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Nickles Takes Home CAA Defensive Player of the Week Honors
9/30/2019 9:30:00 AM | Football
RICHMOND, Va. – Playing in the city known for hard-nosed football and the 'Steel Curtain' defense, sophomore Drew Nickles of the University of Delaware did his best to embody the city he was playing in this past Saturday.
Nickles put together his best collegiate performance as the Blue Hens nearly took down ACC foe Pitt in a tough 17-14 loss in front of over 40,000 at Heinz Field.
The Upper Black Eddy, Pa. native finished with a career-high 12 tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery for Delaware.
"Drew's done a good job for us and is one of those guys that continues to get better every week. He's a critical part to us playing in that middle of the defense and I thought had one of his better performances this past week at Pitt. We're excited to watch him improve as the year goes on," head coach Danny Rocco said.
On just the second play of the third quarter, Nickles made a tackle and on the way down stripped the ball from the Pitt player to set the Blue Hens up with prime field position. Delaware would score just three minutes later to take a 14-10 lead, a lead that would hold up until 10 minutes left in the contest.
"I'm proud of the way we fought as a team and we can definitely take some positives from the game. Obviously, it's no fun losing, no matter who you're playing, but I thought we took some steps and did some good things that we'll look to take into the bye week and build upon as we enter conference play," Nickles said.
Nickles put together his best collegiate performance as the Blue Hens nearly took down ACC foe Pitt in a tough 17-14 loss in front of over 40,000 at Heinz Field.
The Upper Black Eddy, Pa. native finished with a career-high 12 tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery for Delaware.
"Drew's done a good job for us and is one of those guys that continues to get better every week. He's a critical part to us playing in that middle of the defense and I thought had one of his better performances this past week at Pitt. We're excited to watch him improve as the year goes on," head coach Danny Rocco said.
On just the second play of the third quarter, Nickles made a tackle and on the way down stripped the ball from the Pitt player to set the Blue Hens up with prime field position. Delaware would score just three minutes later to take a 14-10 lead, a lead that would hold up until 10 minutes left in the contest.
"I'm proud of the way we fought as a team and we can definitely take some positives from the game. Obviously, it's no fun losing, no matter who you're playing, but I thought we took some steps and did some good things that we'll look to take into the bye week and build upon as we enter conference play," Nickles said.
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