Safety, Ohio, 2014–⁠18

Kylan Nelson

Number: No. 23
Height: 5′10″
Weight: 192 lb
Class (2018): Senior
Hometown: Lexington, KY

Kylan Nelson played safety at Ohio (2014–⁠18).

9tackles, career hightwice; last at Miami (OH), 2018 2interceptions, career highvs. Texas State, 2016

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
2016	Ohio	30	20	1	3	4
2017	Ohio	53	28	3	0	8
2018	Ohio	55	32	3	2	7
Career		138	80	7	5	19

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD	PR	Yds	TD
2014	Ohio	1	84	1	–	–	–
2015	Ohio	–	–	–	1	3	0
2016	Ohio	1	14	0	–	–	–
2017	Ohio	6	108	0	7	55	0
2018	Ohio	9	209	0	6	76	1
Career		17	415	1	14	134	1

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	Ast	Tkl
2014	8 of 12	11	2	13
2015	8 of 13	2	2	4

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2014	Ohio	23	S	Yr 1
2015	Ohio	23	S	Yr 2
2016	Ohio	23	S	Yr 3
2017	Ohio	23	S	Yr 4
2018	Ohio	23	S	Sr. (Yr 5)	5′10″	192

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

2018 Ohio 13 games, 55 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 1	vs.Howard	W 38–⁠32	9	7	0	0	0	3
Sep 15	atVirginia	L 31–⁠45	5	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 22	atCincinnati	L 30–⁠34	6	4	1	0	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Massachusetts	W 58–⁠42	3	3	0	0	0	2
Oct 6	atKent State	W 27–⁠26	5	5	1	0	0	0
Oct 13	atNorthern Illinois	L 21–⁠24	3	2	0	0	0	2
Oct 20	vs.Bowling Green	W 49–⁠14	4	1	0.5	0	0	0
Oct 25	vs.Ball State	W 52–⁠14	4	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 1	atWestern Michigan	W 59–⁠14	4	2	0	0	1	0
Nov 7	atMiami (OH)	L 28–⁠30	9	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 14	vs.Buffalo	W 52–⁠17	–	–	–	–	1	–
Nov 23	vs.Akron	W 49–⁠28	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 19 ✦	vs.San Diego State	W 27–⁠0	2	0	0.5	0	0	0

2017 Ohio 13 games, 53 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 2	vs.Hampton	W 59–⁠0	0	0	0	1
Sep 8	atPurdue	L 21–⁠44	7	6	0	0
Sep 16	vs.Kansas	W 42–⁠30	7	4	0	0
Sep 23	atEastern Michigan	W 27–⁠20	4	3	0	2
Sep 30	atMassachusetts	W 58–⁠50	4	2	0	0
Oct 7	vs.Central Michigan	L 23–⁠26	7	2	1.5	1
Oct 14	atBowling Green	W 48–⁠30	2	1	0	1
Oct 21	vs.Kent State	W 48–⁠3	4	1	0.5	0
Oct 31	vs.Miami (OH)	W 45–⁠28	6	1	0	2
Nov 8	vs.Toledo	W 38–⁠10	4	2	1	0
Nov 14	atAkron	L 34–⁠37	2	1	0	1
Nov 24	atBuffalo	L 24–⁠31	4	3	0	0
Dec 22 ✦	vs.UAB	W 41–⁠6	2	2	0	0

2016 Ohio 11 games, 30 tackles, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Texas State	L 54–⁠56	2	1	0	2	0
Sep 10	atKansas	W 37–⁠21	3	2	0	0	0
Sep 17	atTennessee	L 19–⁠28	3	1	0	0	0
Oct 8	vs.Bowling Green	W 30–⁠24	1	0	0	0	1
Oct 22	atKent State	W 14–⁠10	2	2	0	0	0
Oct 27	atToledo	W 31–⁠26	6	5	0	0	0
Nov 3	vs.Buffalo	W 34–⁠10	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 15	atCentral Michigan	L 20–⁠27	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 22	vs.Akron	W 9–⁠3	2	2	1	0	2
Dec 2	vs.Western Michigan	L 23–⁠29	3	1	0	1	0
Dec 23 ✦	vs.Troy	L 23–⁠28	0	0	0	0	1

2015 Ohio 1 game, 1 return, 3 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Oct 10	vs.Miami (OH)	W 34–⁠3	–	–	–	–	–	–

2014 Ohio 1 game, 1 return, 84 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Nov 25	atMiami (OH)	W 24–⁠21	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

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