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Jersey Number 87
Jack Nickel
- Position:
- TE
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 245
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Milton, Ga.
- High School:
- Milton
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in 10 games, primarily on special teams, to earn his first letter . . . Academic All-Big Ten selection . . . made a total of 90 appearances on special teams . . . played 13 snaps on offense at tight end.
2022 SEASON: Redshirted . . . enrolled at Michigan State in January 2022 and participated in spring practice.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Rated a four-star prospect by ESPN.com . . . listed as one of the top-10 y-tight ends in the nation (No. 9) by ESPN.com . . . ranked among the best tight ends in the country by 247Sports (No. 31) and Rivals.com (No. 34) . . . ranked one of the top overall players in the state of Georgia (No. 31 by ESPN.com; No. 63 by both Rivals.com and 247Sports) . . . played four seasons on varsity for Coach Adam Clack at Milton High School . . . helped lead Milton to a 13-2 record and a berth in the Class 7A state title game . . . had 35 receptions for 388 yards and seven touchdowns his senior season . . . hauled in 22 passes for 299 yards and one TD as a junior in 2020 to earn first-team all-state honors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Georgia Public Broadcasting as Milton went 11-1 . . . had 27 catches for 337 yards and three TDs in 2019 as a sophomore . . . started as a freshman on the 2018 state championship team that went 13-2 . . . son of Paul and Lisa Nickel . . . his father, Paul, was a four-year football letterwinner at Stanford (1989-93) . . . majoring in economics.
2022 SEASON: Redshirted . . . enrolled at Michigan State in January 2022 and participated in spring practice.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Rated a four-star prospect by ESPN.com . . . listed as one of the top-10 y-tight ends in the nation (No. 9) by ESPN.com . . . ranked among the best tight ends in the country by 247Sports (No. 31) and Rivals.com (No. 34) . . . ranked one of the top overall players in the state of Georgia (No. 31 by ESPN.com; No. 63 by both Rivals.com and 247Sports) . . . played four seasons on varsity for Coach Adam Clack at Milton High School . . . helped lead Milton to a 13-2 record and a berth in the Class 7A state title game . . . had 35 receptions for 388 yards and seven touchdowns his senior season . . . hauled in 22 passes for 299 yards and one TD as a junior in 2020 to earn first-team all-state honors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Georgia Public Broadcasting as Milton went 11-1 . . . had 27 catches for 337 yards and three TDs in 2019 as a sophomore . . . started as a freshman on the 2018 state championship team that went 13-2 . . . son of Paul and Lisa Nickel . . . his father, Paul, was a four-year football letterwinner at Stanford (1989-93) . . . majoring in economics.
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