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2021 Football Roster

Steve Simoneau

97 Nolan DeFranco

  • Position Defensive End
  • Ht./Wt. 6-6 / 255
  • Major MBA
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Winter Garden, FL
  • High School West Orange
  • Prev School University of North Carolina
  • Twitter NolanDeFranco
  • Instagram nolandefranco91

Biography

Fall 2021 Season
  • Started all seven games in which he played at defensive end
  • Recorded a total of 21 tackles, with 2.5 TFL and 1.5 sacks
  • Was credited with one QB hurry and one pass breakup
  • Had a season-high five tackles, including a sack, in the game against St. Thomas on Oct. 16
  • Was given the big hit of the week award for that game
  • Was a second team PFL All-Academic team selection
  • Was selected to the PFL Academic Honor Roll
Spring 2021 Season
  • Was a second team Academic All-PFL selection
  • Was named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll
  • Started all four games at defensive end
  • Was credited with eight total tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks
  • Best performance was at San Diego when he had three tackles, two of which were for losses of seven yards
  • Also had a sack in that game
Prior to Stetson
  • Spent four seasons at the University of North Carolina
  • Redshirted in 2016 and then did not see playing time in the 2017 or 2018 seasons
  • Got onto the field for one game, against Mercer, in 2019
  • Received his degree in Business
High School
  • Was a member of the Orlando Sentinel’s 2016 Central Florida Super60
  • Helped guide West Orange to back-to-back district titles and the program’s first regional championship while playing for coach Bob Head
  • Team steadily improved throughout his career, earning first playoff win since 1999 in 2014 and then finishing 12-2 as a senior
  • PrepStar All-Southeast Region
  • Earned All-District honors as a senior
  • Listed as the No. 44 defensive end prospect in the South by Scout.com and is the No. 18 defensive end in Florida
  • Considered one of the top 150 prospects in Florida by 247sports.com
  • Listed as the No. 73 weak side defensive end in the nation by 247sports.com
  • Earned class 8A second-team All-State honors
  • Was an Honor Roll student and a member of the National Honor Society
Personal Information
  • Full name is Joesph Nolan DeFranco
  • Was born on January 29, 1998, in Orlando
  • Is the son of Terry and Joe DeFranco
  • Has one sister, Kendall (9/8/2000)
  • Is in the MBA program at Stetson

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 92

    2020-21Graduate Student

    Defensive End
    6'6" 263 lbs
    92
  • 97

    2021Graduate Student

    Defensive End
    6'6" 255 lbs
    97