Nick Sciba

Height:
5-9
Weight:
191
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Clover, SC
High School:
Clover

Career Accolades

NCAA, ACC and Wake Forest record holder with 34 consecutive made field goals
Most accurate kicker in NCAA, ACC and Wake Forest history at 89.9 percent
Ended his career with 433 points, a school record and ranks third all-time in ACC history
Fastest player in NCAA history to reach top-10 in field goals made with just 89 attempts
2021 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
2021 All-ACC First Team selection by the league, coaches and press
2021 Lou Groza Star of the Week (Sept. 27)
2021 ACC Specialist of the Week (Sept. 27, Oct. 11)
2021 Preseason All-ACC Team (Coaches & Media)
2021 Athlon Preseason First Team All-ACC
2021 Lindy’s Preseason First Team All-ACC
2021 PFF Preseason First Team All-ACC
2020 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
2020 All-ACC Third Team selection by the league and coaches
2020 All-ACC Academic Team
2020 ESPN Preseason All-American
2020 Preseason First Team All-American by Lindy's Sports
2020 Preseason Second Team All-American by Athlon Sports, Street & Smith, Sporting News and Phil Steele
2019 First Team All-American by ESPN
2019 Second Team All-American by FWAA, Sports Illustrated and Phil Steele
2019 Third Team All-American by Associated Press and Athlon
2019 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist

Career Summary
NCAA record for career field goal percentage, ending his career with 89.9 percent to break the 11-year old record…Finished his career 80-of-89 on field goal attempts while averaging 1.67 field goals made per game over the course of his Demon Deacon career…Ended his career with 433 points, a school record and ranks third all-time in ACC history… Holds the school record for field goals made with 80 and is tied for 10th in NCAA history…Quickest player in NCAA history to make it to the top 10 in field goal makes with just 89 attempts, which was 10 less than the previous player to rank in the top 10

2021 (Junior)
NCAA record for career field goal percentage, ending his career with 89.9 percent to break the 11-year old record…Finished his career 80-of-89 on field goal attempts while averaging 1.67 field goals made per game over the course of his Demon Deacon career…Ended his career with 433 points, a school record and ranks third all-time in ACC history… Holds the school record for field goals made with 80 and is tied for 10th in NCAA history…Quickest player in NCAA history to make it to the top 10 in field goal makes with just 89 attempts, which was 10 less than the previous player to rank in the top 10…Named a First Team All-ACC member for the second time in his career…Named a unanimous midseason First Team All-American after the Associated Press, CBS Sports, The Athletic, ESPN and 247Sports all named him to their midseason teams…Semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award for the third consecutive season, making him one of just three members on the 2021 list to earn the honor three years in a row…Broke the program record for career points in Week 4 at Virginia…Two-time ACC specialist of the week connected on his first 12 field goals this season and made a then FBS-best 24-consecutive field goals, dating back to the 2020 season…Earned preseason first team All-ACC specialist status from Athlon Sports, Lindy's Sports and Pro Football Focus.

2020 (Junior)
Ended the season making 82 percent of FGs and a perfect 31-31 on PATs ... Named Third Team All-ACC by the ACC ... Connected on 12 consecutive field goals with streak starting on Oct. 2 against Campbell ... Honored with a Lou Groza Star of the Week for his performance vs Virginia (10/17), which included four FGs and four XPs... Named as a Lou Groza Star of the Week after the Virginia Tech game (10/24), going 3-for-3 on field goals in win ... Earned his third varsity letter ... Way-too-early ESPN Preseason All-American... Named a preseason first team All-American by Lindy's Sports ... Rated at the preseason No. 1 kicker in the country according to Lindy's Sports ... Listed as a preseason second team All-American by Athlon Sports ... Earned preseason second team All-America honors from Street & Smith ... Listed as a preseason second team All-American by the Sporting News ... Placed on the preseason second team All-America Team by Phil Steele ... Earned preseason first team All-ACC status from Lindy's Sports, Athlon Sports, Street & Smith and Phil Steele.

