Hokie Club2018: Started 10 games at RT in 2018 ... DNP vs. Virginia (11/23), vs. Marshall (12/1) and vs. Cincinnati (12/31) due to injury ... Made his first career start at right tackle at Florida State (9/3) ... Made the move from left tackle to right tackle for his senior season.
2017: Played in nine games, making eight starts ... Did not play in the final five games of the season with an injury ... Did not play at Miami (11/4) due to injury, snapping a 22-game start streak at left tackle.
2016: Appeared in all 14 games, making 14 starts.
2015: Appeared in 12 games ... Played 51 snaps against Ohio State ... In on 51 plays against Furman ... Logged 25 at Purdue ... Played 10 snaps at East Carolina ... In on five plays against Pittsburgh ... Logged 18 snaps against N.C. State ... In on 38 snaps at Miami ... In on 21 snaps against Duke ... In on 33 snaps on Boston College ... In on 30 snaps at Georgia Tech .. Logged 11 snaps at North Carolina ... Played eight snaps at Virginia.
2014: Enrolled in January after a semester at Fork Union … Went through winter testing and spring practice … Started spring practice as a defensive end, but made the move to offensive tackle … Posted a 350-pound bench press, a 550-pound squat and a 36-inch vertical jump in spring max testing.
Fork Union: Signed with Virginia Tech in 2014, but spent a semester at Fork Union … Enrolled at Tech in January … Rated the No. 2 Top Prep School Recruit in the country by the 247Sports Composite Rankings, along with the No. 1 defensive tackle and the top prep player in Virginia … Ranked as the No. 29 player in the state of Virginia by The Roanoke Times.
High School: A top-flight shot put competitor at Columbia High … Played football for Columbia, starring on both sides of the ball … Earned all-area honors from Worrall Media at Columbia … Ran a 4.88 40-yard dash at the Nike Combine in high school … Played in the Phil Simms North-South All-Star Game … Named first-team all-state for Group 4 in the shot put … A state champion for the Group 4 level in the shot put.
Personal: Born in Orange, New Jersey … Son of Hesdy and Astra Nijman … Has an older sister and a younger sister … His parents are originally from Suriname, a country in South America … Studied abroad over in the summer of 2017 in Rwanda as part of the class UAP 3984: Sport, Policy and Society ... Majoring in consumer studies.