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2022 Football

11 Nicholas D'Ambrose

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 185
  • Year Senior
  • Position RB
  • Hometown Addison, Ill.
  • High School Addison Trail

Biography

School Records:

  • Career: No. 1 in yards per carry (6.7); No. 1 in rushing touchdowns (51); No. 1 in total touchdowns (53); No. 1 in scoring (318); No. 3 in rushing yards (3,766); No. 4 in all-purpose yards (4,286)
  • Season: No. 1 in rushing yards (1,714 in 2021), No. 1 in yards per carry (7.4 in 2021), No. 1 in rushing touchdowns (20 in 2021), No. 1 in total touchdowns (20 in 2021), No. 1 in points (120 in 2021); No. 2 in all-purpose yards (1,849 in 2021)
  • Game: No. 1 in rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns (5 vs. Cornell, 2021); T-No. 1 in points scored (30 vs. Cornell, 2021 / 30 vs. Grinnell, 2022)

2022:

  • William V. Campbell Trophy finalist
  • CSC First Team Academic All-America
  • Third Team All-Region (D3football.com)
  • First Team All-MWC
  • D3football.com Preseason First Team All-American
  • Team co-captain
  • Own 12 school records
  • Played in 8 games
  • Led the team with 165 rushes, 1,095 rushing yards, and 17 rushing touchdowns 
  • Produced the seventh-most rushing yards in school history (single season)
  • Ranked highly in numerous national categories, including second in scoring per game (14.2 PPG), fifth in rushing yards per game (136.9 YPG), seventh in rushing touchdowns (17), 11th in total touchdowns (19), 12th in yards per carry (6.6) and 13th in all-purpose yards per game (155.4 YPG)
  • Scored 5 touchdowns against Grinnell 
  • MWC Performer of the Week (Sept. 5, Oct. 31)
  • 2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society

2021:

  • D3football.com First Team All-American, AFCA First Team All-American, AP First Team All-American
  • CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America
  • Stagg Medal winner
  • D3football.com First Team All-Region
  • MWC Offensive Skill MVP
  • First Team All-MWC
  • Led all of NCAA Division III in rushing yards per game (171.4)
  • In the year-end national rankings, finished 2nd in rushing yards (1,714), 2nd in all-purpose yards per game (184.7), 4th in yards per carry (7.4), 6th in rushing touchdowns (20), 6th in scoring per game (12.0), 10th in total touchdowns (20) and 10th in points scored (120)
  • D3football.com Team of the Week (Oct. 18, Oct. 25)
  • UAA Athlete of the Week (Sept. 7, Oct. 11, Oct. 18, Oct. 25, Nov. 1)
  • MWC Athlete of the Week (Oct. 18, Nov. 8)
  • UAA Fall All-Academic
  • Played in all ten games
  • Registered more than 200 rushing yards in four separate games
  • Tallied season-long 65-yard carry against Grinnell

2020:

  • UAA All-Academic

2019:

  • Played in six games
  • Totaled 80 rushes for 440 yards (5.5 yards per carry) and four touchdowns on the season
  • Caught 11 passes for 92 yards (8.4 yards per catch) on the year
  • Ran for 143 yards and two touchdowns at Simpson
  • Collected a season-high 151 rushing yards with two catches for 22 yards versus Lake Forest
  • MWC Player of the Week (Sept. 16)
  • UAA Athlete of the Week (Sept. 16)
  • MWC Academic All-Conference

2018:

  • Second Team All-MWC
  • Played in eight games
  • Led the team with 84 rushes for 517 yards (6.2 yards per carry) and 10 touchdowns on the season
  • Also caught eight passes for 140 yards (17.5 yards per catch) on the year
  • Rushed 13 times for 180 yards and three touchdowns at Beloit
  • Ran for 107 yards at Macalester
  • Scored three rushing touchdowns in his collegiate debut versus Illinois College

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2018Freshman

    RB
    5'9" 185 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2019Sophomore

    RB
    5'9" 185 lbs
    33
  • 11

    2020Junior

    RB
    5'9" 185 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2021Senior

    RB
    5'9" 185 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2022Senior

    RB
    5'9" 185 lbs
    11