2018 NICHOLLS FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION School: Nicholls State University Preferred Reference: Nicholls Abbreviation: NICH Location: Thibodaux, La. Population: 15,000 Founded: September 23, 1948 Joined Southland: 1991 Enrollment: 6,300 Nickname: Colonels Colors: Red and Gray President: Dr. Jay Clune Athletics Director: Matt Roan Faculty Representative: Dr. Kimberly Reynolds Senior Woman Administrator: DoBee Plaisance Ticket Offi ce Phone: 985-448-4790 COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Tim Rebowe (LSU, 1987) Record at School, Year in 2018: 16-18, Fourth Career Record Same Southland Conference Record, Years 15-12, Three Football Offi ce Phone 985-448-4806 Offensive Coordinator/QB: Rob Christophel (Austin Peay, 84) Defensive Coordinator/LB: Tommy Rybacki (Jacksonville State, 08) Tight Ends: Russ Gisclair (Nicholls, 14) Running Backs: Sammy Joseph (LSU, 14) Defensive Line: Marquase Lovings (Howard, 06) Wide Receivers: Sean Murphy (Millsaps College, 12) Offensive Line: Lee Roussel (Southeastern Louisiana, 08) Cornerbacks: Chris Thompson (Nicholls, 04) Safeties: Brian Wallace (Louisiana College, 08) FOOTBALL INFORMATION First Year of Football: 1972 First Year of Southland Football: 1991 All-Time Record, Years: 198-305-4 /46 All-Time Southland Record, Years: 57-126-1/ 26 2017 Overall Record: 8-4 2017 Southland Record, Place: 7-2, Tied for 3rd Southland Conference Championships, Last: 1, 2005 NCAA Division I Playoff Appearances, Last: 4, 2017 FBS Wins, Last: 3, at Western Michigan (9/7/13) Offensive Formation: Multiple Spread Defensive Formation: Multiple Starters Returning/ Lost: 18/7 (o:8/3; d:8/3; st:2/1) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 46/16 Offense: 21/6 Defense: 23/8 Special Teams: 2/2 Stadium: Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium Year Opened: 1972 Record at Stadium, Years: 119-117-3, 46 Capacity: 10,500 Surface: GeoGreen Artifi cial Turf Press Box Phone: 985-448-4845 MEDIA RELATIONS Director of Media Relations/ Football Contact: Jamie Bustos E-Mail: jamie.bustos@nicholls.edu Offi ce Phone/ Cell: 985-448-4281 Cell: 419-786-0415 Assistant AD for Communications: Bryant Johnson Cell: 952-292-6585 Assistant Director of Media Relations: Jordan Bergeron Cell: 985-414-5359 Website: geauxcolonels.com Twitter: @geauxcolonels and @Nicholls_FB Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat: geauxcolonels YouTube: nichollsathletics STARTERS RETURNING: 18 Offense: 8 QB - Chase Fourcade RB - Kyran Irvin WR - Damion Jeanpiere, Jr. WR - Dai Jean Dixon LT - Eddie Houston C - Ryan Hanley RG - P.J. Burkhalter RT - Chandler Arceneaux Special Teams: 2 K - Lorran Fonseca LS - Wesley Barnett RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS Passing Chase Fourcade Rushing Kyran Irvin Dontrell Taylor Tahj Smith 162-298-13/ 54.4 pct/ 2316 yds/14 TD/ 77 Lng/ 193.0 ypg 147-764 /5.2 ypc/8 TD/38 Lng/ 76.4 ypg 114-464 /4.1 ypc/4 TD/49 Lng/ 58.0 ypg 50-332/6.6 ypc/3 TD/36 Lng/66.4 Receiving Damion Jeanpiere 40-770/ 19.2 ypc/ 4 TD/ 77 Lng/ 64.2 ypg Dai Jean Dixon 23-489/ 21.3 ypc/ 5 TD/ 55 Lng/ 40.8 Mason Roberts 15-267/ 17.8 ypc / 2 TD / 68 Lng / 22.2 ypg Defensive Allen Pittman Kenny Dotson Sully Laiche Defense: 8 DE - Kenny Dotson NT - Sully Laiche LB - Allen Pittman LB - Hezekiah White LB - Laryon James CB - Darryl Adams, Jr. DB - Ahmani Martin DB - Corey Abraham 43-37--80 / 6.0 TFL / 1 sack/ 1 INT / 6.7 tpg 19-19--38 / 12.5 TFL / 6.5 sacks / 1 FF / 3.2 tpg 16-10--26 / 9.5 TFL / 7.5 sacks/ 1 FF 2018 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Sept. 1 at Kansas 6 p.m. Sept. 8 at Tulane 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at McNeese* TBA Sept. 22 Sam Houston St.* 3 p.m. Sept. 29 Lamar* 3 p.m. Oct. 6 at Northwestern St.* 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at Abilene Christian* TBA Oct. 27 UIW* 3 p.m. Nov. 3 at HBU* 2 p.m. Nov. 10 Stephen F. Austin* 3 p.m. Nov. 15 Southeastern La.* 6 p.m. Home Games in Bold *Denotes Southland Conference Game WE ARE NICHOLLS OUR ABBREVIATION IS NICH. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING NICHOLLS STATE AND NSU. THANK YOU.
