Corey Nelson in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Oklahoma, 2010–⁠13

Corey Nelson

Number
No. 7
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Dallas, TX
Born
Apr 22, 1992, in Dallas, Texas

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Corey Nelson played linebacker at Oklahoma (2010–⁠13). The Denver Broncos took Nelson in round 7, No. 242 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2010 and 2012

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2013Oklahoma1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUHur
2010131110212.50001
2011N133029598.55.5–4–
2012132522472.51022
2013N51314273114–
On file797515416.57.5–10–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Oklahoma7LB
2011Oklahoma7LB
2012Oklahoma7LB
2013Oklahoma7LB6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2013 Oklahoma 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 28atNotre DameW 35–⁠211
2010 Oklahoma 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 3 yards
DateOpponentResultInt

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2014
Height6′0⅜″
Weight231 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size8⅞″
40-yard dash4.60 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.37 s
20-yard shuttle4.48 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 44 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014Denver Broncos101400
2015Denver Broncos111610
2016Denver Broncos156600
2017Denver Broncos3400
2019Denver Broncos5900
NFL career4410910

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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