Nicholas Alexander Roach (born June 16, 1985) is a former American football linebacker of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Northwestern.
 Roach at the Chicago Bears' 2009 "Football 101" event | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | June 16, 1985 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Milwaukee (WI) Lutheran | ||||||||||||
| College: | Northwestern | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2007 | ||||||||||||
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Roach was also a member of the Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders.
Early life
editRoach attended high school at Milwaukee Lutheran High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he lettered in football, basketball, and track.
College career
editRoach attended Northwestern (2003–06) where he started 32 career games. He finished his career with 241 tackles, 9.0 sacks, 16 TFLs and 2 interceptions. He was named Academic All-Big Ten and team co-MVP as a senior despite having his season cut short due to a broken leg. He led the Wildcats with 62 tackles despite playing in just eight games in 2006. He was Northwestern’s second-leading tackler as a junior with 77 stops, Roach earned NGN Defensive Newcomer of the Year Award as a sophomore after finishing second on the team with 7.5 TFLs. He played in all 13 games as a freshman.
Professional career
editChicago Bears
editRoach went undrafted in 2007 and was signed by the Chicago Bears after being cut from the Chargers. That season, he played in only 3 games, starting none. In 2008, he saw increased playing time, starting nine games and tallying 28 solo tackles in addition to nine assists. 2009 saw Roach make his biggest impact yet on defense, starting 15 games for the Bears. He had 54 solo tackles, 28 assists, two sacks and three fumble recoveries.
On March 6, 2011, Roach was a guest on Chalk Them Up Radio to review the Chicago Bears run to the NFC Championship Game.
In 2012, Roach and Stephen Paea were awarded the Brian Piccolo Award.[1]
Oakland Raiders
editRoach signed with the Oakland Raiders on March 15, 2013.[2] Roach played in all 16 games and lead the team in tackles during the 2013 season.[3]
Due to lingering concussion symptoms that involve issues with his balance and vision, the Raiders released him on March 6, 2015.[4]
NFL career statistics
edit| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
edit| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2007 | CHI | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | CHI | 14 | 9 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | CHI | 16 | 15 | 75 | 54 | 21 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | CHI | 15 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | CHI | 16 | 15 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | CHI | 16 | 14 | 66 | 51 | 15 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | OAK | 16 | 16 | 112 | 83 | 29 | 5.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | 75 | 349 | 263 | 86 | 9.0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Playoffs
edit| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2010 | CHI | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Personal life
editRoach married on February 18, 2012.[5]
References
edit- ^ Biggs, Brad (April 24, 2012). "Bears LB Roach wins Piccolo Award". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^ "Raiders Sign Veteran LB Nick Roach". Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ "Home". ESPN.
- ^ Wesselingdate=March 6, 2015, Chris. "Nick Roach released by Raiders; career in jeopardy". NFL.com. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Chicago Bears [@ChicagoBears] (February 18, 2012). "LM: Congrats to #Bears LB Nick Roach, who's getting married today! Guess my invite got lost in mail" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
edit- Nick Roach Website Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Oakland Raiders bio Archived 2013-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Chicago Bears bio Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Northwestern Wildcats bio Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine