CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Signed to a three-year contract, 7/23/08; Drafted in the fifth-round (164th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.

HONORS – 2008: Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie, Sporting News All-Rookie.

2009- Started at left guard in all 16 games. vs. Detroit (9/13): Started at LG and helped lead the way for 515 yards of total offense, including 157 rushing yards and allowing zero sacks. at Philadelphia (9/20): Was the starting LG in the team’s 48-22 victory. at Buffalo (9/27): Started at LG at blocked for the team’s 222 rushing yards in the win. vs. NY Jets (10/4): Started at LG and helped the team to 153 rushing yards and zero sacks allowed in the victory. vs. NY Giants (10/18): Started at left guard and helped pace the team’s 493-yard offensive attack that produced 48 points in the victory. at Miami (10/25): Was the starting left guard in the team’s 46-34 victory. vs. Atlanta (11/2): Started at LG in the win over the Falcons. vs. Carolina (11/8): Started at left guard. at St. Louis (11/15): Was the starting left guard in the victory that featured 203 rushing yards for the team. at Tampa Bay (11/22): Started at left guard in the 38-7 win, helping to keep Drew Brees sack-free. vs. New England (11/30): Was the starting LG in the 38-17 victory, a win that saw the Saints post 480 of total offense. at Washington (12/6): Started at left guard in the overtime win. at Atlanta (12/13): Started at LG and helped to keep Drew Brees from being sacked. vs. Dallas (12/19): Started at left guard. vs. Tampa Bay (12/27): Started at LG. at Carolina (1/3): Started at left guard. vs. Arizona (1/16 – Divisional Playoff): Started at left guard in the win and helped to keep Drew Brees without being sacked. vs. Minnesota (1/24 – NFC Championship Game): Started at LG in the victory. vs. Indianapolis (2/7 – Super Bowl XLIV): Was the starting left guard in the victory.

2008 – After serving as a backup and goal-line tight end for the first three games, Nicks opened the final 13 contests at left guard and was a key component of an offensive unit that was ranked first in the NFL in yards per game and scoring, while setting a club record with only 13 sacks surrendered…After entering the starting lineup in the fourth game of the season, vs. San Francisco, the Saints would only give up nine sacks in the final 13 contests.

COLLEGE – Appeared in 23 games at Nebraska, starting 13 contests, including 11 at left tackle in 2007 and two at right tackle in 2006…During his two seasons with the Cornhuskers, he allowed just one sack…As a senior, he was named second-team All-Big 12 while registering 76 knockdown blocks…Appeared in all 11 games as a junior in 2006, serving as the top backup at RT, where he started the final two games…Attended Hartnell (Salinas, Calif.) JC in 2005…Played as a reserve defensive tackle as a true freshman at New Mexico State in 2003, recording three tackles and a fumble recovery…Majored in sociology.

PERSONAL – Attended Salinas (Calif.) HS, where he was a standout defensive tackle and named Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2002 in his region…While at Hartnell Junior College, also competed on the track team in shot put and discus…He and his wife, Bridget, have a daughter (Serena)…Born in San Francisco, Calif.