Nick Mangieri

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Nick Mangieri, blocked field goal celebration

Photo by: Ben Mikesell

Photo by: Mike Dickbernd

Weight:
260
Height:
6-5
Position:
DE
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Peoria, Ill.
High School:
Dunlap

Mangieri finished his career with 127 tackles, 76 solo, with 14.5 sacks (65 yards), 21 tackles for loss (79 yards), three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, two interceptions, 13 pass breakups, nine quarterback hurries and one blocked field goal. His 14.5 sacks share 10th on the Hoosiers career list. Mangieri played in 47 games with 35 starts, including 27 straight to end his career, at defensive end and bandit.

2015 Honors: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches and media) … team captain … earned the team’s Howard Brown “Dedication to IU Football” Award … named to the Ted Hendricks Award Watch List.

2015 (Senior): Led the team with 9.5 sacks (38 yards) and 12 tackles for loss (42 yards) … 9.5 sacks rank sixth on the program’s single-season list, shared fourth in the Big Ten (T-23rd nationally) and were the most for a Hoosier since Jammie Kirlew in 2008 … added 52 tackles, 32 solo, two forced fumbles (2nd on the team), one fumble recovery (T-1st), one blocked kick (T-2nd) and six pass breakups (T-2nd) … started all 13 games … moved from bandit to defensive end during spring practice … recorded one sack in seven games, a career-high two sacks in three games and one TFL in eight games … posted career-highs in stops (11, also game-high) and solos (9) with one sack in the season-opening Southern Illinois win … made six tackles, five solo, with two sacks and a career-best three tackles for loss in the Old Oaken Bucket victory at Purdue … netted back-to-back four-stop, two-sack games against No. 1 Ohio State and at Penn State … also forced one fumble and broke up one pass vs. the Buckeyes … forced his first fumble of the season, recovered the first fumble of his career and added one sack and one PBU in the Florida International victory … tallied one sack with five tackles and a career-high-tying two pass breakups in the win at Wake Forest … collected three quarterback hurries and one PBU at No. 7 Michigan State … closed out his career with four stops, a half-sack, one TFL and one pass breakup vs. Duke in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl … blocked the first field goal of his career in the Western Kentucky victory … seven-time game captain … three-time IU defensive player of the week (Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky and Purdue) … Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2014 (Junior): Started all 12 games at the bandit position ... collected 37 tackles with two sacks (13 yards), two tackles for loss, one interception, three quarterback hurries and two pass breakups ... made five stops with one sack, the INT, two QBHs and one PBU at Bowling Green ... posted eight stops with one pass breakup at Iowa ... opened the season with one sack in the Indiana State win ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2013 (Sophomore): Started 10 times and played in all 12 games at defensive end ... collected 26 tackles, 15 solo, three sacks (14 yards), six tackles for loss (22 yards), one interception, one forced fumble and five pass breakups ... finished second on the team in sacks and TFLs (tied) ... opened the season with five stops and 1.5 sacks in the Indiana State win ... made four tackles with one sack, the INT and one PBU in the Bowling Green victory ... added four stops, one tackle for loss, the forced fumble and two pass breakups in the Penn State win ... also carded four tackles and one TFL at Michigan State ... three-time IU defensive player of the week (Indiana State, Bowling Green and Illinois) ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2012 (Freshman): Played in 10 games at defensive end ... finished with 12 tackles and one tackle for loss ... made three stops with one TFL at Northwestern.

Prep/Personal: Defensive end and tight end for head coach Brett Cazalet at Dunlap High School ... made 110 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one interception as a senior ... pulled in 47 receptions for 682 yards (14.5 average) with five touchdowns ... all-state, all-area and all-conference selection ... team captain led the area in both tackles and receiving yards ... rated the No. 11 prospect in Illinois by Rivals ... tallied 118 tackles, five sacks and 11 tackles for loss during his junior campaign ... added 36 catches for 641 yards (17.8) and seven TDs ... three-year football and two-year baseball letterwinner ... National Honor Society member earned academic all-state honors and was a high honor roll student ... parents are Pete and Theresa Mangieri ... brother, P.J., was a long snapper at the University of Nebraska (2009-12) ... uncles, Ed and Dan Sutter, both played linebacker at Northwestern University ... Ed also played five seasons in the NFL (Cleveland, Baltimore and Atlanta) ... born on Dec. 9, 1993, Nicholas Lee Mangieri is a business management major.