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Nesta Silvera

Nesta Jade Silvera is an American football defensive tackle for the University of Miami Hurricanes in Coral Gables, Florida.

Early years
Roxan Nugent is his mother Norman Silvera is his father both parents are Jamaican descendants. Nesta’s mother grew up in Kingston Jamaica then came to the US at the age of 16 where she meet his father at the age of 21. Nesta’s father who also came to the US at the age of 16 grew up in Ocho Rios Jamaica.

Highschool Career
Widely regarded as one of the nation’s best defensive lineman rated as a consensus four-star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com. Listed as the third-best defensive tackle, the 14th-best prospect in Florida and the No. 50 overall prospect in the country by ESPN.com. Ranked No. 2 at his position, No. 11 in Florida and No. 54 nationally by 247Sports.com. Rated the ninth-best defensive tackle and 26th-best player in Florida by Rivals.com. Helped guide Plantation American Heritage to back-to-back Class 5A state championships and 27 straight wins.

Nesta had a monster game in the state final, as he recovered a fumble, scored a touchdown, registered one tackle and collected a sack. Selected to the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio named to the 2017 Sun Sentinel All-Broward first team. Anchored the defensive line with a team-best 79 tackles, 25 tackles for loss and 12 sacks in 2017 participated in The Opening in the summer of 2017. Chose Miami over offers from Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio State, Penn State and TCU, among others.

Nesta Silvera announced his college commitment on Wednesday 2/7/2018. The 4-star defensive tackle from American Heritage officially became a Miami Hurricane.

Social Media
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/njs_era

Twitter - https://twitter.com/NJS_ERA