Silas Nacita

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Silas Nacita (* 25. November 1993 in Bakersfield , California, United States ) is a former American American football poker players.

Life

Nacita grew up in Bakersfield, California, and went to high school there . When he was 16 years old, his father died of meningitis . At the age of 18 he moved from home and lived with friends and briefly on the street. Nacita has three siblings and married his girlfriend Kaitlyn on January 7, 2018. He lived with her during the 2018 football season in Marburg, Germany . During the break of the season, the two returned to the United States, to Waco (state of Texas). Nacita is a professed Christian. In 2019, he and his wife divorced.

Career

In 2012 and 2013 Silas Nacita played for Cornell University in Ithaca, New York State . He then went to Waco and played for Baylor University there in 2014 and 2015 . By accepting grants in the form of free board and lodging, Nacita lost the National Collegiate Athletic Association's player license in March 2015 , as this support violated the league's amateur rules.

In February 2016 he signed a professional contract with the Marburg Mercenaries in the German Football League (GFL) . Here Nacita ran 1718 yards (112.9 per game) as a running back in the 2016 season and made 21 touchdowns . As a receiver and punt returner, he scored three more touchdowns. He was also used partly as a quarterback . 53 of his 117 passes found a taker (with a total of 515 yards of space gained), resulting in five direct points.

For the 2017 season, Nacita moved to Frankfurt Universe within the GFL . With the Frankfurt team he made it into the play-offs as second in the table , but was eliminated in the semifinals against the New York Lions Braunschweig .

In spring 2018 he returned to the Marburg Mercenaries, for whom he played in the GFL in the 2018 season. On October 8, 2018, he announced that he was leaving the Marburg Mercenaries and had signed a contract for the next season with the Italian club Guelfi Firenze. He reached the final of the Italian championship with the team, but lost there against Milan. At the end of October, Nacita was named "probably the best player in Europe" by the internet specialist American Football International . He announced his retirement after the end of the 2019 season.

Youtube activity and television appearances

In addition to American football, Nacita discovered filming as his hobby. In Germany he also became known for his YouTube videos and social media activity . At first he wanted to show his family his life in Germany with the videos. But the videos quickly attracted a lot of interest. In July 2019, Nacita's YouTube channel had over 200,000 subscribers.

In the spring of 2018, Nacita and Conner Sullivan shot four contributions in Bavaria for the ProSieben tabloid magazine taff , which were broadcast in June 2018. In the summer of 2018, Nacita worked again with Sullivan on taff programs ("Zwei US-Boys in ..."), this time in northern Germany, for the ProSieben show, which was broadcast in early autumn. Nacita and Sullivan were then the main characters of the rubric in other episodes and explored other parts of Germany and Mallorca.

In September 2019, the channel and the associated videos were temporarily deleted. In October 2019, Nacita announced that it would stop creating YouTube posts after leaving this activity on hold for around three months, as he said he was going through the hardest time of his life for reasons not mentioned. He also announced that he would stay in the United States and end his football career. On December 5, 2019, he returned on his YouTube channel with a new post from Waco / Texas and announced further videos. In a video the next day, he announced that his wife Kaitlyn had left him and the couple had since divorced. In the past few months he has therefore gone through a difficult phase in his life, which he has achieved through his strong faith in God.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau: Silas Nacita: "There are many more important things than football" . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . ( fr.de [accessed on April 26, 2018]).
  2. ^ "How I felt on the day I got married ??" on YouTube
  3. ↑ silas nacita. Retrieved April 26, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Silas Nacita: This is the most important thing in our lives. September 13, 2018, accessed September 15, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Married at 24… Divorced at 26. Retrieved on December 19, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ Former Baylor sensation Silas Nacita Signs To Play For Germany's Marburg Mercenaries . In: American Football International . February 13, 2016 ( americanfootballinternational.com [accessed April 26, 2018]).
  7. ^ Adam Kramer: Ex-Homeless Baylor Football Player Finding Himself After Losing NCAA Eligibility
  8. ↑ Silas Nacita signs with football team in Germany . In: SI.com . ( si.com [accessed April 26, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Frankfurt Universe: New signings that should be considered | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed on April 26, 2018]).
  10. ↑ PETRA: Running back Silas Nacita moves from Marburg to Frankfurt - Football-Fan.de *** International American Football news from Germany . In: Football-Fan.de *** International American Football news from Germany . ( football-fan.de [accessed April 26, 2018]).
  11. ↑ AFI's Europe Top 20: 2019 Coaches Poll - July 2019. July 21, 2019, accessed on November 21, 2019 (American English).
  12. ^ Dan Levy new head coach of Italys Firenze Guelfi. October 28, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019 (American English).
  13. ↑ a b count your blessings. Retrieved on November 21, 2019 (German).
  14. ↑ Silas Nacita. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Silas Nacita: HE CAME BACK TO GERMANY. April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Silas Nacita takes hearts by storm. Retrieved April 29, 2018 .
  17. ↑ 2 US BOYS IN BAVARIA: THE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ROAD TRIP (1). June 11, 2018, accessed July 31, 2018 .
  18. ↑ taff - 2 US Boys in the Ruhr area: The road trip with a difference (1). January 21, 2019, accessed November 21, 2019 .
  19. ↑ 2 US Boys in the North: The Somewhat Different Road Trip (1) - tough - 7TV. Retrieved September 24, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Who is Jürgen Drews? Conner & Silas meet King of Mallorca! 2/4 | 2 US boys in Mallorca | tough. Retrieved on November 21, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Nacita, Silas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Bakersfield , California , United States