Drake Nugent

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
OL
Height:
6-2
Weight:
301
Hometown:
Lone Tree, Colo.
High School:
Highlands Ranch

At Michigan
• Rimington Trophy Finalist (2023)
• All-Big Ten selection (first team, coaches and media, 2023)
• One-year letterman (2023)
• Appeared in 15 games with 15 starts at center

Graduate Student (2023)
• Started all 15 games at center to earn his first varsity letter at Michigan
• Rimington Trophy Finalist
• All-Big Ten selection (first team, coaches and media)
• Five times shared Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against ECU, UNLV, Indiana, at Minnesota, at Penn State
• Made his U-M debut starting at center against ECU (Sept. 2)
• Started at center against UNLV (Sept. 9), Bowling Green (Sept. 16), Rutgers (Sept. 23), Indiana (Oct.14), Purdue (Nov. 4), Ohio State (Nov. 25), at Nebraska (Sept. 30), at Minnesota (Oct. 7), at Michigan State (Oct. 21), at Penn State (Nov. 11), at Maryland (Nov. 18), against Iowa in the Big Ten Championship (Dec. 2), against Alabama in the Rose Bowl/CFP Semifinal (Jan. 1), against Washington in the CFP National Championship Game (Jan. 8)

PRIOR TO MICHIGAN
• Earned four varsity letters at Stanford (2019-22), appearing in 27 games with 24 starts at center
• Two-time All-Pac-12 honorable mention (coaches; 2021-22) and an Academic All-Pac-12 honoree
• Earned his degree in Science, Tech., and Society

Senior (2022)
• Voted a team captain prior to the season
• Named All-Pac-12 honorable mention by the league's coaches
• Allowed four sacks; combined for 993 pass-blocking snaps in 2021 and 2022
• Included in the preseason watch lists for both the Outland Trophy and Rimington Trophy

Junior (2021)
• Named All-Pac-12 honorable mention by the league's coaches
• Started all 12 games with 12 starts at center, allowing only four sacks
• Made his first career start against Kansas State (Sept. 4)

Sophomore (2020)
• Appeared in one game

Freshman (2019)
• Appeared in two games
• Made his collegiate debut against Colorado (Nov. 9)
• Saw game action against Notre Dame (Nov. 30)

Prep
• Attended Highlands Ranch (2019) and played under head coach John Trahan
• A four-year letter winner and two-year team captain at Highlands Ranch
• Missed most of his senior season due to injury
• Also lettered in track and field (throws), where he won three consecutive state championships in the shot put (2016-18) and was a runner-up in the discus as a senior

Key Statistics
• A two-way contributor who played along the interior of the line on offense and defense
• On offense, credited with 117 pancake blocks as a junior
• Also posted 71 tackles (46 solo) with three sacks and five quarterback hurries on defense

Honors and Rankings
• 247Sports Composite ranking of three stars; the No. 1,141-ranked player nationally, the No. 15 center and the No. 7 player in the state of Colorado
• Graded by 247Sports as a three-star prospect; the No. 17 center and the No. 15 player player in the state of Colorado
• ESPN three-star prospect; the No. 213 player in his region, the No. 12 center and the No. 10 player in the state of Colorado
• Ranked as a three-star prospect by Rivals.com, the No. 7 center in the country and the No. 5 player in Colorado
• Named BSN Denver All-Colorado (2018)
• Denver Post All-Colorado honoree at defensive line (2017)
• CHSAA All-State first team honoree (2017)
• The Athlete of the Year in the South Metro League (2017)
• Two-time All-League first team selection (2016-17)

Personal
• Born February 9
• Son of Terry and Amy Nugent
• Father, Terry, was a quarterback at Colorado State and for the Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts in the NFL
• Uncle, Brian, played at Washington State