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