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83 Nick Bacarella
Nick Bacarella
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Weight:
    160
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Monroe, CT
  • High School:
    Masuk
  • Position:
    WR
  • gp
    12
  • yds
    391
  • yds/g
    32.6
  • td
    4

Bio

2012: Saw action in five games before missing the final five games due to injury…Posted six receptions for 27 yards…Returned four punts for 27 yards…Returned 11 kicks for 162 yards and a 14.7 yards/return average.

2011: Played all 11 games last season at receiver and as the Blue Devils’ primary returner…Caught 26 passes for 324 yards and two touchdowns…Third on the team in receptions, yards, and yards/game (29.5)…Second on the squad with a 12.5 yards/catch average…Returned 32 kickoffs for 619 yards, good for a 19.3 yards/return average…Also returned nine punts for 41 yards…Completed a 33 yard pass in the Blue Devils win over Bryant, November 19…Had a season-high 83 receiving yards and two touchdowns against Albany, October 22, also had 60 return yards for a season-high 139 all-purpose yards…Finished the year with 980 all-purpose yards, which led the team.

2010: Played in all 11 games for the Blue Devils…Returned 27 kicks for 487 yards, 13 punts for 119 yards…had four catches averaging 3.2 yards per catch.

2009: Redshirted.

Before Central: Four-year letterwinner in football and wrestling at Masuk High...Also participated in golf and baseball...First team All-State performer at wide receiver in 2008...Also earned all-conference honors as a junior and senior. 

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 12 at Sacred Heart L, 59-36
Oct 26 Salve Regina W, 47-13
Nov 2 at Wagner W, 52-17
Nov 9 Robert Morris L, 54-21
Nov 16 at Duquesne L, 24-21
Nov 23 Bryant L, 29-16
  Total Conference
Receptions 35 23
Yards 391 263
Yards per game 32.6 43.8
Yards per catch 11.2 11.4
Touchdowns 4 3

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 31 at James Madison L, 38-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Lehigh L, 51-44 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Holy Cross L, 52-21 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at UAlbany W, 20-17 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Rhode Island L, 42-7 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Oct 5 Saint Francis U. W, 38-29 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 at Sacred Heart L, 59-36 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Salve Regina W, 47-13 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Wagner W, 52-17 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Robert Morris L, 54-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Duquesne L, 24-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 Bryant L, 29-16 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 31 at James Madison L, 38-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Lehigh L, 51-44 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Holy Cross L, 52-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at UAlbany W, 20-17 - - - - - 1 1
Sep 28 at Rhode Island L, 42-7 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Saint Francis U. W, 38-29 - - - - - - -
Oct 12 at Sacred Heart L, 59-36 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Salve Regina W, 47-13 - - - - - 1 0
Nov 2 at Wagner W, 52-17 - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Robert Morris L, 54-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Duquesne L, 24-21 1 -9 -9.0 0 0 1 1
Nov 23 Bryant L, 29-16 2 8 4.0 6 0 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 31 at James Madison L, 38-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Lehigh L, 51-44 1 10 10.0 10 0 - -
Sep 14 Holy Cross L, 52-21 4 47 11.8 21 0 - -
Sep 21 at UAlbany W, 20-17 1 8 8.0 8 0 1 1
Sep 28 at Rhode Island L, 42-7 1 14 14.0 14 0 - -
Oct 5 Saint Francis U. W, 38-29 2 15 7.5 11 1 - -
Oct 12 at Sacred Heart L, 59-36 1 23 23.0 23 0 - -
Oct 26 Salve Regina W, 47-13 5 49 9.8 23 1 1 0
Nov 2 at Wagner W, 52-17 6 57 9.5 13 0 - -
Nov 9 Robert Morris L, 54-21 3 32 10.7 18 1 - -
Nov 16 at Duquesne L, 24-21 5 52 10.4 17 1 1 1
Nov 23 Bryant L, 29-16 6 84 14.0 35 0 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 31 at James Madison L, 38-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 7 at Lehigh L, 51-44 - - - - - 0
Sep 14 Holy Cross L, 52-21 - - - - - 0
Sep 21 at UAlbany W, 20-17 - - - - - 0
Sep 28 at Rhode Island L, 42-7 - - - - - 0
Oct 5 Saint Francis U. W, 38-29 - - - - - 0
Oct 12 at Sacred Heart L, 59-36 - - - - - 0
Oct 26 Salve Regina W, 47-13 - - - - - 0
Nov 2 at Wagner W, 52-17 - - - - - 0
Nov 9 Robert Morris L, 54-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 16 at Duquesne L, 24-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 23 Bryant L, 29-16 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 31 at James Madison L, 38-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Lehigh L, 51-44 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Holy Cross L, 52-21 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at UAlbany W, 20-17 - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Rhode Island L, 42-7 - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Saint Francis U. W, 38-29 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 at Sacred Heart L, 59-36 - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Salve Regina W, 47-13 - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Wagner W, 52-17 - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Robert Morris L, 54-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Duquesne L, 24-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 Bryant L, 29-16 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 31 at James Madison L, 38-14 2 35 17.5 18 0 2 21 10.5 14 0
Sep 7 at Lehigh L, 51-44 - - - - - 1 1 1.0 1 0
Sep 14 Holy Cross L, 52-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at UAlbany W, 20-17 - - - - - 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
Sep 28 at Rhode Island L, 42-7 - - - - - 1 4 4.0 4 0
Oct 5 Saint Francis U. W, 38-29 - - - - - 4 6 1.5 11 0
Oct 12 at Sacred Heart L, 59-36 1 18 18.0 18 0 1 7 7.0 7 0
Oct 26 Salve Regina W, 47-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Wagner W, 52-17 2 40 20.0 24 0 1 7 7.0 7 0
Nov 9 Robert Morris L, 54-21 2 36 18.0 18 0 2 4 2.0 3 0
Nov 16 at Duquesne L, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 Bryant L, 29-16 3 50 16.7 21 0 1 1 1.0 1 0

