2014 Football Roster
Nick Cuthbert
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Chesterland, Ohio
- High School:
- West Geauga
2016
• Named to CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
• Made 56 tackles in final three games (19, 18, 19)
• Became first Kent State player since 2007 to make 19 tackles in a game against No. 14 Western Michigan
• Named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete
• Named to Academic All-MAC Team
• Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 honors
• Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week
• Named semifinalist for Campbell Trophy
• One of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award
• Burlsworth Trophy nominee, honoring nation's best player that started career as a walk-on
• Finished second on the team in tackles (98) and tackles for loss (8.5)
• Earned 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives Academic Excellence Award
• Recovered a fumble and made seven tackles against Akron
• Wuerffel Trophy nominee
• Earned Leo Strang Award for highest GPA among upperclassmen
• Nominee for All-State AFCA Good Works Team
• Earned Kent State's Merle Wagoner Award
• Given postgraduate scholarship by Northeast Ohio Chapter of National Football Foundation
• Made six tackles in first game as a linebacker at Penn State
• Made offseason adjustment from safety to linebacker
2015 Junior Season
• Named to CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
• Named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete
• Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors
• Named to Academic All-MAC Team for the second time in his career
• Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week following win at UMass
• Played in all 12 games, making four starts
• Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week following a 10-tackle day at Minnesota
• Burlsworth Trophy nominee, honoring nation's best player that started career as a walk-on
• Earned a second MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week following a seven-tackle performance against Miami
• Recipient of the Read Athletic Endowed Scholarship
2014 Sophomore Season
• Earned MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete award
• Named to Academic All-MAC Team
• Named to CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District 5
• Earned MAC East Defensive Player of the Week for his 16 tackle performance against Army
• Made 36 tackles, including 23 solo stops
• Had 1.0 tackle for loss and one fumble recovery
• Made first career start versus Army
• Made first career appearance against Ohio
• Earned Leo Strang Award given in spring to upperclassman with highest cumulative grade point average
• Played in all 11 games, started one
2013
• Sat out season due to NCAA transfer rules
Prior To Kent State
• Transferred from Georgia Tech and attended West Geauga High School
• Coached by Lou Cirino
• Unanimous All-Conference, All-County, and All-Ohio selection in 2011 as well as All-Conference and All-District Honors in 2010
• Named Academic All-Ohio in 2011-12
• Finished his high school career with the school record for tackles by a defensive back
Personal
• Born September 27, 1994
• Son of Dennis and Rosemarie Cuthbert
• Has two sisters; Megan and Katie
• Earned the George Eastman Outstanding Criminology and Justice Studies Undergraduate Student Award in December of 2015
