Defensive back, Florida, 2003–06
Reggie Nelson
- Hometown
- Melbourne, FL
- Born
- Sep 21, 1983, in Melbourne, Florida
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Reggie Nelson played defensive back at Florida (2003–06). He was a consensus All‑American in 2006. The Jacksonville Jaguars took Nelson in the first round, No. 21 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2006; SEC champions, 2006
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Returns
| Season | Team | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Florida | 14 | 92 | 0 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | 32 | 14 | 46 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 14 | 34 | 17 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| On file | 66 | 31 | 97 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
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.
Game by game
2006 Florida 5 games with an interception on file, 6 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Southern Miss | W 34–7 | 1 | 4 |
| Sep 16 | at Tennessee | W 21–20 | 2 | – |
| Sep 30 | vs. Alabama | W 28–13 | 1 | – |
| Nov 25 | at Florida State | W 21–14 | 1 | – |
| Dec 2 | vs. Arkansas | W 38–28 | 1 | – |
2005 Florida 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29 | vs. Georgia | W 14–10 | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2007 | Combine or pro day 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11⅜″ | |
| Weight | 198 lb | |
| Arm length | 33¼″ | |
| Hand size | 8⅞″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.56 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 s | |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′6″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.67 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.15 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
12 seasons, 176 games with a stat; latest team: Oakland Raiders.
Pro Bowls: 2 (2015–16) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2015
All-Pro teams: AP second team 2015.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 58 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 13 | 52 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 15 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 54 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 82 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 81 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Bengals | 15 | 64 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 92 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 72 | 0 | 8 |
| 2016 | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 61 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 81 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| NFL career | 176 | 790 | 6.5 | 38 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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