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 31 at James Madison L, 38-14 1 - - 21 35 56
Sep 7 at Lehigh L, 51-44 1 - 10 1 - 11
Sep 14 Holy Cross L, 52-21 1 - 47 - - 47
Sep 21 at UAlbany W, 20-17 1 - 8 -1 - 7
Sep 28 at Rhode Island L, 42-7 1 - 14 4 - 18
Oct 5 Saint Francis U. W, 38-29 1 - 15 6 - 21
Oct 12 at Sacred Heart L, 59-36 1 - 23 7 18 48
Oct 26 Salve Regina W, 47-13 1 - 49 - - 49
Nov 2 at Wagner W, 52-17 1 - 57 7 40 104
Nov 9 Robert Morris L, 54-21 1 - 32 4 36 72
Nov 16 at Duquesne L, 24-21 1 -9 52 - - 43
Nov 23 Bryant L, 29-16 1 8 84 1 50 143

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 31 at James Madison L, 38-14 0 - - 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Sep 7 at Lehigh L, 51-44 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 -
Sep 14 Holy Cross L, 52-21 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 21 at UAlbany W, 20-17 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 -
Sep 28 at Rhode Island L, 42-7 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 -
Oct 5 Saint Francis U. W, 38-29 6 - 1 - 0 - - - - - 0 -
Oct 12 at Sacred Heart L, 59-36 0 - 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Oct 26 Salve Regina W, 47-13 6 - 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 2 at Wagner W, 52-17 0 - 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Nov 9 Robert Morris L, 54-21 6 - 1 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Nov 16 at Duquesne L, 24-21 6 0 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 23 Bryant L, 29-16 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 31 at James Madison L, 38-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Lehigh L, 51-44 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Holy Cross L, 52-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at UAlbany W, 20-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Rhode Island L, 42-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Saint Francis U. W, 38-29 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 at Sacred Heart L, 59-36 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Salve Regina W, 47-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Wagner W, 52-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Robert Morris L, 54-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Duquesne L, 24-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 Bryant L, 29-16 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2011-12 11 1 1 100.0% 33 3.0 33.0 0 0 33 377.2
2012-13 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2013-14 12 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 -200.0
Total 28 1 2 50.0% 33 1.2 16.5 0 1 33 88.6

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2011-12 11 2 -4 -0.4 -2.0 0 0 2 1
2012-13 5 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 12 3 -1 -0.1 -0.3 0 6 3 2
Total 28 5 -5 -0.2 -1.0 0 6 5 3