2017 RESULTS/TEAM STATS Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend * Aug 31, 2017 MCNEESE W 37-35 1-0 1-0 3:39 9024 Sep 09, 2017 at Texas A&M L 14-24 1-1 1-0 3:26 100276 Sep 16, 2017 PVAMU W 44-13 2-1 1-0 3:18 8212 * Sep 23, 2017 at #3 Sam Houston St. L 17-66 2-2 1-1 3:30 12863 * Sep 30, 2017 at Lamar University W 41-14 3-2 2-1 3:11 6167 * Oct 07, 2017 NORTHWESTERN ST. W 14-10 4-2 3-1 2:39 5011 * Oct 14, 2017 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W 29-20 5-2 4-1 3:11 7233 * Oct 28, 2017 at UIW W 38-31 6-2 5-1 3:09 4999 * Nov 04, 2017 HBU W 23-17 7-2 6-1 3:25 8203 * Nov 11, 2017 at Stephen F. Austin W 34-13 8-2 7-1 3:10 8348 * Nov 16, 2017 at Southeastern La. L 17-21 8-3 7-2 2:58 6866 Nov 25, 2017 #18 SOUTH DAKOTA L 31-38 8-4 7-2 3:26 9612 Team Statistics NICH OPP SCORING 339 302 Points Per Game 28.2 25.2 Points Off Turnovers 55 64 FIRST DOWNS 249 238 Rushing 126 92 Passing 97 115 Penalty 26 31 RUSHING YARDAGE 2404 1750 Yards gained rushing 2635 2085 Yards lost rushing 231 335 Rushing Attempts 524 446 Average Per Rush 4.6 3.9 Average Per Game 200.3 145.8 TDs Rushing 21 15 PASSING YARDAGE 2427 2476 Comp-Att-Int 170-323-14 227-421-10 Average Per Pass 7.5 5.9 Average Per Catch 14.3 10.9 Average Per Game 202.2 206.3 TDs Passing 14 21 TOTAL OFFENSE 4831 4226 Total Plays 847 867 Average Per Play 5.7 4.9 Average Per Game 402.6 352.2 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 39-688 30-730 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 17-99 17-66 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-278 14-108 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.6 24.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.8 3.9 INT RETURN AVERAGE 27.8 7.7 FUMBLES-LOST 20-13 9-4 PENALTIES-Yards 77-728 80-763 Average Per Game 60.7 63.6 PUNTS-Yards 65-2545 83-3394 Average Per Punt 39.2 40.9 Net punt average 36.9 37.5 KICKOFFS-Yards 69-4398 63-3676 Average Per Kick 63.7 58.3 Net kick average 40.1 40.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 29:58 29:58 3RD-DOWN Conversions 61/171 69/190 3rd-Down Pct 36% 36% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 9/13 9/18 4th-Down Pct 69% 50% SACKS BY-Yards 34-218 21-110 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 40 37 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 20-24 15-19 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (35-42) 83% (32-38) 84% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (22-42) 52% (23-38) 61% PAT-ATTEMPTS (35-36) 97% (35-36) 97% ATTENDANCE 47295 139519 Games/Avg Per Game 6/7882 6/23253 Neutral Site Games 0/0 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Nicholls 82 93 79 85 0 339 Opponents 65 81 85 71 0 302
2017 INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Irvin, Kyran 10-6 147 774 10 764 5.2 8 38 76.4 Taylor, Dontrell 8-6 114 492 28 464 4.1 4 49 58.0 Smith, Tahj 5-0 50 339 7 332 6.6 3 36 66.4 Fourcade, Chase 12-11 83 389 110 279 3.4 1 54 23.2 Figaro, Tuskani 8-1 33 259 17 242 7.3 1 21 30.2 Rounds, Jeremy 4-0 34 175 3 172 5.1 2 20 43.0 Adair, Donnell 8-0 30 104 2 102 3.4 1 12 12.8 Roberts, Mason 12-3 2 29 0 29 14.5 0 22 2.4 St. Germain, Tyler 12-0 1 22 0 22 22.0 0 23 1.8 Jeanpiere, Damion 12-12 2 18 0 18 9.0 1 11 1.5 Guarisco, Stefano 9-0 8 17 0 17 2.1 0 4 1.9 Rogers, Jarrell 12-12 4 14 1 13 3.2 0 11 1.1 Boudreaux, Mason 2-0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 1.5 Conley, Nick 1-0 1 0 3-3 -3.0 0 0-3.0 TEAM 11-0 14 0 50-50 -3.6 0 0-4.5 Total 12 524 2635 231 2404 4.6 21 54 200.3 Opponents 12 446 2085 335 1750 3.9 15 85 145.8 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Fourcade, Chase 12-11 126.42 162-298-13 54.4 2316 14 77 193.0 Figaro, Tuskani 8-1 63.85 8-24-1 33.3 111 0 26 13.9 TEAM 11-0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 12 121.38 170-323-14 52.6 2427 14 77 202.2 Opponents 12 115.03 227-421-10 53.9 2476 21 75 206.3 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Jeanpiere, Damion 12-12 40 770 19.2 4 77 64.2 Rogers, Jarrell 12-12 33 369 11.2 0 24 30.8 Dixon, Dai'Jean 12-7 23 489 21.3 5 55 40.8 Roberts, Mason 12-3 15 267 17.8 2 68 22.2 Booker, Christian 10-3 13 124 9.5 1 28 12.4 Taylor, Dontrell 8-6 11 78 7.1 0 15 9.8 Falkins, Raheem 11-2 8 90 11.2 1 17 8.2 Guarisco, Stefano 9-0 7 74 10.6 0 19 8.2 LeBouef, Stephen 12-9 7 51 7.3 1 20 4.2 Irvin, Kyran 10-6 6 35 5.8 0 13 3.5 Mosley, David 12-0 5 40 8.0 0 19 3.3 Simmons, Bryson 5-0 1 26 26.0 0 26 5.2 Rounds, Jeremy 4-0 1 14 14.0 0 14 3.5 Total 12 170 2427 14.3 14 77 202.2 Opponents 12 227 2476 10.9 21 75 206.3 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Rogers, Jarrell 8 51 6.4 0 19 Dullary, Joel 5 33 6.6 0 9 Roberts, Mason 2 5 2.5 0 5 Johnson, Kevin 1 10 10.0 0 0 Mims, Khristian 1 0 0.0 0 0 Richardson, Adrian 0 0 0.0 1 0 Total 17 99 5.8 1 19 Opponents 17 66 3.9 0 18 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Dickerson, Austin 2 44 22.0 1 43 James, Laryon 1 57 57.0 1 57 Lewis, Jonavon 1 67 67.0 1 67 Adams, Darryl 1 52 52.0 0 52 White, Hezekiah 1-1 -1.0 0 0 Veron, Evan 1 5 5.0 0 5 Evans, Darren 1 0 0.0 0 0 Boutte, Christian 1 0 0.0 0 0 Pittman, Allen 1 54 54.0 1 54 Total 10 278 27.8 4 67 Opponents 14 108 7.7 0 29 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Smith, Jay Jay 10 203 20.3 0 33 Figaro, Tuskani 10 186 18.6 0 27 Guarisco, Stefano 9 145 16.1 0 25 Roberts, Mason 8 126 15.8 0 24 Dickerson, Austin 1 5 5.0 0 5 Smith, Tahj 1 19 19.0 0 19 Jeanpiere, Damion 0 4 0.0 0 4 Total 39 688 17.6 0 33 Opponents 30 730 24.3 1 100 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0
