Cornerback, Wisconsin (from Hawai’i), 2014–17
Nick Nelson
Lettered 2014–15 at Hawai’i (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 11
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 208 lb
- Hometown
- Glenarden, MD
- Born
- Oct 16, 1996, in Florence, South Carolina
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Nick Nelson played cornerback at Hawai’i (2014–15) and Wisconsin (2016–17). The Oakland Raiders took Nelson in round 4, No. 110 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Returns
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Wisconsin | 30 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
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 | 11 of 13 | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 2015 | 12 of 13 | 35 | 14 | 49 |
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
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
2017 Wisconsin 14 games, 30 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Tkl | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Utah State | W 59–10 | – | – | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 31–14 | – | – | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | at BYU | W 40–6 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Northwestern | W 33–24 | – | – | 3 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 7 | at Nebraska | W 38–17 | – | – | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Purdue | W 17–9 | – | – | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Maryland | W 38–13 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | at Illinois | W 24–10 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 4 | at Indiana | W 45–17 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 11 | vs. Iowa | W 38–14 | – | – | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Michigan | W 24–10 | – | – | 2 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 25 | at Minnesota | W 31–0 | – | – | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs. Ohio State | L 21–27 | – | – | 1 | −3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | at Miami | W 34–24 | – | – | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 Hawai’i 9 games, 20 returns, 165 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Tkl | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | atOhio State | L 0–38 | – | – | 2 | 8 | – | – | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. UC Davis | W 47–27 | – | – | 1 | 11 | – | – | – |
| Sep 26 | at Wisconsin | L 0–28 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 3 | at Boise State | L 0–55 | – | – | 3 | 11 | – | – | – |
| Oct 10 | vs. San Diego State | L 14–28 | – | – | 4 | 37 | – | – | – |
| Oct 17 | at New Mexico | L 27–28 | – | – | 2 | 10 | – | – | – |
| Oct 24 | at Nevada | L 20–30 | – | – | 3 | 60 | – | – | – |
| Nov 7 | at UNLV | L 21–41 | – | – | 1 | −1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 21 | vs. San José State | L 23–42 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2018 | Combine or pro day 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅝″ | |
| Weight | 200 lb | |
| Arm length | 30¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9¼″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.52 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.53 s | |
| Vertical jump | 36½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ | |
| Bench press | 17 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.84 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.08 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 9 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oakland Raiders | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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