Defensive back, Oklahoma, 2006–⁠10

Jonathan Nelson

Number
No. 3
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Arlington, TX
Born
May 6, 1988, in Mansfield, Texas

Jonathan Nelson played defensive back at Oklahoma (2006–⁠10). The St. Louis Rams took Nelson in round 7, No. 229 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2010

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009Oklahoma3
2010Oklahoma2
On file (2009–⁠10)5

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
2008N452700–––
20091131164711321
2010N14534910230272
On file896715641–––

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
2009Oklahoma3DB
2010Oklahoma3DB5′11″

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

2010 Oklahoma 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 25atCincinnatiW 31–⁠291
Nov 13vs.Texas TechW 45–⁠71
2009 Oklahoma 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 14vs.Texas A&MW 65–⁠101
Nov 21atTexas TechL 13–⁠411
Nov 28vs.Oklahoma StateW 27–⁠01

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 2011
Height5′10⅞″
Weight198 lb
Arm length30½″W
Hand size9¼″W
40-yard dash4.54 s
10-yard split1.47 sW
Vertical jump43″
Broad jump11′4″
Bench press22 reps
3-cone drill6.84 s
20-yard shuttle4.12 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2011Carolina Panthers2901

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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