As a senior: Put the finishing touches on one of the best defensive careers in Bryant history ... Teamed with Jeff Covitz to give the Bulldogs one of the best defensive end duos in the country ... Second Team All-NEC selection ... Appeared in and started all 11 games ... Finished with 43 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 15 tackles for a loss ... Leaves Bryant second all-time in tackles for a loss with 46 ... Posted five tackles, 2.5 sacks and four tackles for a loss at home against Merrimack ... Registered a sack and 2.5 tackles for a loss the following week vs. Maine ... Six tackles, two sacks and 2.5 tackles for a loss on the road at Saint Francis U. ... Five tackles and a tackle for a loss in his final game against Wagner ... Named to the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll and the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a junior: Teamed with classmate Jeff Covitz to produce one of the best defensive end tandems in the Northeast Conference in 2013 ... Fully healthy, appeared in and started all 12 games for the Bulldogs ... Finished the season with 51 tackles, 5.5 sacks and 18 tackles for a loss ... Tackle for a loss total is third most in a single-season in program history ... Started the season on a tear, collecting 13.5 tackles for a loss over the first six games of the season ... Had four tackles and a sack in opener vs. Holy Cross (Aug. 31) ... Collected a season-high nine tackles at Maine (Sept. 14) ... Posted seven tackles, 2.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss at Wagner (Sept. 28) on national TV ... Recorded five tackles and two tackles for a loss against Brown (Oct. 12) ... Posted six tackles against Saint Francis (Nov. 9) ... Finished his season with four tackles and a sack against Central Connecticut (Nov. 23).
As a redshirt-sophomore: Returned from injury to put together a solid season in 2012 ... Appeared in seven games, starting two ... Finished the season with eight tackles, two sacks and 4.5 tackles for a loss ... Recorded three tackles in season-opener vs. Marist (Sept. 1) ... Picked up his first sack of the season vs. Sacred Heart (Nov. 3) ... Collected his second sack in season-finale against Bucknell (Nov. 17).
As a sophomore: Missed the 2011 season due to injury.
As a freshman: Appeared in all 11 games in his freshman season ... Finished the season with 28 tackles, 8.5 tackles for a loss and five sacks ... Recorded a sack in three-straight games from Oct. 30-Nov. 13 ... Registered a season-best six tackles vs. Robert Morris on Nov. 13, including 2.5 tackles for a loss ... Collected two sacks against Saint Francis (PA) on Nov. 6 ... Registered nine QB hurries on the season.
High School: Three-year varsity starting defensive end and guard ... Named Bay State All-League and All-Scholastic by the Patriot Ledger as a senior ... Lettered in both football and varsity track ... Was just one of three selected to represent Milton High School at the Neponset Valley Leadership Institute ... Member of Amnesty International and Outdoor Club.
Personal: Son of Ignatius and Chinyere Nwanekezi ... Born December 31, 1991 in Boston ... Has two brothers and one sister.