2019 (Sophomore)
Enters junior year ranked sixth in school history in career scoring with 226 points and fifth in career PATs with 97 ... Holds school record with 100 percent PAT accuracy on 97 attempts ... Named first team All-American by ESPN, second team All-American by FWAA, Sports Illustrated and Phil Steele, and third team All-American by Associated Press and Athlon ... First team All-ACC ... Lou Groza Award semifinalist ... PFF College ACC Kicker of the Year ... Holds Wake Forest, ACC and NCAA record with 34 consecutive field goals made ... Streak started Oct. 6, 2018 when he made his lone field goal attempt vs. Clemson, finished the 2018 campaign by making 11 straight FG attempts ... Made his first 23 attempts of 2019 before missing from 48 yards at Syracuse (11/30) ... Nation’s most accurate kicker among those with 25 or more attempts ... Set school season record with 119 points scored and is the only player in school history with two 100-point seasons ... His 9.2 PPG in 2019 was second-best season in school history ... Holds the Wake career lead with 8.7 PPG in his career ... Tied his own school record with eight PATs vs. Louisville ... Has eight in each of the last two games vs Louisville ... Only player in school history with two eight-PAT games ... Tied school single-game record with five field goals vs. Florida State (10/19) ... Tied school record and set career-high with 16 points vs. the Seminoles ... Set Wake season field goal accuracy mark at .940 (24-25) ... Owns the second-highest accuracy mark at .864 (19 of 22) set in 2018 ... His 24 field goals made is school season record and his 50 PATs are second-most made in a season ... Career program leader in field goal percentage at .915 (43-47) and ranks second in ACC history ... Ranks fourth in Wake history in career field goals made with 43 ... 97 consecutive PATs streak is second-longest in school history ... 1.65 career field goals per game is fourth-most in ACC history … Led the ACC with 24 field goals made, field goal percentage at 96 percent (24 of 25), 1.85 field goals per game average was the most in the ACC, kick scoring with 119 points and a 9.2 PPG average ... His 16 points scored by kicking against Florida State was an ACC high in 2019 ... Ranked third nationally in field goal percentage ... 16th in the nation in points scored per game ... 18th nationally in total points scored with 119.

2018 (Freshman)
Set the school record for season field goal percentage (min. 15 made) at 86.4 percent ... Broke school mark for field goals by a true freshman (19) ... Converted 19-of-22 field goals including his last 11 attempts ... Did not miss a field goal in the final nine games of the year ... Set the Jared Birmingham Bowl record for most points by kicking with 13 points on three field goals and four PATs ... Tied the Birmingham Bowl record with three field goals ... Became the first freshman to score 100 or more points in a season in school history with 107 ... Only the fourth Deacon with over 100 points in a season ... Was the fourth-most accurate freshman kicker in the nation ... His 19 field goals were the fourth-most in the nation by a freshman ... Was fifth in the ACC in scoring and the second-highest scoring freshman with 8.2 points per game ... His six multi-field goal games were the most-ever by a Deacon freshman ... Earned the starting placekicker role during preseason camp ... Made his college debut in the season-opener at Tulane (8/30) ... Missed his first collegiate field goal attempt vs. Tulane from 23 yards but hit on a 34-yarder later in the game ... Scored career-best 15 points vs. Towson (9/8) by connecting on all three field goal attempts and six PATs ... Career-high eight PATs converted vs. Louisville (10/27) ... Had three-field goal games vs. Towson (9/8) and Memphis (12/22).

High School
Team captain ... Rated a three-star player by 247Sports and Rivals ... Ranked the No. 7 kicker in the nation by 247Sports ... Four-year varsity player for head coach Brian Lane ... Made 8-of 11-field goal attempts with a long of 40 as a senior... Converted 31-of-32 PATs and had touchbacks on 34-of-49 kickoffs ... Averaged 38 yards per punt ... Earned the Tri-County Football Coaches Association special teams award after kicking five PATs and a pair of field goals in a win over Forestview ... Team leader in dedicating Clover’s 2017 season to Kick-it-to Cancer and the fight to help stop pediatric cancer ... During his junior year he converted 5-of-7 field goals with a long of 38 ... Sent 34-of-54 kickoffs for touchbacks ... Converted 21-of-25 PATs ... Also punted for the Blue Eagles ... Two-time Tri-County special teams player of the week ... Successful on 2-of-4 field goal attempts with a long of 25 as a sophomore ... Played in the 2015 USA Football International Bowl on the U-16 team ... Member of the Clover soccer team as well.

Personal
Son of Nikki and Brian Sciba ... Born Oct. 2, 1999 ... Maintained a 3.8 GPA while taking all honors-level courses...Majoring in Health and Exercise Science with a Minor in Communications.