Loic Ngassam Nya

Height:
6-3
Weight:
305
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Silver Spring, MD
High School:
Springbrook

Career Summary

He appeared in 55 career games, making 38 starts at both guard positions.

2022 (Redshirt Senior)

Named a member of the All-ACC Team as an honorable mention for the second consecutive season…Started all 14 games at right guard, helping the Demon Deacons to back-to-back bowl victories with a win in the Gasparilla Bowl over Missouri…Logged 993 snaps during the season, playing the third-most snaps on the team…Recorded a season-high 98 snaps in the Senior Day victory over Syracuse…Totaled 95 snaps in a ranked victory over Florida State...Member of the All-ACC Academic Team.

2021 (Redshirt Junior)
Named a member of the All-ACC Team as an honorable mention…Started all 14 games at both guard positions during the Demon Deacons historic 11-win season en route to the ACC Atlantic Division and Gator Bowl titles…Over the course of the season, played the third-most snaps on the team, totaling 1,162 in the 2021 season…Notched over 100 plays in three games against Florida State, North Carolina and NC State…Season-high 110 snaps came in a victory over No. 20 NC State, clinching the Deacs perfect home season and extending the home winning streak to nine games at Truist Field…Caught a pass off a deflection against Virginia, going for five yards for first career reception.

2020 (Redshirt Junior)
Started seven games at right guard and one game at left guard ... Received third varsity letter.

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Saw action in all 13 games with three starts, two at left guard and one at right guard ... Started at left guard at Clemson (11/16) and Syracuse (11/30) and at right guard in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl vs. Michigan State (12/27) ... On the field for 672 plays with a season-high 97 in a start at Syracuse (11/30) ... Also played 76 snaps vs. Michigan State, 75 vs. Elon (9/21) and 69 vs. Louisville (10/12) and Duke (11/23) ... Earned his second varsity letter.

2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in seven games as a redshirt freshman and earned his first varsity letter ... On the field for 58 offensive plays including a season-high 14 against Towson (9/8) ... ACC Top Six for Service winner in 2019.

2017 (True Freshman)
Redshirted.

High School
Team captain ... A three-star recruit by Scout and was ranked the No. 73 offensive guard in the nation ... Considered the No. 2 guard in Maryland by Scout ... Selected to the Big 33 All-Star game ... A two-way lineman who will focus on offense at Wake Forest ... Member of Team Maryland Elite 100 as a defensive tackle ... Named first team defensive tackle on the All-Sentinel team ... Earned first team all-county and first team all-division on the defensive line ... Selected to the Maryland Crab Bowl All-Star game ... Played for Coach Jason Lomax ... Had 54 tackles, 22 tackles for loss and 10 sacks ... On offense, played every snap for all 10 games ... Native of Cameroon who moved to Maryland in 2012 ... Played just three years of football ... Played lacrosse as a freshman before joining the football team as a sophomore, and continued to play lacrosse ... Four-year member of the honor roll and three-year member of the French Honor Society.

Personal
Son of Dorette and Maurice Nya ... Born Dec. 4, 1999 ... Became a naturalized U.S. citizen on Feb. 26, 2019 ... Born in France, raised in Cameroon ... Came to the U.S. In 2012 ... Started playing football has a HS junior ... Fluent in English and French...Majoring in Economics while double-minoring in Entrepreneurship and Communications.