Nelson Spruce

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2015 Colorado 13 games, 89 catches, 1,053 yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 3	atHawai’i	L 20–⁠28	8	69	0	13	–
Sep 12	vs.Massachusetts	W 48–⁠14	6	64	1	18	–
Sep 19	vs.Colorado State	W 27–⁠24	6	63	0	18	–
Sep 26	vs.Nicholls	W 48–⁠0	5	80	0	27	–
Oct 3	vs.Oregon	L 24–⁠41	6	87	0	42	–
Oct 10	atArizona State	L 23–⁠48	6	77	0	25	–
Oct 17	vs.Arizona	L 31–⁠38	8	63	0	12	–
Oct 24	atOregon State	W 17–⁠13	6	60	1	15	–
Oct 31	atUCLA	L 31–⁠35	11	90	0	12	–
Nov 7	vs.Stanford	L 10–⁠42	5	75	0	36	–
Nov 13	vs.USC	L 24–⁠27	7	94	1	36	–
Nov 21	atWashington State	L 3–⁠27	10	120	0	29	–
Nov 28	atUtah	L 14–⁠20	5	111	1	50	–

2014 Colorado 12 games, 106 catches, 1,198 yards, 12 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Aug 29	vs.Colorado State	L 17–⁠31	7	104	2	54	–
Sep 6	atMassachusetts	W 41–⁠38	10	145	2	70	–
Sep 13	vs.Arizona State	L 24–⁠38	7	97	2	31	–
Sep 20	vs.Hawai’i	W 21–⁠12	13	172	1	71	–
Sep 27	atCalifornia	L 56–⁠59	19	179	3	34	–
Oct 4	vs.Oregon State	L 31–⁠36	6	35	0	11	–
Oct 18	atUSC	L 28–⁠56	9	69	1	15	–
Oct 25	vs.UCLA	L 37–⁠40	6	63	0	28	–
Nov 1	vs.Washington	L 23–⁠38	13	138	0	39	2
Nov 8	atArizona	L 20–⁠38	9	89	0	14	–
Nov 22	atOregon	L 10–⁠44	2	16	0	10	–
Nov 29	vs.Utah	L 34–⁠38	5	91	1	66	–

2013 Colorado 12 games, 55 catches, 650 yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 1	vs.Colorado State	W 41–⁠27	8	99	0	28	–
Sep 7	vs.Central Arkansas	W 38–⁠24	4	62	1	39	–
Sep 28	atOregon State	L 17–⁠44	1	9	0	9	–
Oct 5	vs.Oregon	L 16–⁠57	3	36	0	24	–
Oct 12	atArizona State	L 13–⁠54	5	42	1	10	–
Oct 19	vs.Charleston Southern	W 43–⁠10	2	27	0	17	–
Oct 26	vs.Arizona	L 20–⁠44	3	28	0	11	–
Nov 2	atUCLA	L 23–⁠45	6	49	0	13	–
Nov 9	atWashington	L 7–⁠59	5	40	0	13	–
Nov 16	vs.California	W 41–⁠24	8	140	0	62	–
Nov 23	vs.USC	L 29–⁠47	4	52	1	38	–
Nov 30	atUtah	L 17–⁠24	6	66	1	18	–

2012 Colorado 12 games, 44 catches, 446 yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 1	vs.Colorado State	L 17–⁠22	8	64	1	15	–
Sep 8	vs.Sacramento State	L 28–⁠30	2	28	0	16	–
Sep 15	atFresno State	L 14–⁠69	3	39	0	22	–
Sep 22	atWashington State	W 35–⁠34	8	103	1	22	–
Sep 29	vs.UCLA	L 14–⁠42	3	26	0	18	–
Oct 11	vs.Arizona State	L 17–⁠51	3	31	0	21	–
Oct 20	atUSC	L 6–⁠50	1	16	0	16	–
Oct 27	atOregon	L 14–⁠70	1	−1	0	0	–
Nov 3	vs.Stanford	L 0–⁠48	1	6	0	6	–
Nov 10	atArizona	L 31–⁠56	4	36	0	14	–
Nov 17	vs.Washington	L 3–⁠38	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 23	vs.Utah	L 35–⁠42	10	98	1	17	–

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

Named to the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (West team) but didn’t play.

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