Philip Nelson, 2013
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Quarterback, East Carolina (from Minnesota), 2012–⁠16

Philip Nelson

Number
No. 9
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Mankato, MN
Born
Sep 11, 1993, in Madison, Wisconsin

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Philip Nelson played quarterback at Minnesota (2012–⁠13) and East Carolina (2015–⁠16).

Career highs

400passing yards, career highat South Carolina, 20165touchdown passes, career highvs. Western Carolina, 2016122rushing yards, career highat New Mexico State, 20132rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Nebraska, 2013

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2012Minnesota7515249.38735.788
2013Minnesota9418650.51,3067.096
2016East Carolina23434767.42,6037.5168
Career40368558.84,7827.03322

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Minnesota691842.7025
2013Minnesota933643.9648
2016East Carolina63731.2231
Career2256212.8848

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Minnesota9QB
2013Minnesota9QB
2015East Carolina9QB
2016East Carolina9QB6′2″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Minnesota2490.2359th (n=144)0.2258.037%0.230.11
2016East Carolina4110.2137th (n=152)0.2587.148%0.300.07

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.

Game by game

2016 East Carolina 10 games, 2,603 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Western CarolinaW 52–⁠72832398507
Sep 10vs.NC StateW 33–⁠303343297113
Sep 17atSouth CarolinaL 15–⁠20445840012−12
Sep 24atVirginia TechL 17–⁠54173436220−11
Oct 1vs.UCFL 29–⁠4723412782131
Oct 8atSouth FloridaL 22–⁠381223880028
Oct 22atCincinnatiL 19–⁠3128432832256
Oct 29vs.UConnW 41–⁠3294125320−5
Nov 5atTulsaL 24–⁠4591310010−28
Nov 12vs.SMUL 31–⁠551119144024
2013 Minnesota 11 games, 1,306 passing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 29vs.UNLVW 51–⁠231022991183
Sep 7atNew Mexico StateW 44–⁠2181512701122
Sep 14vs.Western IllinoisW 29–⁠1234190016
Sep 28vs.IowaL 7–⁠23122413512−18
Oct 19atNorthwesternW 20–⁠178111121026
Oct 26vs.NebraskaW 34–⁠237151521055
Nov 2atIndianaW 42–⁠3916232984011
Nov 9vs.Penn StateW 24–⁠1015241861040
Nov 23vs.WisconsinL 7–⁠2072383008
Nov 30atMichigan StateL 3–⁠1461877027
Dec 27 ✦vs.SyracuseL 17–⁠2127180014
2012 Minnesota 7 games, 873 passing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 20atWisconsinL 13–⁠3813241492267
Oct 27vs.PurdueW 44–⁠2815222463037
Nov 3vs.MichiganL 13–⁠3513291421037
Nov 10atIllinoisW 17–⁠3915780024
Nov 17atNebraskaL 14–⁠3882359024
Nov 24vs.Michigan StateL 10–⁠2610236103−11
Dec 28 ✦vs.Texas TechL 31–⁠347161382126

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height6′1⅜″
Weight203 lb
Arm length30⅞″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.80 s
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump9′7″
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.42 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2018CFLWinnipeg Blue Bombers *
2019AAFSan Diego Fleet
2020XFLDallas Renegades
2021CFLMontreal Alouettes *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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