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NICOS CHAVIS

Freshman • Defensive Back

6-1 • 190

Lakeside • Social Circle, GA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High School Honors: Versatile and speedy defensive back and kick returner at Lakeside High School under head coach Bill Harris...four-year varsity standout who was named team's Most Valuable Defensive Back three times...named to All-Southeast Region team as a senior and was a two-time All-DeKalb County selection...three-time DeKalb Touchdown Club Player of the Month...named to DeKalb/Rockdale County Super 11 team as a junior...intercepted 19 passes in his career...scored five touchdowns off interceptions and kick returns as a sophomore...had five interceptions as a freshman in 1999, six in 2000, five in 2001, and three in 2002...posted 54 tackles as a junior and 44 as a senior...also ran sprints and relays in track..attended same high school as UD redshirt freshman offensive lineman Blake Anderson.

At Delaware: Projected as No. 3 free safety behind returning starter Dave Camburn and redshirt freshman John Russ.

Personal: Nicos Diaz Chavis ("Neekos Chay-vus")...son of Diaz and Katherine Chavis...electrical engineering major...father is a civil engineer...both parents are graduates of South Carolina State...father ran track in college...uncle, Reggie Pleasant, was a former NFL player.

 

 


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