USC’s Nick Figueroa Named First Team Academic All-American

LOS ANGELES—USC redshirt senior defensive lineman Nick Figueroa has been named a 2022 First Team Academic All-American for his outstanding academic and athletic performance. 
 

Figueroa is the 42^nd Trojan to ever win this honor and the 23^rd USC football player since the program originated in 1952.

In 2021, Figueroa earned placement on the Academic All-America Second Team. 

Earning his bachelor’s degree in real estate development at USC in the spring of 2021 with a 3.76 GPA, Figueroa is now working on a master’s in finance. The native of San Bernardino, Calif. graduated Magna Cum Laude from USC’s Price School of Public Policy, where he was a two-time David X Marks Scholar Athlete (2020 and 2021) and a Stevens Scholar.

 

Figueroa was also a William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist in both 2021 and 2022, a Lott IMPACT Trophy quarterfinalist in 2022 and a semifinalist for the 2021 the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year and the Senior CLASS Awards. 

 

In 2021, Figueroa made the CoSIDA Academic All-American second team and earned placement on the 2021 and 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District team. Also in 2021, he won USC’s Trojan Howard Jones/Football Alumni Club Academic Award and received the Co-Lifters Award. 

 

Named to the Phil Steele All-Pac-12 third team as a sophomore, Figueroa was a 2020 All-Pac-12 honorable mention and a Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 honorable mention.   

 

A veteran leader on the Trojan defense, the scholar-athlete has tallied 64 career tackles, with 16.5 for loss and nine sacks, two pass deflections, one fumble recovery and a blocked kick in his…