Safety, Wisconsin, 2018–21
Scott Nelson
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 204 lb
- Class (2021)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Detroit, MI
- Born
- Jul 20, 1999
Scott Nelson played safety at Wisconsin (2018–21).
Career highs
11tackles, career highvs. Army, 2021Defense
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.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Wisconsin | 9 | S | Fr. | ||
| 2019 | Wisconsin | 9 | S | So. | ||
| 2020 | Wisconsin | 9 | S | Jr. | ||
| 2021 | Wisconsin | 9 | S | Sr. | 6′2″ | 204 |
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
2021 Wisconsin 11 games, 50 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vs. Eastern Michigan | W 34–7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Notre Dame | L 13–41 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 2 | vs. Michigan | L 17–38 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs. Army | W 20–14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | at Purdue | W 30–13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Iowa | W 27–7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | at Rutgers | W 52–3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 13 | vs. Northwestern | W 35–7 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | vs. Nebraska | W 35–28 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 27 | at Minnesota | L 13–23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Arizona State | W 20–13 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Wisconsin 5 games, 21 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14 | atMichigan | W 49–11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | vs. Indiana | L 6–14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 12 | atIowa | L 7–28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 19 | vs.Minnesota | W 20–17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Wake Forest | W 42–28 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2019 Wisconsin 1 game, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at South Florida | W 49–0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2018 Wisconsin 7 games, 39 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 34–3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 8 | vs. New Mexico | W 45–14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. BYU | L 21–24 | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 22 | atIowa | W 28–17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Nebraska | W 41–24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | at Penn State | L 10–22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs.Minnesota | L 15–37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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