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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2017 MIT Football Roster

43 Matt Nicolai

  • Position LB
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Northport, N.Y.
  • High School Northport
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2017: NEWMAC First Team All-Conference... CoSIDA Academic All-District... NEWMAC Football Defensive Athlete of the Week on 10/2... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... Team captain... Led the team with 81 total tackles that included 45 solo stops and 36 assisted tackles... Had five tackles for loss of 11 yards and a half sack... Posted three interceptions, including two interceptions at Merchant Marine where he also had one of two pass breakups on the season... Finished with five games with double-digit tackles, including a season-best 12 tackles vs. Endicott on 9/16 as he had seven assisted stops... Posted a season-high nine solo tackles at Coast Guard on 10/21.

2016: NEFC All-Academic Team... Ranked fifth on the team in total tackles with 39... Appeared in all 10 games... Had two sacks for a loss of six yards and six tackles for loss for 21 yards... Posted two interceptions for 87 yards to go along with two quarterback hurries and three pass breakups... Added one blocked kick... Had a season-high eight tackles vs. Curry on 11/5.

2015: Played in all 10 games for the Engineers … Academic All-NEFC … finished with a career-best 24 tackles.

2014: Saw the field in all 11 games as a freshman … totaled six tackles for the season as a back-up linebacker … first collegiate tackle came against Salve Regina (9/27) … three solo tackles at Husson (11/22) in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs.

Off the Field at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering … Undergraduate Research at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies … Undergraduate Research at Hatsopoulos Microfluids Lab to investigate layer assembly as a means for drag reduction... President of intramural sports... Intern at Anheuser-Busch.

High School: A 2014 graduate of Northport High School … three-year letterwinner in football … Suffolk County Golden 11 team … twice named to the all-division team … three-year starter … academic all-division … Pop Campbell (MVP) Award … Northport High School Top Scholar-Athlete Award … team captain … also lettered in lacrosse … Foreign language honor society … president of National Honor Society … Our Town 2000 … Mathletes … Peer Tutoring … Relay for Life … DECA … Honor Roll … Gold and Silver Medals in Long Island Math Fair.

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Historical Player Information

  • 43

    2016Junior

    LB
    6'3" 210 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2017Senior

    LB
    6'3" 200 lbs
    43