Nico Molino

Height:
5-10
Weight:
185
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Granite Bay, CA
High School:
Granite Bay HS

Expected to start at the field cornerback position at Cal Polythis fall.

2011 -- Played in seven games as a junior withone start against North Dakota ... missed first four games ofseason due to injury ... recorded 15 total tackles (eight solo) andalso broke up three passes ... season-high four tackles in EasternWashington game ... pair of pass breakups against Southern Utah ...notched pair of tackles in 2012 Spring Game.

2010 -- Played all 11 games, including sevenstarts, in sophomore season at field cornerback ... recorded 50total tackles (33 solo), including career-high 10 tackles againstSouth Dakota ... also made nine stops against Old Dominion andseven against Humboldt State ... recorded tackles for lost yardagein Humboldt State and South Dakota contests ... intercepted passesagainst Old Dominion and South Dakota ... seven pass breakups infirst season with Mustangs, including three against Saint Francis(Pa.) and two in South Dakota game.

2009 -- Redshirt ... played in 2010 SpringGame.

Northern Arizona -- Recorded eight totaltackles (four solos, four assists) while playing all 11 games as atrue freshman in the Lumberjacks’ defensive secondary ... awalk-on at the cornerback spot ... Northern Arizona was 6-5 in2008.

High School -- Earned first-team All-SierraFoothill League honors as a defensive back under head coach ErnieCooper in his senior season at Granite Bay High School ... recorded52 total tackles (28 solo), including 10 in a game against Del Oro... helped Grizzlies to an 11-2 overall mark, a tie for first placein the Sierra Foothill League with a 4-1 record and theCIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship ... in addition tohis 52 tackles, notched four interceptions, four pass breakups, afumble recovery, one blocked punt and five blocked field goals ...also returned six kickoffs a total of 75 yards.

Personal -- Son of Tad and Gaby Thompson ...one brother, Dominic Molino, and two sisters, Savanna Thompson andOlivia Thompson ... has moved 11 times in his life so far ... bornMarch 23, 1990 ... majors in business administration.