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2018 Football Roster

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54 Nick Surges

  • Position Defensive End
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.
  • Highschool Benet Academy

Biography

2018 (R-Senior)
• Team captain
• Named to preseason All-PFL team
• One of just 1,200 football players (out of approximately 71,000) who played in 2018 after already earning their degree
• Started all 11 games for the Flyers
• Recorded 46 tackles with 9.5 being for a loss on the season
• Had five sacks on the season, costing opposing quarterbacks 24 yards.
• Had one fumble recovery against Valparaiso
• Named First-Team All-PFL after an Honorable Mention last year
• Received the Emil Karis Memorial Award for the second straight year recognizing his leadership on and off the field. This was chosen by his teammates 

2017 (R-Junior) 
• Started all 11 games for the Flyers
• Recorded 49 tackles on the season, 19 solo and 30 assisted
• Had one sack against Southeast Missouri
• Honorable Mention All-PFL
• Received the Emil Karas Memorial Award which goes to the most inspirational leadership as chosen by his teammates
• Voted a team captain
• 2017 spring fitness champion
• Member of the 2017 PFL Academic Honor Roll

2016 (R-Sophomore)
• Student Representative for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
• Studied abroad in Spain during the summer of 2016
• Started all 11 games at defensive end
• Had 46 tackles and 8.5 sacks on the year
• Named to Second Team All-PFL
• Named to Second Team Academic All-PFL
• Named a member of the 2016 PFL Academic Honor Roll

2015 (R-Freshman)
• Appeared in 12 games at defensive end, recording 42 tackles and 4.5 sacks
• Member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
• Member of the 2015 PFL Academic Honor Roll

2014 (Freshman - Redshirted)
• Redshirted 2014 season for the Flyers
• Member of the 2014 PFL Academic Honor Roll

Personal
• Son of Jeff and Terese Surges
• Born December 24, 1995
• Earned his bachelor's in Finance last spring and is pursuing his master's in Finance
• HS team captain and team MVP
• First Team All-Conference (2x) and First Team All-Area, as well as being named the Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year
• Also listed as an Honorable Mention for the Chicago Tribune All-State list

Statistics

Season:
2018

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 72

    2014Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'3" 220 lbs
    72
  • 54

    2015Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'3" 228 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2016Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive End
    6'3" 236 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2017Senior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 237 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2018Redshirt Senior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 237 lbs
    54