2015-16 Football
1 Melvin Graham III DB
1-O Keenan Franz WR
2 Cody Cotton DE
3 Derrick Estell LB
4 J.J. Nunes DB
5 Alex Green LB
5-O Ryan Dugan WR
6 Idode Kerobo DB
7 Kye Hall LB
8 Vincent McPherson LB
9 Conner Smith QB
10 Jarrett Morgan WR
11 A.J. Bradley DB
12 Scott Staal QB
13 Dalton Stokes QB
14 Jalin LeAndre DB
15 Ryan Shea WR
15-S Josh Young P
16 Ryan Clarke QB
17 Brandon Riley DB
18 Christian Campbell DB
19 Jake Paliga QB
20 Cody Labanowitz DB
20-O Merek Pierce WR
21 Colin Marcott DB
22 Andrew Johnson DB
23 Kellan Hughes DB
24 Legend Choudhry RB
25 Grayson Bastin RB
26 Tim Foley DB
27 Brett Fox TE
28 Josmar Diaz-Martinez DB
29 Isaac Lane DB
30 Frank Catrine WR
31 Kyle Dye DB
31-O Brandon Hall RB
33 Alexander Kozlowski P
33-O Elias Earley WR
34 Jay Slone LB
36 Drew Snouffer LB
37 Gowan Baldwin LB
38 Jean Rene WR
40 Dominique Bobo DB
41 Charlie Hackett DL
42 John Antkiewicz DE
43 Aaron Brunner TE
44 Matt Mallon RB
45 Kenneth Floyd RB
47 Matthew Messler LB
48 Mike Wheeler LB
49 Jake Hutson RB
50 John Horan OL
51 Nick Turner LB
52 Johnathan Coyne LS
53 John Regan LB
54 Jesse Studyvin DE
55 Jake Iery DL
56 Tristan De La Rosa DL
57 Torrin Sallis LB
58 Jesse Slawnikowski LB
59 Keegan Stidam DL
61 Nate Koeneman OL
62 Houston Underwood OL
63 Jonathan Hammond OL
64 Connor Rettig OL
65 Jack Jarnigan OL
66 Alex Ng K/P
67 Eric Rentschler OL
68 Kyle Jones OL
69 Joseph Miggins OL
70 Brady Sullivan OL
71 Sam Manternach OL
72 Drew White DL
73 Tom Schofield OL
74 Brian Lang OL
75 Shannon Taliaferro OL
76 Alex Cotton OL
77 Terrance Roberts OL
78 Alex Helander OL
79 Andrew Lundberg OL
80 Tyrie Fuller WR
81 Chris Mercer WR
83 Colton Hill WR
84 Mason Sutter TE
85 Sam Savage WR
86 Sam Frelich WR
87-D Brandon Doepke DL
87 Griffin Norberg HB
88 Ryan Moore WR
88-S Jacob Newman K
89 JD Koehler WR
90 John Guilford DL
92 Matthew McGinnis DL
93 Nick Scoville DL
94 David Horak DL
96 Isaac Mercado P/K
97 Michael Penn DL
98 Jake Simpson K
99 Jakob Trumpower DE
Full Roster
Nick Turner

#51 Nick Turner

Pos. LB
Ht. 6-0
Wt. 230
Yr. Fr.
Hometown Gurnee, Ill.
High School (Prev. School) Warren Township

2017 All-PFL Second Team

2018: Was limited to four games due to an injury, totaling 17 tackles (six solo, 1 TFL)… Made appearances on Sept. 8 at Duquesne, Sept. 15 at Youngstown State, Sept. 22 vs. Truman State and Oct. 13 vs. Butler… Had a season-high 11 tackles on Sept. 22 against Truman State... Member of the PFL Honor Roll.

2017: One of three Crusaders named to the all-PFL second team… One of two Valpo players and four players in the entire PFL to exceed 100 tackles… Finished with 101 tackles, 39 solos, averaging 9.2 tackles per game… Set a new career high with 13 tackles in a Sept. 30 home win over Stetson, then matched that with 13 tackles as Valpo won the Hoosier Helmet on Nov. 11 at Butler… Reached double figures in tackles on five occasions including the last three games of the season… Had a team-high 8.0 tackles for loss totaling 12 yards… Had one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, 0.5 sacks, one pass breakup and one QB hurry... Started all 11 games for the Crusaders.

2016: Competed in 10 games as a sophomore... Totaled 54 tackles (14 solo) and 1.5 tackles for a loss... Tied with Kye Hall for fourth on the team in tackles... Averaged 5.4 tackles per game... Enjoyed a career-high 11 tackles in his season debut on Sept. 10 at Sacred Heart after having 13 tackles all of last season... Had eight tackles on Nov. 5 at Dayton... Member of PFL Academic Honor Roll. 

2015: Appeared in nine games in his first season as a Crusader ... totaled 13 tackles on the season ... debuted at Eastern Kentucky Sept. 3, picking up a pair of tackles ... recorded season-best four tackles in win at Davidson Oct. 3 ... also registered two tackles apiece Sept. 12 versus Sacred Heart, Oct. 10 at Drake and Oct. 17 against Dayton.

Prep: A three-year letter winner for the Blue Devils...earned All-Conference Honorable Mention accolades and Academic All-Conference honors as a sophomore...named First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Area in addition to receiving his second Academic All-Conference nod his junior year...was an Academic All-State recipient in 2013...selected Team Defensive Player of the Year while collecting First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Area distinction his senior season...named a Daily Herald Player of the Week in 2014...earned a letter in basketball...made Honor Roll in 2011-12 and 2013-14, and High Honor Roll in 2012-13 and 2014-15.

Personal: Nick is the son of Coryn Turner... majoring in business management.