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2014 Football Roster

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12 Mike Nebrich

  • Position QB
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Burke, Va.
  • Highschool Lake Braddock Secondary (UConn)

Biography

Named First Team Preseason All-America by Beyond Sports Network and Second Team by The Sports Network… 2014 Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year... named to the 2014 CFPA Quarterback Watch List… had one of the most successful seasons ever for a Fordham quarterback in 2013… named All-America and Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year… a finalist for the 2013 Walter Payton Award… led the NCAA FCS total offense and second in pass completion percentage… set school and Patriot League single season marks in passing yards and passing efficiency rating in 2013… tied Patriot League mark with nine 300-yard passing games… set Fordham records for completions and touchdowns in a season and for passing yards in a game in 2013… enters 2014 season fifth on the Fordham career completions and passing yards lists… a transfer from Connecticut who stepped in and shared the quarterback duties for the first three games of 2012 before suffering a season-ending injury… rushed for 162 yards and four touchdowns in the three games… became the second quarterback in school history to rush for more than 100 yards in a game… saw action in eight games as a freshman at UConn in 2011… the 2011 Virginia State Player of the Year.

2013: Started 13 games at quarterback as a junior (missed Lafayette game with injury)… named Second Team Beyond Sports Network All-America and Third Team Sports Network All-America… also named to the College Sporting News 2013 Fabulous Fifty FCS All-America Team… 2013 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year & First Team All-Patriot League… an ECAC All-Star… completed 353 of 480 passes for 4,380 yards and 35 touchdowns, setting school records for completions, passing yards and touchdown passes in a season… led the NCAA FCS and set school mark for completion percentage (73.5%)… rushed for 513 yards on 154 carries (3.3 yards/carry) with nine scores… led NCAA FCS in pass completion percentage (73.5) and total offense (376.4), third in completions/game (27.2), passing yards/game (336.9) and passing touchdowns and fourth in points responsible/game (20.5)… set school records with 524 passing yards and 556 yards of total offense in Holy Cross game, completing 39 of 49 passes, both career-highs… named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week as well as College Sports Madness Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week and College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) honorable mention quarterback performer of the week following Holy Cross game… recorded his second 100-yard rushing game (he is just one of two Fordham quarterbacks to rush for over 100 yards in  game) with a 102-yard game versus Villanova… completed 26 of 35 passes for 190 yards in the Villanova game… made good on 26 of 36 passes for 384 yards and four scores against Lehigh… named National Performer and National Quarterback of the Week by the CFPA, National Co-Offensive Player of the Week by The Sports Network and Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week following the Lehigh game… completed 19 of 26 passes for 421 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score at Yale… completed 35 of 45 passes for 405 yards and rushed for 51 yards at Georgetown… named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week following the Georgetown game… was 32 of 51 for 413 yards and three scores in opening round NCAA FCS Championship game versus Sacred Heart… completed 37 of 50 passes for 394 yards and four touchdowns in NCAA FCS second round championship game at Towson… connected on 32 of 38 passes for 347 yards, all career-highs, with three touchdowns versus Columbia… also rushed for 85 yards on 12 carries against Columbia… completed 23 of 36 passes for a career-high 320 yards and two touchdowns in the Temple win… opened the season completing 17 of 25 passes for 267 yards and four touchdowns against Rhode Island… completed 31 of 41 passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns at Saint Francis.

2012: Appeared in three games in his first year at Rose Hill… rushed 36 times for 162 yards (4.5 yards/rush) and four touchdowns… completed 14 of 23 passes for 105 yards and one score… rushed 22 times for 107 yards and one touchdown (six yards) at Villanova… also completed eight of eleven passes for 45 yards in the Villanova game… opened season with ten carries for 58 yards and three touchdowns (one, four and four yards) in the win over Lock Haven… completed four of eight passes for 36 yards with one score (13 yards) against Lock Haven… suffered a season-ending injury against Cornell.

2011 (at UConn): Appeared in eight games as a freshman at Connecticut... completed five of 14 passes for 69 yards and rushed eight times for ten net yards.

Before Fordham: A graduate of Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, where he played football for head coach Jim Poythress... a First Team All-State player and Player of the Year who enrolled at UConn for the spring 2011 semester after graduating from high school... named Metro Player of the Year by the Washington Post, covering the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia areas... named the Fairfax (Va.) Times Male Athlete of the Year... earned First Team All-Region and Player of the Year honors... an All-District selection and Player of the Year... as a senior, broke the Virginia state record for all-purpose yards with 4,968 and also scored 59 TDs... team won its second consecutive Northern Region and Patriot District titles... passed for a state record 3,831 yards and had a state-record 262 completions along with 38 TDs (tied for seventh in state history)... rushed 235 times for 1,136 yards and 21 TDs as a senior... in his junior season, led team to its first-ever state finals appearance... passed for 3,290 yards and 22 TDs... Had 265 carries for 1,231 yards and 24 TDs... ranks fourth in state history with 10,740 yards of total offense (7,963 yards passing and 2,777 yards rushing) along with 113 TDs... played with current Fordham teammate Khamrone Kolb at Lake Braddock Secondary... also earned three letters in baseball as team won Patriot District title in his junior year.

Personal: Son of Chris and Mark Nebrich... has an older sister (Rachel), and three younger sisters (Loren, Nicole and Erica)... a Communication major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2012Sophomore

    WB
    6'1" 205 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2013Junior

    QB
    6'1" 205 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2014Senior

    QB
    6'1" 205 lbs
    12