Furman University

Honors & Awards
2023 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
2022 College Sports Communicators All-District Team
2022 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
2021 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2021 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
2020 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2020 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team

2022 — Appeared in 12 of 13 games and credited with five tackles as a reserve linebacker and member of special teams...logged a pair of tackles in a 52-0, season opening win over North Greenville...also posted stops against The Citadel (21-10 win), VMI (41-3 win), and Wofford (63-28 win)...College Sports Communicators All-District Team selection...named to the SoCon All-Academic Team and SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2022-23 school year.

2021 — Earned playing time in all 11 games and made 10 starts at weakside linebacker...credited with 44 tackles, including two for-loss, a sack, and a forced fumble...logged a season high nine tackles and one stop for-loss against Samford in the season finale (41-34 win)...tallied eight tackles against 20th-ranked VMI (37-31 win)...garnered four stops and a forced fumble versus N.C. State...named to the SoCon All-Academic Team and SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2021-22 school year.

2020 — Fashioned a solid first season as a starter, earning the nod in all seven games, including starts at middle linebacker in the first three games and starts at weak side linebacker in the last four contests...led Furman with 49 tackles, including 2.4 for-loss...tacked on an interception and a pass breakup...credited with a season high 11 tackles and a interception, which set up a second half touchdown, versus Mercer...had nine tackles against Samford (44-37 OT win)...selected to the SoCon Coaches All-Freshman Team...named to the SoCon All-Academic Team and SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2020-21 school year. 

2019 — Appeared in three games as a reserve...totaled six tackles, including three stops against Samford (58-14 win) and two tackles versus Western Carolina (28-7 win)...credited with an assist in career debut in season opener against Charleston Southern (46-13 win)...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2019-20 school year.

High School: 2019 graduate of Centreville (6A) High School...football coach was Chris Haddock...played linebacker, defensive end, tight end, and long snapper...three-year starter...served as team captain and was credited with 81 tackles, including 26 for-loss, and 12 sacks as a senior en route to earning first team all-district and second team all-region honors...member of three state playoff teams...Northern Virginia Football Hall of Fame Scholarship Award recipient.

Personal: Full name is Nicholas Edwin Kuzemka...born March 10, 2001, in Clifton, Virginia...son of Cynthia and Justin Kuzemka...has three siblings: Daniel, Chris, and Kate...brother Daniel plays soccer at Clemson...father wrestled at Clarion University...uncle Scott Zolak played quarterback at Maryland and eight years in the NFL...grandfather, Nick Kuzemka, played football at Army, and his other grandfather, M.E. Hite, played baseball at Virginia Tech...communication studies - rhetoric advocacy major.