Kansas State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Stiger, Nickendre
Jersey Number 33
Nickendre Stiger
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Wichita, Kan.
- High School:
- Wichita East
- Prev School:
- Butler CC
Bio
CAREER: Played in 18 games over parts of three seasons after transferring in from Butler Community College.
2024: Played in 12 games, coming away with nine tackles and a pass breakup... Saw action on a season-high 18 defensive snaps against Colorado... Had a career-high tying two tackles against Arizona, BYU and Colorado... Broke up a pass against UT Martin.
2023: Saw action in a pair of games, including the TCU contest when he recorded a tackle and a pass breakup... Also saw time as a reserve defensive back against Texas Tech and Houston.
2022: Played in three games as he retained his redshirt... Recorded single tackles against South Dakota, Missouri and West Virginia.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Butler under head coach Tim Schaffner... Posted 84 career tackles to go along with four interceptions, 13 total passes defended, 4.0 tackles for loss and a sack... Earned second team all-conference honors as a sophomore after recording 49 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, a sack, an interception and six passes defended... Had a career-high eight tackles at Dodge City, which included his first-career sack... Tallied an interception and fumble recovery the week prior at Hutchinson... Was an honorable mention all-conference pick as a freshman in the spring of 2021, a year in which he registered 35 tackles, three interceptions, seven passes defended and 1.5 TFLs... Took his first-career interception 34 yards for a touchdown at Coffeyville, a game that also featured a career-high 1.5 TFLs... Had two picks the next week against Highland as he was named the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Defensive Player of the Week... Played at the same community college as current Wildcat defensive tackles Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder and George Traglia, as well as linebacker Zach Wittenberg.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Wichita East under head coach Ene Akpan... Named the team’s MVP and defensive MVP in addition to being named to the all-conference team... Also competed in baseball... Prepped at the same high school as current Wildcat defensive end Tobi Osunsanmi.
PERSONAL: Nickendre Stiger (pronounced nuh-KIN-dre STYE-gur) was born November 14, 2001, in Wichita, Kansas... Son of Nedra Stanford and Kenneth Stiger... Has two siblings, Nikira and Nicholas... Majoring in communication studies.
2024: Played in 12 games, coming away with nine tackles and a pass breakup... Saw action on a season-high 18 defensive snaps against Colorado... Had a career-high tying two tackles against Arizona, BYU and Colorado... Broke up a pass against UT Martin.
2023: Saw action in a pair of games, including the TCU contest when he recorded a tackle and a pass breakup... Also saw time as a reserve defensive back against Texas Tech and Houston.
2022: Played in three games as he retained his redshirt... Recorded single tackles against South Dakota, Missouri and West Virginia.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Butler under head coach Tim Schaffner... Posted 84 career tackles to go along with four interceptions, 13 total passes defended, 4.0 tackles for loss and a sack... Earned second team all-conference honors as a sophomore after recording 49 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, a sack, an interception and six passes defended... Had a career-high eight tackles at Dodge City, which included his first-career sack... Tallied an interception and fumble recovery the week prior at Hutchinson... Was an honorable mention all-conference pick as a freshman in the spring of 2021, a year in which he registered 35 tackles, three interceptions, seven passes defended and 1.5 TFLs... Took his first-career interception 34 yards for a touchdown at Coffeyville, a game that also featured a career-high 1.5 TFLs... Had two picks the next week against Highland as he was named the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Defensive Player of the Week... Played at the same community college as current Wildcat defensive tackles Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder and George Traglia, as well as linebacker Zach Wittenberg.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Wichita East under head coach Ene Akpan... Named the team’s MVP and defensive MVP in addition to being named to the all-conference team... Also competed in baseball... Prepped at the same high school as current Wildcat defensive end Tobi Osunsanmi.
PERSONAL: Nickendre Stiger (pronounced nuh-KIN-dre STYE-gur) was born November 14, 2001, in Wichita, Kansas... Son of Nedra Stanford and Kenneth Stiger... Has two siblings, Nikira and Nicholas... Majoring in communication studies.
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