Temple University Athletics
2009 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 65
Dave Nwasike
- Position:
- DT
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 280
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
- High School:
- Kennesaw Mountain
pronounced Wah-SEE-kee
Moved to DT in spring 2008 after competing at TE in 2007 ... changed to jersey No. 65 in 2008 after wearing No. 80 in 2007 ... played OL as a true freshman.
Honors: Cited on the Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll.
2009: Did not play … dressed for the Kent State and Villanova games ... lettered.
2008: Dressed for all five home games but did not see game action ... named the coaches[apos] scout team player of the week against Connecticut.
2007: Redshirted.
2006: Played in one game as a true freshman ... one of 22 true freshmen to see action ... played at Minnesota.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Kennesaw (Ga.) Mountain HS ... 2005 second-team All-Cobb County selection under head coach Scott Jones ... two-year varsity football letterwinner, playing TE, OT, DT and DE ... made 50 tackles (39 solo) as a senior ... member of the Beta Club and Men of Distinction.
Personal: Born February 2, 1988, in Dallas, Texas ...parents are Anthony and Winny Nwasike ... an active member of the Obasi Developments Association, a group that raises funds for the reconstruction of his father[apos]s birth place in Nigeria ... biology major.
Moved to DT in spring 2008 after competing at TE in 2007 ... changed to jersey No. 65 in 2008 after wearing No. 80 in 2007 ... played OL as a true freshman.
Honors: Cited on the Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll.
2009: Did not play … dressed for the Kent State and Villanova games ... lettered.
2008: Dressed for all five home games but did not see game action ... named the coaches[apos] scout team player of the week against Connecticut.
2007: Redshirted.
2006: Played in one game as a true freshman ... one of 22 true freshmen to see action ... played at Minnesota.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Kennesaw (Ga.) Mountain HS ... 2005 second-team All-Cobb County selection under head coach Scott Jones ... two-year varsity football letterwinner, playing TE, OT, DT and DE ... made 50 tackles (39 solo) as a senior ... member of the Beta Club and Men of Distinction.
Personal: Born February 2, 1988, in Dallas, Texas ...parents are Anthony and Winny Nwasike ... an active member of the Obasi Developments Association, a group that raises funds for the reconstruction of his father[apos]s birth place in Nigeria ... biology major.
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