Michigan State University Athletics
Nick Sharpe
GR.-6Â |Â OLÂ |Â 6-2Â |Â 335
Gastonia, N.C. | Hunter Hess High School | Wake Forest (2021-24) | South Carolina (2025)
Graduate transfer from South Carolina will be entering his sixth season of college football in 2026 . . . played four seasons at Wake Forest (2021-24) before transferring to South Carolina for the 2025 season . . . has played in 34 career games, including 17 starts (12 at right guard, five at left guard) . . . played for offensive line coach Nick Tabacca at Wake Forest from 2021-24.
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT SENIOR AT SOUTH CAROLINA): Played in eight games, including five starts at left guard . . . played a total of 392 snaps on offense and played 29 snaps on special teams . . . graded out as the No. 15 guard in the SEC by Pro Football Focus (66.9).
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT WAKE FOREST): Appeared in all 12 games, including 10 starts at right guard . . . played a career-high 665 snaps on offense and 51 on special teams.
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT WAKE FOREST): Started the first two games of the season at right guard against Elon (49 total plays) and Vanderbilt (42 total plays), but suffered a season-ending injury in the second game of the year.
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT WAKE FOREST): Played in 11 games as a reserve guard (62 snaps) and on special teams (26 snaps).
2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT WAKE FOREST): Made his collegiate debut against Duke (10/30) with 19 snaps on offense in his only game action of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played for Coach Randy Thompson at Hunter Hess High School in Gastonia, North Carolina . . . earned all-conference and All-Gazette team honors as a junior in 2019 . . . was the highest-graded offensive lineman at Hunter Hess as a sophomore (92 percent) and junior (94 percent) . . . also recorded 22 tackles on defense his junior season . . . team captain . . . graduated from Wake Forest in December 2024 with a degree in communications.