Nick Andersen

Height:
5-11
Weight:
197
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Clifton, VA
High School:
Centreville

Career Accolades

2025 First Team All-ACC
2025 Associated Press First Team All-ACC
2025 Athlon Preseason All-ACC
2024 All-ACC Third Team by the league
2022 Lott Impact Trophy Watch List
2021 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List
2021 Athlon Preseason All-ACC Second Team
2021 Lindy’s Sports Preseason All-ACC Second Team
2020 All-ACC Third Team by the league
2020 All-ACC Third Team by Phil Steele
2020 All-ACC Fourth Team by Coaches
2020 All-ACC Academic Team
Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week by the FWAA (Oct. 27, 2020)
Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25, 2020)
College Sports Madness National Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25, 2020)
ACC Defensive Back and Rookie of the Week (Oct. 26, 2020)

2025 (Senior)
Earned First Team All-ACC honors… Played in all 13 games… Led the team with 106 total tackles, 6.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks, seven pass breakups and a blocked kick… Finished his career with 27 passes defended, the most in Wake Forest history…Finished his career with 194 solo tackles, 13th most in school history… Recorded eight interceptions over his career, good for 11th best in Wake Forest history… Graded by PFF as the second-best safety in the ACC and in the top 15 nationally… Was the only safety in the conference to be graded top three in coverage and against the run… Captained a pass defense that finished top five in the ACC in yards and top three in scoring… Capped a remarkable season with 12 tackles and a sack in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl victory over Mississippi State (1/2)... Played 780 snaps, leading the team.

2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Started in every game during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons... Named to the All-ACC Third Team... Finished seventh in the country with a career-high 122 total tackles... Finished the season with a career-high 56 solo tackles, leading the Demon Deacons... Also added two interceptions, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery... Tallied double-digit tackles in six games, including a career-high 14 against North Carolina A&T... Recorded the game-sealing interception, as well as six tackles and a fumble recovery, in the Demon Deacons win over Stanford... Tallied 12 tackles and a 30-yard interception return in the game against California.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Saw action in every game during the 2023 season for the Demon Deacons… Finished the season with 33 total tackles including 19 solo tackles, 0.5 tackle-for–loss, 0.5 sack, one quarterback hurry, three pass breakups and one interception… Recorded a season-high five tackles against Virginia Tech, NC State and Notre Dame.

2022 (Sophomore)
Did not see action in a game, earning a redshirt.

2021 (Freshman)
Appeared in 11 games during the historic 2021 season that included ACC Atlantic Division and Gator Bowl titles...Finished the season with 44 total tackles including 31 solo tackles while also having 1.0 tackles for loss, three pass breakups and an interception...Tallied 10 total tackles (eight solo and two assisted) and a pass breakup versus Syracuse...Recorded five solo tackles and one unassisted tackle versus Louisville...Posted a key interception in the victory against No. 20 NC State...Ended the year with 745 plays including a season-high 76 plays at Army

2020 (Freshman)
Finished historic rookie season tied eighth nationally in interceptions with four ... Also finished 30th in nation with 47 solo tackles ... Awarded All-ACC Honors by the ACC (Third Team), Phil Steele (Third Team), and the Coaches Poll (Fourth Team) ... Capped off remarkable season with eight tackles, an interception and a pass breakup vs Wisconsin (12/30) ... Continued his incredible season with seven tackles vs North Carolina (11/14)... Became the first Wake Forest player since 1987 to have three or more interceptions in a single game on Oct. 24 against No. 19 Virginia Tech ... Also became the first ACC player to have three or more interceptions since Louisville's Gerod Holliman in 2014 ... Became the first true freshman and the fourth player in program history to record three or more picks in a game ... Tallied a career-best 11 tackles in win over No. 19 Virginia Tech (10/24) including nine solo tackles ... Recorded nine tackles against Virginia (10/17), including six solo stops in first career start... Made seven tackles vs. Campbell (10/2) ... Made his collegiate debut against No. 1 Clemson (9/12), recording four total tackles (three solo) ... Earned first varsity letter.

High School
Saw action as a defensive back, wide receiver and punter … First team all-region DB and punter … Second team all-state Class 6 defensive back and part of the basketball team’s state title team … Track athlete and regional qualifier in the high jump … Also played soccer and handled placekicks in football … Had six career interceptions ... As a soccer player, he was apart of the DC United Development Academy until 2017-18, advancing to the U-16/17 team as a midfielder

Personal
Son of Andrea and Frank Andersen … Born Jan. 28, 2002...Major is Undeclared.