West Virginia University Athletics

• Saw action in 57 career games, including 52 starts
• Played in East-West Shrine Game
• Hula Bowl participant

2023 (Sr.)

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
• Played in 12 games and started 11
• Saw action on 660 offensive snaps
• Did not allow a sack for the season
• Finished with 30 knockdowns and had 30 great blocks
• Part of an offensive line that led Power 5 in rushing yards (2,976), had 32 rushing touchdowns (tied for No. 11 nationally) and was the only Big 12 school to finish with more than 2,000 rushing yards in conference games
• Offensive line ranked No. 2 among Power 5 schools for fewest sacks allowed (10)
• Season-high nine knockdowns against Pitt
• Moved to right tackle during the spring

2022 (Jr.)

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
• Started all 11 games in which he played at right guard
• Saw action on 811 plays, including a season-high 91 at Oklahoma
• Missed the TCU game with a leg injury
• Registered 27 knockdowns, including a season-high six at Pitt
• Had 16 great blocks, including a season-high four at Virginia Tech, and at Texas Tech and against Oklahoma
• Recorded eight games without allowing a sack
• Had seven games without missing an assignment
• 2022 Iron Mountaineer Award Winner

2021 (So.)

• Started all 13 games at right guard
• All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (PFF College)
• Saw action on 816 offensive snaps, including a season-high 90 plays against Texas
• Used on 50 or more plays in nine games
• Helped pave the way for Leddie Brown to rush for 1,000 yards
• Hampered by a broken bone in his right hand for the first half of the season
• Finished with 33 knockdowns, including a season-high five at TCU
• Also had 36 great blocks, including a season-high six at Kansas
• Enrolled at WVU in January 2021 after transferring from Virginia Tech

2020 (COVID) - Virginia Tech

• Played for coach Justin Fuente at Virginia Tech
• Saw action in eight games and started seven at right guard
• Helped lead Virginia Tech to No. 4 among Power 5 in rushing yards (240.1), No. 6 national ranking in rushing touchdowns (27) and No. 14 in total offense (440.7)
• Hokies ran for 200 or more yards in eight games, 250 or more yards in six games and 300 or more yards in three games, including 350 against Boston College, 324 at Duke and 314 against NC State
• Part of a line that helped produce 400 or more yards of total offense in nine games, including 495 yards against NC State and North Carolina
• PFF College National Team of the Week against Boston College
• PFF College ACC OL of the Week against Boston College

2019 (Fr.) - Virginia Tech

• Played in 11 games and started 10 at right guard
• PFF College All-Freshman Honorable Mention
• Helped lead Virginia Tech to No. 23 among Power 5 in rushing yards (176.1)
• Saw his first collegiate duty with a start at right guard vs. Old Dominion
• Started the next five games in that role
• Sat out contests at Notre Dame and vs. Wake Forest ue to injury before returning to the starting lineup at Georgia Tech for the remainder of the year
• Helped pave the way for the Hokies to run for 200 or more yards in six games, including a season high 254 yards against North Carolina
• Part of offensive line that blocked for the offense to finish with 400 or more yards of total offense in seven games, including a season-high 490 yards against North Carolina and 483 yards against Virginia 

High School

• Played for head coach Brad Dingess at Spring Valley High
• Played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl
• 2018 Stydahar Award winner, signifying West Virginia’s top offensive lineman
• West Virginia All-State three-time selection
• Helped lead Spring Valley to the 3A state championship game three straight years
• Also played basketball and participated in track and field (shot put, discus)
• Rated as a four-star recruit according to 247Sports' composite ranking
• Ranked as a Top 10 guard nationally and Top 125 prospect by 247Sports

Personal

• Married the former Bryn Osburn in April 2023
• Son of Reggie and Cindy Nester
• One of three children (2 sisters)
• Graduated with his degree in general business in December 2022
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll