Nick Dzubnar

BIOGRAPHY

Nick Dzubnar was born on August 15th, 1991, in Anaheim, California. He is a Linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL. 

During high school, Dzubnar was a football team captain and led the Diablos to their first league title since 1972.  As a redshirt freshman, he played in all 11 games, starting two. He totaled 24 total tackles, 14 solo stops, one forced fumble, and one interception. He tallied a season-high ten total tackles and one forced fumble at South Alabama, and nine tackles against Eastern Washington. He also returned three kickoffs for a total of 34 yards.

Dzubnar led the Mustangs in tackles, totaling 107 throughout his sophomore season. He finished with 61 solo stops and 46 assisted tackles, including a season-high of 15 against Weber State. He tallied over ten tackles in four separate contests: UC Davis, Sacramento State, Eastern Washington, and Sam Houston St. Against UC Davis, he recorded his lone sack of the season and 2.5 tackles for loss. Dzubnar also forced one fumble and recovered two against Sacramento State, returning one fumble 58 yards for a touchdown. Against Northern Arizona, he pushed one fumble and returned an interception for a touchdown. He also tallied five pass breakups throughout the season.

In 2013 during his junior season, Dzubnar was selected to the College Football Performance Awards watch list for linebackers, and also made the transition to strong-side linebacker. For a second consecutive year, Dzubnar was the Mustangs leading tackler, ending the season with 112 tackles. His performance earned him the No. 8 all-time rank single-season tackles at Cal Poly, and No. 8 leading tackler in the Big Sky Conference. Dzubnar tallied seven tackles for lost yardage, one sack, six pass deflections, one interception, three quarterback hurries, and three forced fumbles. He recorded a season-high 14 tackles against Colorado State, 13 tackles at UC Davis, and 12 against Yale and Montana. He finished his junior season with six games with over ten tackles and earned third-team All-Big Sky and College Sports Madness All-American honors.

During his senior season in 2014, Dzubnar returned to middle linebacker. Before the season, he was named to the 2014 All-Big Sky Conference Preseason Team, and the College Football Performance Awards watch list for linebackers for the second straight year. He finished with 167 total tackles, of which 73 were solo stops. In all but two games, Dzubnar recorded double-digit tackles. He tallied 9.5 tackles for losses, three sacks, and two interceptions returned for 53 yards. He had a record-setting performance against Sacramento State, finishing with 19 total tackles, of which five were solo, 0.5 sacks, and one interception returned for 38 yards.

On March 12, 2018, Dzubnar signed a two-year contract extension with the Chargers.