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Jersey Number 53
Nico Schwikal
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 235
- Hometown:
- Schönfeld, Germany
- High School:
- Taft School (Conn.)
- Major:
- Economics
Earl Hamilton Varsity Award (2025, team award)
National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society (2025)
Phil Steele All-Ivy Fourth Team (2025)
SENIOR (2025)
Played in all ten games, ranking second overall on the team with 66 tackles… Opened the season with six tackles vs. New Hampshire… Added seven at Central Connecticut State including a tackle for loss… Posted a season and career high 12 tackles vs. Yale… Recorded one sack, coming for a loss of six yards at Harvard… Had at least one tackle in all ten games… Also added six quarterback hits, including two vs. Princeton, and two pass breakups this season.
JUNIOR (2024)
Played in eight games, recording four tackles (two solo) along with a blocked punt … Began the season with a career-high three tackles in the season opener vs. Fordham … Posted second-career blocked punt at Princeton, which led to Dartmouth possession deep in Tigers’ territory … Had a tackle in the season finale vs. Brown.
SOPHOMORE (2023)
Saw action in six games, making a pair of solo tackles while adding a blocked kick … Had a tackle in the home opener vs. Lehigh … Had a big punt block and recovery at the Penn 1-yard line in the Ivy League opener at Penn … Also posted a 23-yard kickoff return against the Quakers … Had a tackle at Colgate.
FIRST-YEAR (2022)
Provided depth at linebacker.
HIGH SCHOOL
First played in the United States at Weatherford High in Texas … First-team AIl-NEPSAC linebacker at Taft… Of 55 tackles as a senior, 17 went for a loss … Had eight sacks and three forced fumbles … Caught 34 passes for 457 yards with four touchdowns. … Ran 30 times for 208 yards and a 6.9-yard average with one touchdown … Two Taft teammates will play at Yale and another is walking on at Penn State … Won National Football Foundation Northern Connecticut Chapter Scholar-Athlete Award.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nicholas Thomas Schwikal (SHWY-kull) … Born on April 27, 2003 in Berlin, Germany … Son of Thomas and Claudia Schwikal has two sisters … Chose Dartmouth over offers from UConn, UMass, Yale, Princeton, Penn, Columbia, Fordham and Bryant … Had a preferred walk-on opportunity at SMU … Plans on going pre-med … Enjoys camping, fishing, hunting and woodworking.
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