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2024 Football Roster

Nick Sutton
Nick Sutton
Nick Sutton

99 Javari Rice-Wilson

  • Position DL
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 255
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Kings Mountain, N.C.
  • Last School Fordham

Biography

2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Played in 10 games, making one start on the defensive line … Totaled eight tackles on the year with two solo stops and one tackle for loss … Logged three tackles in a Homecoming victory over Howard … Recorded a tackle for loss and quarterback hurry against North Carolina Central … Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters.
 
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Played in all 11 games for the Spartans and started in one on the defensive line … Totaled 22 tackles on the year with 3.5 for a loss and one quarterback hurry … Recorded seven tackles in the opening game of the season against Virginia State … Notched three tackles in a pair of games against Hampton and Delaware State.
 
2022 (Sophomore)
Played in six games starting one game on the defensive line … Finished season with nine tackles and one tackle for a loss and 0.5 sacks … Notched three tackles at Sacred Heart … Named to the MEAC All-Academic team.
 
At Fordham (Freshman)
Appeared in four games for the Rams as a true freshman … Finished the season with six tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks …  Recorded five total tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack against Wagner … Notched the second sack of his career at Georgetown.
 
High School
First team all-district and all-state selection … Also received all-conference first team honors twice … Named North Carolina’s top defensive player for the 2020-21 season by USA Today … Also voted Big South 3A Defensive Player of the Year and All-Area Player of the Year … Finished his senior season with 45 tackles, 31 tackles for loss, and a school-record 23 sacks … Finalist for the High School Heisman award … Rated a two-star recruit by 247Sports and No. 104 in North Carolina.
 
Career Highs
Tackles: 7 (vs. Virginia State, 9-2-23)
TFL: 1 (2x, last: vs. North Carolina Central, 9-28-24)
Solo Tackles: 3 (vs. Virginia State, 9-2-23)
Sacks: 0.5 (vs. Saint Francis (PA), 9-24-22)
Quarterback Hurries: 1 (2x, last: vs. North Carolina Central, 9-28-24)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 53

    2022Sophomore

    DL
    5'11" 251 lbs
    53
  • 99

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Lineman
    5'11" 251 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Lineman
    5'11" 255 lbs
    99