Cameron Nizialek

Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Chantilly, Va.
High School:
Columbia Univ.

2017: Graduate transfer who won starter's job at punter in pre-season camp...averaged 45.0 yards over 61 punts -- UGA's best average since Drew Butler's mark of 48.1 in 2009 -- with a long of 61 yards vs. Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl...ranked 9th nationally in punting average...one of three winners of the Special Teams Newcomer of the Year Award at the team's post-season awards gala...the Bulldogs ranked 8th nationally in net punting (41.65)...twenty-six of his 61 punts were downed inside the opponents' 20-yard line...twenty-seven resulted in fair catches...participated in spring drills and punted for both teams at G-Day spring game, averaging 38.5 yards over four punts.

Columbia: Saw action in 30 career games as Columbia’s punter and kick specialist...Also kicked field goals and kicked off...In three-year career, averaged 41.3 yards per punt (149 punts, 6,510 yards) with a long of 65 yards, while 11 of his punts were touchbacks, 54 were fair caught, 30 were kicked inside the 20 yard line and 25 went 50 or more yards...Converted nine of 16 career field goals with a long of 40, including 1-4 from 40-49 yards and 5-8 from 30-39 yards.

2016: Second-Team All-Ivy League selection...Hampshire Honor Society member...Saw action in all 10 games...Led Ivy League in punting with a 44.8 yards per punt average (34 punts for 1,524 yards)

2015: All-Ivy League Honorable Mention...Played all 10 games...Ranked second in the conference and 15th nationally with a 42.9 yard punting average...Led the Lions in totals points scored with 43...Earned both STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week and Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week after taking a fake field goal into the end zone, and connecting on a season long 40-yard field goal at Yale.

2014: Played in all 10 games as a punter and kicker...Finished the year with an average of 38.4 yards per punt and 19 punts inside the 20...Totaled six kickoffs over 50 yards with a long of 59.

High School: Freedom..coached by Michael Mullins...2011 and 2012 All-District kicker and punter...2012 All-Region Kicker and Punter...2012 Honorable Mention All-MET...Also lettered in soccer and basketball.

Personal: CAMERON JOSEPH NIZIALEK...Earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Columbia...Is pursuing a Master’s degree in Kinesiology from UGA.