Nathan Brisson-Fast

Position:
DL
Class:
Junior
Height:
6-5
Weight:
260
Hometown:
Ferndale, Mich.
High School:
Ferndale

2018: Named to All-Mid-American Conference Third Team defense as a lineman … earned the team’s Iron Chippewa Award … appeared in eight games, all of them starts before a season-ending injury … recorded 31 tackles, 21 of them solos … made six tackles-for-loss for 28 yards … recorded 2.5 sacks for 15 yards … made a season-high eight tackles, six of them solos, vs. Michigan State (10/29) … recorded five tackles vs. Kansas (9/8), vs. Northern Illinois (9/15), and vs. Ball State (10/13).

2017: Appeared in all 13 games, making eight starts … made 36 tackles, including 24 solos … credited with a safety at Boston College (9/30) … ranked second on the team with 8.5 tackles-for-loss … second on the team with 5.5 sacks … career-high six tackles at Ball State (10/21).

2016: Appeared in all 13 games … nine total tackles on season … recorded a sack at Oklahoma State (9/10) … two solo stops against UNLV (9/17) … a solo tackle against Ball State (10/8) … one solo tackle against Kent State (10/29) … two tackles at Eastern Michigan (11/22).

2015: Saw action in 12 games … tallied six tackles, including five unassistated, for the season … also had 3.0 tackles-for-a-loss of 14 yards and 1.0 sacks during the year … had a season-best two tackles against Akron (10/31) including 1.0 TFL and a pass break-up … recorded first career sack against Monmouth (9/12) … also had a TFL versus Eastern Michigan (11/27) … also tallied tackles against Ball State (10/24) and in the Quick Lane Bowl against Minnesota (12/28).

2014: Redshirted ... named Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year.

High School: Three-year varsity letterwinner and starter at defensive end and tight end … ranked No. 37 on Detroit Free Press Fab 50 and No. 57 on Detroit News Blue Chip List … totaled 49 tackles (19 solos, 30 assisted), including 10 for a loss, three sacks, eight quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and two pass deflections and had 17 receptions for 221 yards for his career … holds the Ferndale HS power clean record (290 lbs.) … also lettered two years in basketball … maintained a 3.0 grade point average.