Kato Nelson

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2021 Akron 5 games, 445 passing yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 4	atAuburn	L 10–⁠60	9	14	62	0	0	−13
Sep 11	vs.Temple	L 24–⁠45	7	12	82	1	0	32
Oct 2	vs.Ohio	L 17–⁠34	4	8	46	0	0	−3
Oct 9	atBowling Green	W 35–⁠20	6	10	91	0	1	−17
Nov 27	atToledo	L 14–⁠49	10	25	164	2	0	79

2019 Akron 10 games, 1,822 passing yards, 11 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 31	atIllinois	L 3–⁠42	10	24	122	0	1	−13
Sep 7	vs.UAB	L 20–⁠31	25	44	359	2	0	31
Sep 14	atCentral Michigan	L 24–⁠45	25	41	243	3	1	28
Sep 21	vs.Troy	L 7–⁠35	15	29	200	1	0	3
Sep 28	atMassachusetts	L 29–⁠37	13	17	141	2	1	18
Oct 12	vs.Kent State	L 3–⁠26	17	28	202	0	0	64
Nov 2	atBowling Green	L 6–⁠35	9	24	60	0	2	−10
Nov 12	vs.Eastern Michigan	L 14–⁠42	20	33	288	2	1	0
Nov 20	atMiami (OH)	L 17–⁠20	15	25	197	1	0	−14
Nov 26	vs.Ohio	L 3–⁠52	1	14	10	0	0	9

2018 Akron 11 games, 2,329 passing yards, 15 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 8	vs.Morgan State	W 41–⁠7	16	26	232	3	1	42
Sep 15	atNorthwestern	W 39–⁠34	17	28	277	2	0	37
Sep 22	atIowa State	L 13–⁠26	12	28	153	1	1	56
Oct 6	vs.Miami (OH)	L 17–⁠41	19	35	203	1	3	30
Oct 13	atBuffalo	L 6–⁠24	12	29	115	0	1	37
Oct 20	atKent State	W 24–⁠23	19	35	219	1	1	90
Oct 27	vs.Central Michigan	W 17–⁠10	10	27	149	1	0	23
Nov 1	vs.Northern Illinois	L 26–⁠36	18	26	299	2	0	−2
Nov 17	vs.Bowling Green	L 6–⁠21	12	28	148	0	0	−23
Nov 23	atOhio	L 28–⁠49	24	41	356	4	1	15
Dec 1	atSouth Carolina	L 3–⁠28	19	39	178	0	0	−2

2017 Akron 10 games, 989 passing yards, 8 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	atPenn State	L 0–⁠52	1	2	11	0	0	39
Sep 9	vs.Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 52–⁠3	1	3	6	0	0	4
Sep 16	vs.Iowa State	L 14–⁠41	2	4	53	0	1	8
Sep 30	atBowling Green	W 34–⁠23	1	1	15	0	0	27
Oct 7	vs.Ball State	W 31–⁠3	1	1	38	0	0	11
Nov 7	atMiami (OH)	L 14–⁠24	19	38	218	1	0	12
Nov 14	vs.Ohio	W 37–⁠34	22	38	322	4	0	45
Nov 21	vs.Kent State	W 24–⁠14	6	20	69	1	1	21
Dec 2	vs.Toledo	L 28–⁠45	8	18	177	2	0	10
Dec 19 ✦	atFlorida Atlantic	L 3–⁠50	9	15	80	0	0	21

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.