Tight end, New Mexico State, to 2010
Kyle Nelson
- Number
- No. 17
- Height
- 6′4″
- Hometown
- Waco, TX
- Born
- Oct 3, 1986, in Norman, Oklahoma
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Kyle Nelson played tight end at New Mexico State (to 2010).
Career highs
6catches, best game on filevs. Louisiana Tech, 2010Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007* | New Mexico State | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2008* | New Mexico State | 11 | 70 | 6.4 | 0 | 15 |
| 2009 | New Mexico State | 12 | 112 | 9.3 | 1 | 23 |
| 2010 | New Mexico State | 41 | 371 | 9.0 | 1 | 31 |
| On file (2007–10) | 66 | 559 | 8.5 | 2 | 31 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| On file | 14 | 4 | 18 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | New Mexico State | 17 | TE | |
| 2008 | New Mexico State | 17 | TE | |
| 2009 | New Mexico State | 17 | TE | |
| 2010 | New Mexico State | 17 | TE | 6′4″ |
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 New Mexico State 12 games, 41 catches, 371 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vs. San Diego State | L 21–41 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 8 |
| Sep 18 | at UTEP | L 10–42 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 11 |
| Sep 25 | at Kansas | L 16–42 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 23 |
| Oct 2 | vs. Boise State | L 0–59 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 18 |
| Oct 9 | vs. New Mexico | W 16–14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| Oct 16 | at Fresno State | L 10–33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Oct 23 | at Idaho | L 14–37 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 31 |
| Oct 30 | vs. San José State | W 29–27 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 19 |
| Nov 6 | at Utah State | L 22–27 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 13 |
| Nov 13 | vs. Louisiana Tech | L 20–41 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 14 |
| Nov 20 | at Nevada | L 6–52 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 18 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Hawai’i | L 24–59 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 12 |
2009 New Mexico State 8 games, 12 catches, 112 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs.Idaho | L 6–21 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Prairie View A&M | W 21–18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sep 19 | vs.UTEP | L 12–38 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 23 |
| Sep 26 | atNew Mexico | W 20–17 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Oct 17 | atLouisiana Tech | L 7–45 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Oct 24 | vs.Fresno State | L 3–34 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Oct 31 | at Ohio State | L 0–45 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Nov 14 | atHawai’i | L 6–24 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 |
2008 New Mexico State 4 games, 11 catches, 70 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8 | vs.Hawai’i | L 30–42 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Nov 15 | atFresno State | L 17–24 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 22 | vs.Louisiana Tech | L 31–35 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 15 |
| Nov 29 | atUtah State | L 2–47 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2007 New Mexico State 2 games, 2 catches, 6 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | at Auburn | L 20–55 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Oct 13 | atLouisiana Tech | L 21–22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | UFL | Omaha Nighthawks |
| 2024–25 | CFL | BC Lions |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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