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2011-12 11 26 2.4 324 29.5 12.5 2 47
2012-13 5 6 1.2 27 5.4 4.5 0 9
2013-14 12 35 2.9 391 32.6 11.2 4 35
Total 28 67 2.4 742 26.5 11.1 6 47

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2011-12 11 - - - - - - - 0
2012-13 5 - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 12 - - - - - - - 0
Total 28 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2011-12 11 - - - - - - - -
2012-13 5 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 12 - - - - - - - -
Total 28 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2011-12 32 619 19.3 0 37 9 41 4.6 0 13
2012-13 11 162 14.7 0 26 4 27 6.8 0 15
2013-14 10 179 17.9 0 24 15 50 3.3 0 14
Total 53 960 18.1 0 37 28 118 4.2 0 15

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2011-12 11 -4 324 41 619 980 89.1
2012-13 5 - 27 27 162 216 43.2
2013-14 12 -1 391 50 179 619 51.6
Total 28 -5 742 118 960 1815 64.8

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2011-12 12 1.1 0 2 0 0 - - - - - 0
2012-13 0 0.0 - 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
2013-14 24 2.0 0 4 0 0 - - - - - 0
Total 36 1.3 0 6 0 0 - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2011-12 11 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2012-13 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 12 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 28 2 0 2.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 12 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 -200.0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 7 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 -200.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 8 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 -200.0
Month                      
August 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
September 4 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 -200.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 12 3 -1 -0.1 -0.3 0 6 3 2
Conference 6 3 -1 -0.2 -0.3 0 6 1 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 2 8 1.6 4.0 0 6 1 0
Away 7 1 -9 -1.3 -9.0 0 0 2 2
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 4 - - - - - - 2 1
Losses 8 3 -1 -0.1 -0.3 0 6 1 1
Month                  
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - 1 1
October 3 - - - - - - 1 0
November 4 3 -1 -0.3 -0.3 0 6 1 1

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 12 35 2.9 391 32.6 11.2 4 35
Conference 6 23 3.8 263 43.8 11.4 3 35
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 20 4.0 227 45.4 11.3 3 35
Away 7 15 2.1 164 23.4 10.9 1 23
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 4 14 3.5 129 32.3 9.2 2 23
Losses 8 21 2.6 262 32.8 12.5 2 35
Month                
August 1 - - - - - - -
September 4 7 1.8 79 19.8 11.3 0 21
October 3 8 2.7 87 29.0 10.9 2 23
November 4 20 5.0 225 56.3 11.3 2 35

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 12 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 7 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 4 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 8 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
August 1 - - - - - - - 0
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 4 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 12 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 7 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 8 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 4 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total 10 179 17.9 0 24 15 50 3.3 0 14
Conference 8 144 18.0 0 24 9 25 2.8 0 11
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home 5 86 17.2 0 21 7 11 1.6 0 11
Away 5 93 18.6 0 24 8 39 4.9 0 14
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins 2 40 20.0 0 24 7 12 1.7 0 11
Losses 8 139 17.4 0 21 8 38 4.8 0 14
Month                    
August 2 35 17.5 0 18 2 21 10.5 0 14
September - - - - - 4 4 1.0 0 4
October 1 18 18.0 0 18 5 13 2.6 0 11
November 7 126 18.0 0 24 4 12 3.0 0 7

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 12 -1 391 50 179 619 51.6
Conference 6 -1 263 25 144 431 71.8
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 8 227 11 86 332 66.4
Away 7 -9 164 39 93 287 41.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 4 - 129 12 40 181 45.3
Losses 8 -1 262 38 139 438 54.8
Month              
August 1 - - 21 35 56 56.0
September 4 - 79 4 - 83 20.8
October 3 - 87 13 18 118 39.3
November 4 -1 225 12 126 362 90.5

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 24 2.0 0 4 0 0 - - - - - 0
Conference 18 3.0 0 3 0 0 - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 18 3.6 0 3 0 0 - - - - - 0
Away 6 0.9 0 1 0 0 - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 12 3.0 - 2 0 0 - - - - - 0
Losses 12 1.5 0 2 0 0 - - - - - 0
Month                        
August 0 0.0 - - 0 0 - - - - - 0
September 0 0.0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - 0
October 12 4.0 - 2 0 0 - - - - - 0
November 12 3.0 0 2 0 0 - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 12 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 7 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 8 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
August 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 3 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -