Nick Dzubnar

Height:
6-2
Weight:
250
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
High School:
Mission Viejo HS

A starter at Sam linebacker in 2012, moved to Mike (middle)linebacker last fall and will start in the middle again this season... named to 2014 All-Big Sky Conference Preseason Team ... alsonamed to College Football Performance Awards watch list forlinebackers for the second straight year.

2013 -- Cal Poly’s leading tackler forsecond straight year, Dzubnar earned 112 total tackles (No. 8 inBig Sky and No. 8 all-time for a single season at Cal Poly),including 7.0 for lost yardage, one sack, six pass breakups, aninterception, three quarterback hurries and three forced fumbles(No. 4 in Big Sky, No. 29 in FCS) en route to third-team All-BigSky and College Sports Madness All-American honors ... recorded 14tackles against Colorado State, 13 against UC Davis and 12 eachagainst Yale and Montana ... six games with double-digit tackles asa junior and 12 in his Mustang career ... sack was against UC Davis... has played in all 35 games ... enters senior season with 247career tackles, No. 14 all-time at Cal Poly ... two tackles in 2014Spring Game.

2012 -- Cal Poly’s leading tackler as asophomore with 107 total tackles en route to All-Big Sky honorablemention praise ... 61 solo stops and 46 assisted tackles ...career-high 15 tackles in Weber State game ... also produced 12tackles against UC Davis, 11 against Sacramento State and 10against both Eastern Washington and Sam Houston State ... earnedlone sack of season in UC Davis game, part of his 2.5 tackles forlost yardage in that game ... forced a fumble and recovered two inSacramento State game, returning one of them 58 yards to set up atouchdown ... other recovery set up a field goal ... also forced afumble against Northern Arizona ... intercepted a pass and returnedit 40 yards for a touchdown in first quarter against NorthernArizona ... five pass breakups for year, including two in UC Daviscontest ... made two tackles in 2013 Spring Game.

2011 -- Closed out his redshirt freshman campaignwith season-high 10 tackles (six solo) at South Alabama ... alsoforced a fumble in that game ... the week prior, notched ninetackles in triple-overtime loss against Eastern Washington ...recorded 28 total tackles for season, including 14 solo stops ...recorded tackles for lost yardage against South Alabama and UCDavis ... returned three kickoffs a total of 34 yards toward end ofseason, including a 17-yard return against UC Davis ... played inall 11 games, starting the final two of the season ... threetackles in 2012 Spring Game.

2010 -- Redshirt ... recorded four tackles in 2011Spring Game.

High School -- An All-Orange County andAll-CIF-Southern Section Pac-5 Conference linebacker, Dzubnaranchored a Mission Viejo defense under head coach Bob Johnson thatheld opponents to just 10.5 points per game in 2009 ... teamcaptain ... earned first-team All-South Coast League and All-OrangeCounty honors and was named defensive MVP of his team as well asthe South Coast League ... Diablos finished 12-1 overall and 5-0for first place in the South Coast League, losing to Servite insemifinals of CIF-Southern Section Pac-5 Conference playoffs ...also a wrestler at 215 pounds ... led Diablo matmen toschool’s first league title since 1972 and earned numeroustournament MVP titles ... Mission Viejo’s senior classpresident, four-year ASB member and maintained a 3.3 GPA ... playedice hockey outside of high school and claims he “was betterat ice hockey than football in high school.”

Personal -- Son of Michael and Margaret Dzubnar... father is a Cal Poly graduate ... one brother, Colin, and twosisters, Ryan and Jessica ... loves working out, camping, hikingand surfing ... born August 15, 1991, in Yorba Linda, Calif. ...majors in construction management.