2017 INDIVIDUAL STATS PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Fonseca, Lorran - 19-23 35-36 - - - - - 92 Irvin, Kyran 8 - - - - - - - 48 Dixon, Dai'Jean 5 - - - - - - - 30 Jeanpiere, Damion 5 - - - - - - - 30 Taylor, Dontrell 4 - - - - - - - 24 Smith, Tahj 3 - - - - - - - 18 Roberts, Mason 2 - - - 1 - - - 14 Rounds, Jeremy 2 - - - - - - - 12 Booker, Christian 1 - - - - - - - 6 Falkins, Raheem 1 - - - - - - - 6 Fourcade, Chase 1 - - - - 1-3 - - 6 Pittman, Allen 1 - - - - - - - 6 Dickerson, Austin 1 - - - - - - - 6 Richardson, Adrian 1 - - - - - - - 6 Figaro, Tuskani 1 - - - - - - - 6 Adair, Donnell 1 - - - - - - - 6 Lewis, Jonavon 1 - - - - - - - 6 James, Laryon 1 - - - - - - - 6 LeBouef, Stephen 1 - - - - - - - 6 McKey, David - 1-1 - - - - - - 3 Andry, Marcel - - - - - - - 1 2 Total 40 20-24 35-36 - 1 1-3 - 1 339 Opponents 37 15-19 35-36 - - 0-1 - - 302 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Fourcade, Chase 12 381 279 2316 2595 216.2 Irvin, Kyran 10 147 764 0 764 76.4 Taylor, Dontrell 8 114 464 0 464 58.0 Figaro, Tuskani 8 57 242 111 353 44.1 Smith, Tahj 5 50 332 0 332 66.4 Rounds, Jeremy 4 34 172 0 172 43.0 Adair, Donnell 8 30 102 0 102 12.8 Roberts, Mason 12 2 29 0 29 2.4 St. Germain, Tyler 12 1 22 0 22 1.8 Jeanpiere, Damion 12 2 18 0 18 1.5 Guarisco, Stefano 9 8 17 0 17 1.9 Rogers, Jarrell 12 4 13 0 13 1.1 Boudreaux, Mason 2 1 3 0 3 1.5 Conley, Nick 1 1-3 0-3 -3.0 TEAM 11 15-50 0-50 -4.5 Total 12 847 2404 2427 4831 402.6 Opponents 12 867 1750 2476 4226 352.2 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Fonseca, Lorran 19-23 82.6 1-1 3-4 7-8 7-8 1-2 50 0 McKey, David 1-1 100.0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 21 0 FG Sequence Nicholls Opponents McNeese (32) (29),(21),(25),28 Texas A&M (37),(34) 52,(26) PVAMU (47),(49),(21) (42),(46) Sam Houston St. (37) (25) Lamar University 29 - Northwestern St. 52 (36) Abilene Christian (27),(43),(40),(29),(44) (36),(22) UIW (33),34 42,(45) HBU (50),(40),(35),46 51,(50) Stephen F. Austin (19),(32) (25),(40) Southeastern La. (22) - South Dakota (43) (39) Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk St. Germain, Tyler 62 2510 40.5 73 4 20 22 10 3 TEAM 3 35 11.7 35 0 0 0 0 0 Total 65 2545 39.2 73 4 20 22 10 3 Opponents 83 3394 40.9 73 9 27 16 14 1 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Fonseca, Lorran 69 4398 63.7 36 3 Total 69 4398 63.7 36 3 24.3 40.1 24 Opponents 63 3676 58.3 18 2 17.6 40.3 24
2017 ALL-PURPOSE STATS All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Irvin, Kyran 10 764 35 0 0 0 799 79.9 Jeanpiere, Dami 12 18 770 0 4 0 792 66.0 Taylor, Dontrell 8 464 78 0 0 0 542 67.8 Dixon, Dai'Jean 12 0 489 0 0 0 489 40.8 Rogers, Jarrell 12 13 369 51 0 0 433 36.1 Figaro, Tuskani 8 242 0 0 186 0 428 53.5 Roberts, Mason 12 29 267 5 126 0 427 35.6 Smith, Tahj 5 332 0 0 19 0 351 70.2 Fourcade, Chas 12 279 0 0 0 0 279 23.2 Guarisco, Stefan 9 17 74 0 145 0 236 26.2 Smith, Jay Jay 12 0 0 0 203 0 203 16.9 Rounds, Jeremy 4 172 14 0 0 0 186 46.5 Booker, Christia 10 0 124 0 0 0 124 12.4 Adair, Donnell 8 102 0 0 0 0 102 12.8 Falkins, Raheem 11 0 90 0 0 0 90 8.2 