2022 PFN Player Profile: Nick Buckley – Keystone Oaks

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Billy Splain | July 12, 2022

Nick Buckley
Keystone Oaks 
Class Of 2023
QB
Jersey #6
HT/WT 6’2 160
1,915 Passing yards 16 Touchdowns
Other sports Basketball
All-Confrence 2nd Team, Finished 10th in Wpial in passing yards
Twitter @Nick_Buckley_6

Why do you play football?
My brother Played QB in High School and as a little kid I remember constantly being at his games or getting him from practice, so a football kind of just was in my arms from the start. He taught me how to throw a ball, and showed me Peyton Manning for the first time, and i just ended up getting more and more into it. So I play football because I fell in love with the game as a child and haven’t stopped loving it since.

Who is your favorite sports star and why?
Lebron James, The guys work ethic is just something else.

Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
My favorite play probably has to be the touchdown i threw to Owen Minford in the first round of playoffs last year because it felt awesome to score and put the icing on the cake in a playoff game especially at home, then after the game i checked my phone and see that i was tagged in a tweet by Sam Hall and his announcing on the play in the video just gets me to laugh everytime because of the way he says “ BUCKLEY……ON THE MONEY” at the end.

What are your goals for this coming season?
My Goals for this coming season extend beyond just the football season, i would really like to bring Keystone Oaks back into more of a family and supporters of us to be close and bring our communities really just together more. No doubt I want to be All-Conference First team this year and throw for over 2,000 yards, and bring home a championship for the first time in Keystone Oaks History but there will definitely be more on my mind than just my own stats and glory.

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Steelers, Is it even a question?

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game and why?
Probably when we played North Catholic in the Wpial Quarter Finals last year because it was great to see all my boys ball out, and to stick together the way we did and to make that big of a comeback even though we came up short in the end, it really just showed me i had 50 brothers with me and that it really was a family and that’s what i want to expand through out Keystone Oaks.

What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
“The Sandlot”, because if there was one movie that should be inducted into the movie hall of fame that would be it. It’s a Classic.

What cartoon character do you think your head coach most resembles.
Tommy Pickles from Rugrats because he’s always joking around, and the hair do.

If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
“Throw it sooner” they’re always yelling throw it sooner.

Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
I’d like to play at Heinz one day, but we’re all looking to do that soon enough i guess.

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
My brother because I’ve looked up to him for as long as i can remember.

Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
I’d like to play golf, but after i shank 3 into the woods i quit pretty fast.

What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
I can’t think of many embarrassing moments to be honest i’m sure i have plenty, but my coaches always preach short term memory.

Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
My little sister, She always has some stupid sign and is yelling at my games.

When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
Usually you could catch me at the school parking lot A.K.A the plot with all my friends

What is your favorite football memory to date?
My favorite football memory is probably the feeling i had after our first game because all the support and love people show you, it makes you feel like a super hero.

What is your favorite play to run?
Any play that i get to throw the ball honestly.

What scares you the most?
Air Planes, i don’t like not having control of what i do especially not that high off the ground. You could be free falling out of the sky at any point and you couldn’t change it.

Music of choice:
Rap

What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
My Aunt signed me up for the Little Penguins, and sydney crosby was the sponsor for it so we got all our gear for free and it was just something i’m glad i got to do because i never played hockey other than those couple weeks.

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
Coaches, it’s a bar/restaurant in Dormont right down the street from our stadium and my basketball coach Johny Lee owns it.

Which one? Sheetz or Wawa
Sheetz all day.

What is your favorite vacation destination?
Anywhere with the ocean.

Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
My brothers High School game, but the first game i can remember being on the TV was a steeler game with my entire family

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