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2023 Football Roster
Nicholas, Ozzie
Jersey Number 9
Ozzie Nicholas
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Encinitas, Calif.
- High School:
- La Costa Canyon
Bio
Accolades:
PFF FCS All-American (2023)
Stats Perform FCS All-America Third Team (2023)
First-Team All-Ivy (2023)
Phil Steele First-Team All-Ivy (2023)
BlueBloods First-Team All-Ivy (2023)
Second-Team All-Ivy (2022)
Bluebloods Second-Team All-Ivy (2022)
Phil Steele Third-Team All-Ivy (2022)
Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23, 2023)
2023: Led the conference in tackles with 104, becoming the first Tiger since Zak Keasey in 2004 to reach that benchmark … fourth in the league with 4.5 sacks … Snagged a sack at San Diego (Sept. 16) … Put up 10 solo tackles and 15 overall vs. Bryant (Sept. 23) … Secured 10 tackles vs. Columbia (Sept. 29) … Had a sack and a half, securing 12 stops vs. Lafayette (Oct. 7) … Back-to-back contests with 10 tackles at Brown (Oct. 14) and at Harvard (Oct. 21) … Had a tackle and a half for loss at Dartmouth (Nov. 3) …. Contributed 15 stops vs. Yale with a sack (Nov. 11).
2022: Finished second on the team and sixth in the Ivy League with 75 tackles on the season ... Posted 15 stops vs. Penn … Corralled nine tackles and an interception at Yale ... Contributed eight tackles vs. Brown and at Harvard ... Made six stops at Lafayette ... Registered seven tackles at Columbia.
2021: Appeared in seven games.
Before Princeton:
La Costa Canyon: First-Team All-State and All-League Defensive Player of the Year ... Two-time first-team All-League and captain ... Ranked as a three-star athlete by 247 Sports and ESPN ... Three-time All-County Academic Award.
Personal: Son of L.J. and Blair Nicholas ... Has three sisters, Kendall, Avery and Reese.
PFF FCS All-American (2023)
Stats Perform FCS All-America Third Team (2023)
First-Team All-Ivy (2023)
Phil Steele First-Team All-Ivy (2023)
BlueBloods First-Team All-Ivy (2023)
Second-Team All-Ivy (2022)
Bluebloods Second-Team All-Ivy (2022)
Phil Steele Third-Team All-Ivy (2022)
Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23, 2023)
2023: Led the conference in tackles with 104, becoming the first Tiger since Zak Keasey in 2004 to reach that benchmark … fourth in the league with 4.5 sacks … Snagged a sack at San Diego (Sept. 16) … Put up 10 solo tackles and 15 overall vs. Bryant (Sept. 23) … Secured 10 tackles vs. Columbia (Sept. 29) … Had a sack and a half, securing 12 stops vs. Lafayette (Oct. 7) … Back-to-back contests with 10 tackles at Brown (Oct. 14) and at Harvard (Oct. 21) … Had a tackle and a half for loss at Dartmouth (Nov. 3) …. Contributed 15 stops vs. Yale with a sack (Nov. 11).
2022: Finished second on the team and sixth in the Ivy League with 75 tackles on the season ... Posted 15 stops vs. Penn … Corralled nine tackles and an interception at Yale ... Contributed eight tackles vs. Brown and at Harvard ... Made six stops at Lafayette ... Registered seven tackles at Columbia.
2021: Appeared in seven games.
Before Princeton:
La Costa Canyon: First-Team All-State and All-League Defensive Player of the Year ... Two-time first-team All-League and captain ... Ranked as a three-star athlete by 247 Sports and ESPN ... Three-time All-County Academic Award.
Personal: Son of L.J. and Blair Nicholas ... Has three sisters, Kendall, Avery and Reese.
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