Lewis, Jonavon 12 0 0 0 0 67 67 5.6 James, Laryon 11 0 0 0 0 57 57 5.2 Pittman, Allen 12 0 0 0 0 54 54 4.5 Adams, Darryl 8 0 0 0 0 52 52 6.5 LeBouef, Stephe 12 0 51 0 0 0 51 4.2 Dickerson, Austi 10 0 0 0 5 44 49 4.9 Mosley, David 12 0 40 0 0 0 40 3.3 Dullary, Joel 6 0 0 33 0 0 33 5.5 Simmons, Bryso 5 0 26 0 0 0 26 5.2 St. Germain, Tyl 12 22 0 0 0 0 22 1.8 Johnson, Kevin 12 0 0 10 0 0 10 0.8 Veron, Evan 12 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.4 Boudreaux, Mas 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 White, Hezekiah 11 0 0 0 0-1 -1-0.1 Conley, Nick 1-3 0 0 0 0-3 -3.0 TEAM 11-50 0 0 0 0-50 -4.5 Total 12 2404 2427 99 688 278 5896 491.3 Opponents 12 1750 2476 66 730 108 5130 427.5
2017 DEFENSIVE STATS Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 47 Pittman, Allen 12-12 43 37 80 6.0-18 1.0-8 1-54. 5.... 31 Abraham, Corey 12-12 59 20 79 6.0-14.. 2.. 2.. 44 Martin, Ahmani 12-12 39 22 61 8.0-18.. 2. 1-0... 48 Veron, Evan 12-3 34 20 54 6.5-11 0.5-2 1-5 3 1.... 58 White, Hezekiah 11-10 33 21 54 8.0-24 2.0-11 1--1 1 4.... 97 Dotson, Kenny 12-12 19 19 38 12.5-57 6.5-44.. 3. 1.. 28 Adams, Darryl 8-7 27 9 36 1.0-11 1.0-11 1-52 5..... 87 Encalade, Terrell 12-12 21 11 32 10.0-42 5.5-27. 3 2.... 92 Andry, Marcel 12-1 17 15 32 6.5-37 5.5-36.... 1. 1 23 Brice, Robert 8-4 20 10 30 1.0-1.. 1..... 55 Laiche, Sully 11-11 16 10 26 9.5-70 7.5-61. 1 8. 1.. 99 Lawson, Tevin 12-7 12 13 25 1.5-4.. 1 1 1-0. 1. 90 Johnson, Tyler 12-1 13 12 25 5.0-7 2.5-3.. 2.... 95 Simoneaux, Devin 12-0 11 12 23 3.0-16 2.0-15....... 1 Boutte, Christian 11-11 18 5 23 1.0-1. 1-0 9..... 25 James, Laryon 11-6 8 14 22 2.0-4. 1-57 1..... 24 Evans, Darren 10-5 16 4 20.. 1-0 5. 1-0... 36 Steib, Aquindas 12-0 8 8 16.... 1.... 27 Lewis, Jonavon 12-1 8 8 16 0.5-0. 1-67 2..... 12 Dullary, Joel 6-0 9 6 15... 1..... 39 Richardson, Adrian 12-0 8 5 13 1.0-2........ 21 Smith, Jay Jay 12-1 10 3 13... 2. 1-0. 1. 94 Fontenot, Brandon 11-0 5 6 11......... 62 Ona, Lazarus 12-4 4 5 9 1.0-1... 1.... 38 Johnson, Kevin 12-0 5 3 8....... 1. 45 Dickerson, Austin 10-0 4 4 8.. 2-44 1..... 49 Fonseca, Lorran 12-0 4. 4......... 13 Roberts, Mason 12-3 2 2 4......... 6 Spear, Cole 11-0 3 1 4......... 20 Corcoran, Mikey 10-0 2 1 3......... 81 Richard, Jason 7-0 2 1 3......... 54 Pointer, Moroni 5-0 2 1 3 1.0-11........ 43 Riley, Patrick 3-0 2 1 3......... 26 Smith, Tahj 5-0 2. 2......... 89 Edinburgh, Devin 2-0 1 1 2 1.0-3........ 18 Talley, Jordan 11-0 2. 2......... 59 Barnett, Wesley 12-0 1 1 2...... 1.. 35 Adair, Donnell 8-0. 1 1......... 7 Booker, Christian 10-3 1. 1......... 34 Mims, Khristian 10-0 1. 1... 1..... 3 Jeanpiere, Damion 12-12 1. 1......... 64 Hernandez, Brian 12-12 1. 1......... 11 Rogers, Jarrell 12-12 1. 1......... 9 Fourcade, Chase 12-11 1. 1......... Total 12 496 312 808 92-352 34-218 10-278 41 28 4-0 6 3 1 Opponents 12 455 410 865 57-178 21-110 14-108 34 20 13-0 11 4.