1. Nicholas Carl Sorensen was born on July 31,1978 and is an American professional football coach and former safety who is currently the special teams coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.
37 Facts About Nick Sorensen
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Nick Sorensen played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies.
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Nick Sorensen signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2001 and played for 10 seasons in the NFL with the St Louis Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars and Cleveland Browns before retiring.
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Nick Sorensen joined the Seattle Seahawks as their assistant special teams coach in 2013 and coached their secondary from 2017 to 2020.
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Nick Sorensen lettered three seasons each, in football, basketball, and baseball.
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Nick Sorensen threw for 1,925 yards and 23 touchdowns during his football career and rushed for 604 yards and 10 touchdowns.
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Nick Sorensen was a four-year letterman for the Virginia Tech Hokies and started at safety and linebacker during his final two seasons where he posted 117 tackles, 10 tackles for losses, four sacks and an interception.
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Nick Sorensen finished the season completing 11 of his 21 passing attempts for 140 yards, 13 carries for 89 yards and 2 passing touchdowns.
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At 19 years, 3 months of age, Nick Sorensen made a mid-season start replacing the injured Clark against the University of Alabama at Birmingham, going making 11 of 21 passes including a 22-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Gildersleeve.
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Nick Sorensen was named Virginia Tech's Player of the Game in the 1998 Gator Bowl loss to North Carolina.
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Nick Sorensen participated in 13 plays on defense and 19 on special teams in the season-opener against East Carolina University, which included completing a 13-yard pass on a successful fake punt for a first down.
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Nick Sorensen appeared in 25 defensive plays against the University of Miami and ran the option on a successful fake punt.
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Nick Sorensen was moved back to quarterback for the fourth game against the University of Pittsburgh to replace injured backup quarterback Dave Meyer.
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Nick Sorensen started 3 games at quarterback against Boston College, Temple University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, making 31 of 59 attempts for 306 yards and 2 passing touchdowns.
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Nick Sorensen finished fourth on the team with 70 tackles, one fewer than future NFL player Ben Taylor.
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Nick Sorensen graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in marketing.
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Nick Sorensen was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted rookie free agent on April 27,2001, but was waived before the season started.
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Nick Sorensen was the special teams captain during his four years in Jacksonville.
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In 2006, Nick Sorensen suffered a significant injury, and the Jaguars cut him prior to the start of the 2007 season.
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On October 24,2007, Nick Sorensen signed with the Cleveland Browns, and on February 29,2008, the first day of free agency, he re-signed with the Browns.
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On October 26,2008, Nick Sorensen returned to Jacksonville for the first time after being cut by Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio in August 2007.
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Nick Sorensen broke up the final play of the game with 13 seconds left in the game.
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The presence of the newly drafted rookies meant that Nick Sorensen faced being cut after training camp.
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Nick Sorensen was not and went on to primarily contribute on special teams.
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Nick Sorensen's contract expired at the conclusion of the 2010 season, and Sorensen was not signed in free agency.
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From 2013 to 2020, Nick Sorensen was a coach on the Seattle Seahawks staff under head coach Pete Carroll.
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Nick Sorensen served as a special teams assistant for his first three seasons.
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Nick Sorensen won his first Super Bowl title when the Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII.
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In 2016, Nick Sorensen served as assistant defensive backs coach, and beginning in 2017, he served as coach of the Seahawks' secondary, formerly known as the Legion of Boom.
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Nick Sorensen was hired to replace former Seahawks special teams coordinator Brian Schneider, who left the organization after a brief tenure for personal reasons.
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In 2022, Nick Sorensen was hired by the San Francisco 49ers as a defensive assistant under head coach Kyle Shanahan.
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In 2024, Nick Sorensen was promoted to defensive coordinator following the firing of Steve Wilks.
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On January 7,2025, it was announced that Nick Sorensen was fired after the 49ers' defense took a major step back in several categories.
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Nick Sorensen was in consideration to become the 49ers special teams coordinator, until the team elected to hire Brant Boyer instead on January 27,2025.
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On January 28,2025, Nick Sorensen was hired by the Dallas Cowboys to be the special teams coordinator.
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Nick Sorensen reunited with head coach Brian Schottenheimer, whom he worked with during his tenures with the Seattle Seahawks and Jacksonville Jaguars.
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In 2012, Nick Sorensen was working as an analyst for WKYC channel 3 in Cleveland on the station's Browns Tonight post-game show.