REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON (2011):
-Earned All-C-USA Honorable Mention accolades
-Appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts at TE and caught 21 passes for 235 yards
-Ranked fourth all-time among UCF tight ends with 21 receptions
-Charleston Southern 9/3: Caught two passes for 51 yards with a career-long 45 yard reception
-Boston College 9/10: Pulled in three passes for 36 yards
-At FIU 9/17: Caught four passes for 53 yards
-At SMU 10/15: Caught four passes for 48 yards
-At UAB 10/20: Had an 8-yard reception
-Memphis 10/29: Collected two receptions for 20 yards
-At East Carolina 11/19: Registered a 3-yard touchdown catch
REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON (2010):
-All-Conference USA Honorable Mention
-Appeared in all 14 games with 12 starts at TE and caught six passes for 59 yards and one touchdown
-South Dakota 9/4: Caught one pass for 21 yards
-Rice 10/23: Caught one pass for three yards and a touchdown
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON (2009):
-Converted to full time tight end before the season
-Appeared in and started all 13 games at tight end and caught 10 passes for 159 yards
-Memphis 10/3: Caught one pass for 34 yards
-Marshall 11/1: Caught three passes for 46 yards
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2008):
-Appeared in 12 games with 10 starts at right tackle while also seeing time at tight end. Caught one pass for 12 yards playing tight end
TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2007):
-Earned a redshirt
-Named the team[apos]s most improved offensive player following 2008 spring drills
HIGH SCHOOL:
-Lettered three seasons at tight end for coach Greg Slattery at South Forsyth High School
-Named Class 5A all-state honorable mention as a senior
-Earned All-Region 7-5A First Team as a senior after finishing the campaign with 24 catches and a touchdown
-Named All-Forsyth County as a junior and a senior
-Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-Northside First Team and AJC Northside Super 11
-Had 10 catches and two touchdowns as a junior
-Rated as the 77th best tight end prospect in the nation by Scout.com
-Only player from Forsyth County to sign with a Division I school in 2007
-Also recruited by Southern Miss and Wake Forest
PERSONAL:
-Parents are Hal and Joan Nissley
-Majoring in interdisciplinary studies with minors in criminal justice and hospitality management
CAREER RECEIVING STATS
| Year | G | Rec | Yds | Ypc | Yds/G | Lng | TD | ||||
| 2007 | Redshirt Season | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | 13 | 10 | 159 | 15.9 | 12.2 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | 14 | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 4.2 | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2011 | 12 | 21 | 235 | 11.2 | 19.6 | 45 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 38 | 465 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 45 | 2 | ||||