Nick Seither (born March 2, 1993) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

defensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numbe ...

who is currently a free agent. He previously played for the Albany Empire of the

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(AFL). He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

Georgetown College Georgetown College is a private Christian college in Georgetown, Kentucky. Chartered in 1829, Georgetown was the first Baptist college west of the Appalachian Mountains. The college offers 38 undergraduate degrees and a Master of Arts in educat ...

Georgetown, Kentucky Georgetown is a home rule-class city in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 37,086 at the 2020 census. It is the 6th-largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the seat of its county. It was originall ...

and attended

Father Stephen T. Badin High School Stephen T. Badin High School, (commonly known as Badin High School) is a Catholic high school of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati school system, serving grades nine through twelve in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. It is a comprehensive high school w ...

Hamilton, Ohio Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Ohio, United States. Located north of Cincinnati, Hamilton is the second largest city in the Greater Cincinnati area and the 10th largest city in Ohio. The population was 63,399 at th ...

Early life

Seither attended

. As a junior, Seither was named Second Team All-Division V in Ohio. Seither was again named Second Team All-Division V as a senior.

College career

Seither played for the

Georgetown Tigers The Georgetown Tigers are the athletic teams that represent Georgetown College located in Georgetown, Kentucky, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Mid- ...

from 2011 to 2014. He was the team's starter his final three years and helped the Tigers to 37 wins. He played in 35 games during his career including 32 starts at defensive end. As a senior in 2014, Seither was named a First Team All-American by the

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Professional career

Seither invited to the

Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division, and play t ...

mini-camp in April, 2015 as an

undrafted free agent In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...

, but he failed to make the team. On June 7, 2016, Seither was assigned to the

Cleveland Gladiators The Cleveland Gladiators were an arena football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The Gladiators played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they shared with the Cleveland Cava ...

. On January 5, 2017, Seither had his rookie option exercised by the Gladiators. He earned Second Team All-Arena honors in 2017. Seither was selected by the

Beijing Lions The Beijing Lions are a professional arena football team based in Beijing, China. They are members of the China Arena Football League (CAFL). They won the China Bowl in 2016. History The Beijing Lions were one of the first six teams to play in the ...

in the third round of the

2017 CAFL Draft The 2019 CAFL season was the second season of the China Arena Football League (CAFL). Background After the 2016 season, the Dalian Dragon Kings and Shenzhen Naja relocated to become the Shenyang Black Rhinos and Wuhan Gators, respectively. I ...

. On March 20, 2018, Seither was assigned to the Albany Empire. In November 2018, Seither signed with the

Birmingham Iron The Birmingham Iron were a professional American football franchise based in Birmingham, Alabama, and one of the eight members of the Alliance of American Football (AAF), which played one season from February 2019 to April 2019. They played thei ...

of the AAF. On March 6, 2019, Seither was assigned to the

Columbus Destroyers The Columbus Destroyers were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Columbus, Ohio, with home games in Nationwide Arena. The team was founded in as the Buffalo Destroyers, based in Buffalo, New York, and relocated to Columbus in . They fold ...

References

External links

Georgetown Tigers profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seither, Nick Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ohio Players of American football from Butler County, Ohio American football defensive linemen Georgetown Tigers football players Cleveland Gladiators players Beijing Lions players Albany Empire (AFL) players Birmingham Iron players Columbus Destroyers players