Nick Weiler

Position:
Place-kicker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
190
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Fairfax Station, Va.
High School:
Lake Braddock

• 2016 Honorable Mention All-ACC (ACSMA)
• 2015 Third-Team All-ACC (Coaches)
• 2015 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
• 2015 Academic All-ACC
• 2013, 2014, 2015 ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Finished his career with 273 points, which ranks third all-time at UNC
• Set the UNC single-season scoring mark with 127 points in 2015
• Ranks fifth all-time at UNC with 40 made field goals (52 attempts)
• Ranks second all-time at UNC with 153 extra points made

2016 - Graduate Season
Made 15 of 21 field goals and 51 of 52 extra points for a team-best 96 points • Converted three field goals of 50 yards or more on the season • Had not attempted a 50-yard field goal in his career until week five when he made a 54-yard game-winning kick against Florida State • Made a 37-yard field goal, but misfired on a 51-yarder in the Sun Bowl vs. Stanford • Made two fields goals - 36 and 37 yards - at Duke • Made a 50-yard field goal, a 37-yard field goal and all six extra points in a 48-20 win over Georgia Tech • Made all five extra points in the 35-14 win at Virginia • Was successful on two of three field goal opportunities in the win at No. 16 Miami • Converted a 52-yarder, a 42-yarder and his 39-yarder was blocked • Made a career-long 54-yarder as time expired to beat No. 12 Florida State in Tallahassee • The 54-yard field goal was longest go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter vs. ranked team in last 10 seasons • Converted all eight extra points in the win over JMU • Made a 49-yarder and a 41-yarder in the win at Illinois • Missed a 42-yarder into the wind against the Illini • Made a 22-yard field goal and three extra points in the season opener vs. No. 18 Georgia • Kicked off six times against the Bulldogs and five went for touchbacks.

2015 - Senior Season
Named to the All-ACC third team by the league's coaches • Lou Groza Award semifinalist • Had one of the most prolific seasons for a kicker in school history with 20 made field goals (23 attempts) and 67 successful PATs • Broke Don McCauley's single-season scoring record at UNC with 127 points • His 127 points are 30 more than the previous mark for points by a kicker • The 67 extra point makes and attempts are single-season school records • His 20 made field goals are tied for the third-most in single-season school history, two shy of the record held by Clint Gwaltney and Casey Barth • Converted 12 of his last 13 field goal chances over the last eight games, including a career-high four makes in the win at Pitt and nine straight makes at one point • Kicked one field goal and made five extra points in the Russell Athletic Bowl vs. Baylor • Made a 25-yard field goal and seven extra points in the win over Miami • Made a pair of field goals from 46 yards and 28 yards and five PATs in the win over Delaware • Matched his career-long with a 48-yard field goal against Illinois • Added a 32-yarder and six PATs against the Illini • Made a career-long 48-yard field goal and converted all six PAT chances in the win over NC A&T • Nailed a pair of field goals, including a 47-yarder that was the longest by a Tar Heel kicker since 2012, in the season opener against South Carolina • Won the starting place-kicker job and also handles kickoff duty • Had 55 touchbacks in 103 kickoffs • Also had six tackles on kickoffs.

2014 – Junior Season
Member of the 2014 ACC Academic Honor Roll • Kickoff specialist also split time with Thomas Moore at place-kicker • Converted 35 of 37 PAT opportunities and made 5 of 8 field goal attempts • Finished the season with 50 points, good for second on the team behind Marquise Williams • One of the league's most effective kickoff specialists • Saw 43 of his 74 kickoff attempts go for a touchback (58.1 percent) • Had at least two touchbacks in 11 of 13 games, including a season-high eight against Liberty • Ranked second nationally in average length of kickoff at 64.11 • His touchback percentage was among the top 25 nationally.

Prior
2013: Appeared in 11 games as the kickoff specialist • Also recorded six special teams tackles • Kicked off 67 times for 4,214 yards, an average of 62.9 yards per kick • Had 19 touchbacks, including a season-best four against Middle Tennessee. 2012: Joined the team as a walk-on.

Lake Braddock Secondary School
Played three seasons at Lake Braddock starting at kicker, punter, safety and wide receiver • Leading scorer among kickers at the AAA level in Virginia in 2009 and 2010 • 68 percent of kickoffs in 2010 and 2011 went for touchbacks • 2011 All-Met Honorable Mention • Team played for a state championship in 2009 • Coached by Jim Poythress • Also played soccer and basketball.

Personal
Nickname is “Rocky” • New Year's resolution was to make the Dean's List • Favorite TV show is “Friday Night Lights” • Favorite off-day activity is fishing • Would like to visit Greece in the future • Birthday is Oct. 6 • Son of Christopher and Victoria Weiler • Father played football at the U.S. Naval Academy • Brother and sister were both college soccer players, Matthew at Kentucky and Virginia and Katherine at Pittsburgh • Favorite NFL team is the Washington Redskins • Graduated in May and is enrolled in the Master of Accounting program at UNC.