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Jack Nimesheim #24 LB/DB

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    183
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Northfield, Ill.
  • High School:
    Loyola Academy

Summary

Biography


Awards: 
  • 2024 Denison President's Medalist
  • 2023 Third-Team All-NCAC
  • Named NCAC Defensive Athlete Athlete of the Week (11/7/22)
  • 2021-22 & 2022-23 NCAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023-24 Denison Top-50 Scholar-Athlete (2024 NCAC Scholar-Athlete Award)
  • 2022-23 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee
  • Member of 2022 & 2023 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators

2023 (Senior):
  • Started in all 10 games for the second season in a row, this time at the Sam position (OLB/Nickel), and finished second on the Big Red with 70 tackles
  • Was fifth on the squad with 4.5 tackles for loss and was one of three players with two interceptions
  • Added three pass breakups, one sack and one fumble recovery
  • Set a career-high in tackles, tackles for loss and pass breakups
  • In all of the NCAC, Nimesheim was ranked 13th in total tackles and was tied for 31st in tackles for loss
  • Finishes his career at Denison with 125 total tackles, seven tackles for loss, four interceptions, four pass breakups and one fumble recovery
  • Earned his first-career All-NCAC certificate (third-team)
  • Member of the Academic All-District® Team for the second year in a row

2022 (Junior):
  • Started all 10 games at safety
  • Finished fourth on the team with 51 tackles
  • Added 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack and two interceptions
  • Recorded his first career interception in Denison's 63-0 win at Hilbert (Sept. 10)
  • Recorded a new career-high 12 tackles during a 28-10 win at Wittenberg (Oct. 22)
  • Named NCAC Defensive Athlete of the Week (11/7/22) after leading the Denison defense with seven tackles and an interception as the Big Red won the Battle of the Old Red Lantern, 28-14, at Wooster (Nov. 5)
  • Named to the Academic All-District® Team

2021 (Sophomore):
  • Participated in three games and had four tackles in his first full season
  • Had a career-high three tackles during Denison's 59-12 win at Oberlin (Sept. 18)

2020-21 (First-Year):
  • Fall season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Appeared in win over Ohio Wesleyan on March 19

Personal: 
  • Journalism major
  • Son of Julie and John Nimesheim
  • Cousin, Allie was a 2020 Denison graduate
  • Named Second-Team All-Chicago Catholic League Blue in football and graduated with honors from Loyola Academy
  • President of Microfinance Club in high school
  • Is a five-time member of the Dean’s List at Denison (Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022 Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
  • Is a Co-host for Denison UNCUT’s DIG Deep Podcast and is the Editor of Denison UNCUT’s UNTOLD Blog
  • Is also a freelance journalist with over 50 byline for the Columbus Dispatch and 20 for U.S. News & World Report
  • Has served as a teacher’s assistant for a Denison course called “Literary Nonfiction” in 2022, and he taught a winter accelerator course during the extended Covid Winter Break in 2020-21

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2020-21First-Year

    DB
    5'7" 185 lbs
    24
  • 35

    2021Sophomore

    DB
    5'8" 183 lbs
    35
  • 24

    2022Junior

    DB
    5'8" 183 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2023Senior

    LB/DB
    5'8" 183 lbs
    24
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