2025 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Schuylkill Valley DT Nickolas Moyer
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Billy Splain | May 15, 2025
Nickolas Moyer
D-Tackle
Schuylkill Valley
Class Of 2026
Jersey #65
HT/WT 6’0, 300
2025 Regulars Season stats26 total tackles – 4 solo tackles and 16 assisted tackles, 3 TFL’s
Other sports Lacrosse
Lancaster Lebanon League first team defensive tackle and honorable mention all county d-tackle
Twitter @moyer874319
Coach says: “Total Tackles: 26 total tackles – 4 solo tackles and 16 assisted tackles, 3 TFL’s. He was the reason why other players had great stats. Solid in the middle of the line player. Gets good push off the ball and demands a double team most of the time. Was a huge part of our defensive success last season. Has really developed into a nice football player. Will also play offensive tackle this season. Good hands and feet for a big man. Smart football player”.
LET’S GET TO KNOW NICKOLAS
Why do you play football?
Because it not only makes me a better athlete it makes me a better person football is no different than life there are challenges the same way you have to push through challenges in life is the same in football for me football and life are one.
It’s gameday! What are you looking forward to the most?
Competing being the best I can be for my team and just feeling the game day atmosphere and excitement I just love it.
Who is your favorite sports star and WHY?
Ray Lewis because of his mentality and his story of how he only started training for football so that his mom wouldn’t get beat on.
Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
It’s not really a favorite play but in high school 1-2 years ago our running back who was really good called a really good screen pass and he told the coach to run it my coach agreed it was 4th down and the running back managed to score a touchdown and I was next to them all when I he called it and that’s why it’s so memorable.
What was last years season like for you?
Good lead the defensive tackles in every stat besides sacks I got put in a starting role and was really good and made our section all star team and honorable mention for counties.
What are your goals for this coming season?
Become more of a leader work on my pass rush get way more sacks than I did
Who is the best player you ever lined up against?
The right guard from Lancaster catholic last year big strong really good player to play against.
When the game is on the line, which college/professional coach would you like to call in the play?
Obviously people will choose bill belicheck or Nick saban but I’m gonna go with Nick sirianni good young coach that trust his players as a coach you have to trust your players if you don’t they don’t trust you.
What stadium, HS/college/pro would you love to visit for a game?
Eagles that simple but just never have been there.
What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Eagles gotta support my birds
What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game you watched and why?
Favorite game freshman year Schuylkill Valley vs Lancaster Catholic senior night down by 4 score and still managed to fight back into the game but lost by .022 seconds
What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
Draft day crazy story similar to today with sheduar today.
If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
My dads yelling here we go panthers my mom is covering her eyes because my dad likes to start a lot of chants.
Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
Pick Six
Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
My parents coaches and people who have trained me along the way.
Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
Baseball just can’t swing the bat and just don’t have the athletics that people need to play it.
What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
It would have to be my roughing the passer penalty from last year from my point of view I was way closer than I thought but in film I wasn’t even close my coach called it the newtons law play and had a little text box in film pop up and everyone had a big laugh about it but I didn’t really sweat it to much.
Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
My brother always my day one takes pictures of me and is on the sideline for my games been with me every step of the way.
When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
Trading cards I love buying trading and selling them just interesting and fun to do.
What is your favorite football memory to date?
Getting the tackle for lose in the Hamburg game last year since it’s one of the biggest games of the year and I grew up with it being a really big game.
What is your favorite play to run?
Trading play where the guard pulls and traps the ends and they don’t see you coming best play to run.
What scares you the most?
The feeling of failure and not succeeded but always pushing through and seeing that I tried my best overtakes that feeling.
Music of choice:
Rap/country and I like them both equally
What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
Lego sets they always challenged my mind and loved building things.
What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
Chipotle love there bowls and have a lot of carbs and protein.
What is your favorite vacation destination?
Grand Turks has always had a special place in my heart we go there on cruises one of the most beautiful sites in the world.
Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
Probably one of my older brother games that he played in youth football.
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