2014 Football Roster
Roster
Nick O'Brien
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Exeter, Pa.
- High School:
- Wyoming Area
Career: 31 games played, 27 games started, 142 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 20 pass breakups, 3 fumble recoveries, 4 interceptions, 1 rush for 6 yards, 32 punt returns for 223 yards, 52 kick returns for 1,169 yards, 1,424 all-purpose yards.
2016 (Senior): Earned team's Special Teams Award at year-end awards banquet ... returned 16 punts for 123 yards to rank among the Patriot League leaders ... returned 18 kicks for a 22.6 yard average ... totaled 35 tackles, two tackles for loss and a career-high seven pass breakups ... appeared in and started nine games at cornerback ... season-high eight tackles came against Cornell.
2015 (Junior): Made first appearance in a game Oct. 10 vs. Lehigh ... started all five games he played in ... posted 11 tackles, one tackle for loss, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup in win vs. Mountain Hawks ... had another strong game at Fordham, equaling season high with 11 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and one interception ... finished campaign with 32 tackles, three tackles for loss, one fumbe recovery, one interception and three pass breakups at cornerback position ... returned four kicks for 76 yards and six punts for 20 yards ... third on team in both kick and punt return yardage ... missed season finale at Colgate due to injury.
2014 (Sophomore): Regular starter at cornerback ... started seven straight games from Sept. 20 to Nov. 7 ... missed four contests ... ranked sixth on team with 42 tackles ... posted 2.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions and tied for the team lead with four pass breakups ... season-high 11 tackles came in final outing of season vs. Fordham ... also had a tackle for loss and two pass breakups in that contest ... named Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week Oct. 27 after returning two punts for 41 yards and four kickoffs for 86 yards in a win at Georgetown ... had a career-best 23-yard punt return vs. the Hoyas ... led team with 16 kick returns for 355 yards on the season ... 22.2 yards per return also paced the squad ... tied for team lead with 10 punt returns ... averaged 8.0 yards per punt return.
2013 (Freshman): Earned additional playing time in second half of season ... appeared in 10 games at cornerback, starting final six ... totaled 33 tackles, including 22 solo stops ... tied for third on team with six pass breakups ... also had 1.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery ... season-high nine tackles in win at Dartmouth ... had season-high two passes defended the next week in win vs. Lehigh ... team’s top kick returner ... retured 14 kicks for 23.7 average ... ranked third in Patriot League and 46th nationally in kick reutrn average ... three kick returns of at least 30 yards.
Wyoming Area High School: Member of football, track & field, wrestling and baseball teams ... named Class AA First Team All-State QB by PA Sportswriters’ Association ... Pennsylvania Football News First Team Class AA All-State Offensive Athlete in 2012 ... Honorable Mention selection in 2011 ... two-time All-Eastern PA football.com first-team honoree ... 2012 NPF District 2 Offensive Player of the Year as quarterback ... also NPF All-Star and MVP as quarterback and defensive back ... 2011 NPF District 2 All-Star as defensive back ... 2012 WNEP Super 16 Dream Team ... two-time Times Leader WVC All-Star ... Times Leader Player of the Year as a senior ... two-time WVC Coaches’ Association Division 2 All-Star and MVP ... Pittston Dispatch Athlete of the Fall as a junior ... 2012 Citizens’ Voice WVC All-Star and Player of the Year ... selected to UNICO All-Star team ... two-year team captain ... rushed for school-record 5,175 yards and 82 touchdowns.
Personal: Nicholas Shawn O’Brien ... born Sept. 21, 1994 in Kingston, Pennsylvania ... son of Bernard O’Brien and Constance Kozo-O’Brien ... has one brother, Zack ... majoring in history.
