Nick Faulkner

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Canton, Ohio
High School:
McKinley

2019 Senior Season
• Named to Phil Steele's preseason All-MAC Second Team
• Recorded 80 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, and 2 passes broken up
• Career-high 10 tackles versus Kennesaw State (9/7) and matched that total against Buffalo (11/14)

•Recorded three tackles including a tackle for loss in bowl game victory over Utah State

2018 Junior Season
• Played in all 12 games and made 11 starts
• Recorded 36 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks, one interception, one pass broken up, and one quarterback hurry
• Had first career sack with 2.0 tackles for loss against Howard (9/8)
• Made first career interception against Ohio (10/6)
• Wrapped up a season-high six tackles at Ball State (9/29)
• Made first career interception against Ohio (10/6)
• Team captain and earned single-digit jersey
• Named to Athlon's Preseason All-MAC Fourth Team
• Made the transition from defensive end to linebacker

2017 Sophomore Season
• Started the first seven games of the year before sidelined for the remainder of the season with an injury
• Totaled 28 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, three passes broken up and one forced fumble
• Led the team with a career-high eight tackles in win over Howard (9/9), including 2.0 tackles for loss and a forced fumble
• Made first career start at Clemson (9/2)
• Recorded six tackles at Marshall (9/16)
• Registered 0.5 sacks with a pass broken up in a win against Miami (10/14)

2016 Redshirt Freshman
• Played in all 12 games
• Made seven tackles with 0.5 sacks
• Recorded 0.5 sacks in a win against Monmouth (9/17)

2015 Freshman Season
• Redshirted

Prior to Kent State
• Earned All-Stark County honors in junior and senior seasons
• Made 98 tackles in only seven games as a senior, including 13 tackles for loss
• Had 15 tackles for loss as junior with six sacks and 82 total tackles
• Two-time selection for Blue-Grey All-American Bowl
• Helped McKinley to back-to-back conference titles
• Was a three-year letterwinner and captain on McKinley’s baseball team
• Also played basketball

Personal
• Born August 25, 1997
• Nephew of Bonnie and Joel Schneiders
• Has six siblings
• Friends of Frank Mancini Football Scholarship for 2018-19
• Majoring in special education