Wingate University Athletics

2013: For second straight year, team’s leading rusher…Posted 408 yards on 83 attempts with team-best seven rushing TDs…Back-to-back 100+ yard performances versus Tusculum (144 yards on 27 tries) and North Greenville (158 yards on 21 tries) with two scores in both games…Caught 12 passes for 55 yards and one TD…48 points were second on team charts to place kicker Patrick Smith…463 all-purpose yards were fourth on team list…
 
2012: Led the Bulldogs with 119 carries for 514 yards…Four rushing TDs were second on team...Rushed 25 times for 140 yards and three TDs in nationally-televised SAC victory at Carson-Newman…Third rushing TD of night sealed the win in closing seconds…Caught 19 passes for 81 yards with at least one catch in eight of 10 games…2012 stat line: 4.3 yards per rush, 4.3 yards per catch and 59.5 all-purpose yards per game…
 
2011: Played in every game as true freshman…Returned 25 kick-offs for 429 yards (both team-bests)…Rushed 29 times for 125 yards…Season-high 141 all-purpose yards in a SAC victory at Catawba…Rushed five times for 49 yards and one TD, while taking four kick-offs for 92 yards…
 
Personal: Lantigua was a member of the football and track teams at American Heritage. He was a two-time all-county player, helping AH win the state football title. Lantigua led the team in yards per carry and rushing yards (850). Nestor is the son of Nestor and Nancy Lantigua.