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Nick Sciba
Personal information
Born: (1999-10-02) October 2, 1999 (age 24)
Clover, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school:Clover (SC)
College:Wake Forest
Position:Placekicker
Undrafted:2022
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2022
Field goals made:2
Field goals attempted:2
Longest field goal:38
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Nick Sciba (born October 2, 1999) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He played college football at Wake Forest.

Early life

Sciba was born on October 2, 1999, and grew up in

soccer. As a sophomore in football, he went 2-for-4 on field goals and had a long of 25, while earning a spot in the USA Football International Bowl as a U-16 team member. He was successful on 5-of-7 field foals in his junior season and recorded a long kick of 38 yards. He also had 34-of-54 kickoffs being touchbacks and made 21 of his 25 extra point attempts.[1]

As a

punted for the Clover Blue Eagles and averaged 38-yards-per-punt in his final season. A three-star recruit according to 247Sports and Rivals.com, Sciba committed to Wake Forest University after being named the seventh-best kicker nationally by the former.[1]

College career

As a

C'Mon Man!, SportsCenter's Not-Top 10 Plays of the Week, and was widely circulated on Twitter.[2]

Sciba responded to the missed kick by successfully making his next 34 attempts, an all-time college football record.

Athlon Sports.[1] He was also selected a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, given to the best kicker in all of college football.[2]

Sciba began the

Sporting News, Lindy's Sports, Athlon Sports, and Street & Smith. He ended the COVID-19-shortened season having made 14-of-17 field goals, including a streak of 12-consecutive starting with October 2 against Campbell. He was a third-team all-conference pick at the end of the year.[1]

In

NFL Draft.[3] He finished his collegiate career with 80 field goals made on 89 attempts, setting the all-time record for accuracy at 89.9%. He also made all 193 of his extra point attempts, for a total of 433 points, on his way to becoming the all-time leader scoring in Wake Forest history.[1]

Professional career

Pittsburgh Steelers

After going unselected in the

undrafted free agent, following a successful tryout.[4] He was waived during roster cuts, on August 23.[5] After Steelers kicker Chris Boswell was ruled out prior to a Week 8 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sciba was re-signed as an emergency replacement on October 29.[6][7] Sciba made his NFL debut against the Eagles on October 30, 2022, and made all three of his kicks, including field goals of 38 and 28 yards and one extra point in the 13–35 loss.[8] Up until two days prior to making his NFL debut, Sciba had worked for a fish market.[8] He was released on November 8.[9]

New Jersey Generals

On January 31, 2023, Sciba signed with the

United States Football League (USFL).[10] The Generals folded when the XFL and USFL merged to create the United Football League (UFL).[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Nick Sciba". Wake Forest University. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  2. ^
    Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. Pro Football Network
    . Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  4. ^ Ritter, Joe (May 16, 2022). "Steelers sign 4 players from rookie tryout camp, including Wake Forest kicker Nick Sciba". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Nick Sciba: Cut by Pittsburgh". CBS Sports. RotoWire. August 23, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  6. ^ Odjakjian, Christian (October 30, 2022). "Rookie Nick Sciba to kick for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  7. ^ Rutter, Joe (October 29, 2022). "Steelers add emergency kicker for Chris Boswell; T.J. Watt is not activated from IR". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Adamski, Chris (October 30, 2022). "From fish market job to NFL game in 48 hours, Nick Sciba makes all kicks as Steelers fill-in". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  9. ^ Varley, Teresa (November 8, 2022). "Steelers make multiple roster moves". Steelers.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  10. ^ @USFLGenerals (January 31, 2023). "Free Agent Signing" (Tweet). Retrieved January 31, 2023 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Seifert, Kevin (January 1, 2024). "Newly formed United Football League sets 8 markets, tabs coaches". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

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