That's Pronounced... NEE-ko Saw-TELL.
2016 Stats: Sawtelle played in 11 games, only missing action against Memphis and SMU. He recorded 16 tackles, and recovered the fumble that Josh Black caused on the next-to-last play of the Towson game.
2015 Stats: Nico redshirted.
How He Came To USF: Nico played at Jensen Beach High School, near Port St. Lucie and Stuart on the Atlantic coast of Florida. In his last two years as a Falcon, Sawtelle collected 286 tackles and 23 sacks, and as a senior in 2014, he was named to the Class 6A all-state third team.