Defensive back, Memphis, 2013–16
Dontrell Nelson
- Number
- No. 10
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Olive Branch, MS
Dontrell Nelson played defensive back at Memphis (2013–16).
Team titles: American champions, 2014
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: 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
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
2016 Memphis 7 games, 22 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Southeast Missouri State | W 35–17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Kansas | W 43–7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Bowling Green | W 77–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at Ole Miss | L 28–48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at Cincinnati | W 34–7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Houston | W 48–44 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. Western Kentucky | L 31–51 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2015 Memphis 2 games, 2 INT
2014 Memphis 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15 | at Tulane | W 38–7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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