica Proctor
At SU: Three letters … Redshirted in 2004.
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 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.
| Defense | ||||||||
| Tackles | Assists | Tot. | TFL | Sacks | Int. | FF | Fumble Rec. | |
| 2005 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 yds. |
| 2006 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
2-4 |
1-3 |
0 |
1 |
0-0 yds. |
| 2007 |
8 |
9 |
17 |
1-6 |
0.5-4 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 yds. |
| Totals |
19 |
15 |
34 |
3-10 |
1.5-7 |
0 |
1 |
0-0 yds. |
Santiago's Career Bests
| Tackles | Solo | 2 vs. Buffalo, 2005; Illinois, 2006; Louisville, Pittsburgh, 2007 |
| Assists | 3 vs. Cincinnati, 2006 | |
| Total | 4 vs. Cincinnati, 2006; Louisville, 2007 | |
| Forced Fumbles | 1 vs. West Virginia, 2006 | |
| TFL-Yds. | 1-3 vs. Illinois, 2006 | |
| Sacks-Yds. | 1-3 vs. Illinois, 2006 |
