Tight end, Southern Miss, 2004–⁠08

Shawn Nelson

Hometown
Gonzales, LA
Born
Oct 5, 1985

Shawn Nelson played tight end at Southern Miss (2004–⁠08). The Buffalo Bills took Nelson in round 4, No. 121 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
557
Receiving yards, 2008 (Southern Miss, 7–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 121
Round 4, 2009 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

Career highs

12catches, career highat Auburn, 2008121receiving yards, career highvs. Arkansas State, 20052receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Auburn, 2008

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2005Southern Miss3554015.4563
2006Southern Miss3650614.1351
2007Southern Miss3345113.7540
2008Southern Miss5355710.5329
Career1572,05413.11663

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).

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
200511202
200614224
200712336
On file7512

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

2008 Southern Miss 12 games, 53 catches, 557 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.LouisianaW 51–⁠21335025
Sep 6atAuburnL 13–⁠2712118222
Sep 13atArkansas StateW 27–⁠247110025
Sep 20vs.MarshallL 27–⁠34221012
Oct 4vs.UTEPL 37–⁠40757116
Oct 11vs.Boise StateL 7–⁠24324014
Oct 18atRiceL 40–⁠45671018
Oct 25atMemphisL 30–⁠361505
Nov 8atUCFW 17–⁠6757029
Nov 15vs.East CarolinaW 21–⁠3119019
Nov 29atSMUW 28–⁠12224017
Dec 21 ✦vs.TroyW 30–⁠27216011
2007 Southern Miss 11 games, 33 catches, 451 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.UT MartinW 35–⁠131808
Sep 8atTennesseeL 19–⁠39452030
Sep 15atEast CarolinaW 28–⁠21362131
Sep 27atBoise StateL 16–⁠38359131
Oct 3vs.RiceL 29–⁠3132118
Oct 13vs.SMUW 28–⁠7581128
Oct 21atMarshallW 33–⁠24549026
Oct 28vs.UCFL 17–⁠34324010
Nov 17atUTEPW 56–⁠30140040
Nov 24vs.Arkansas StateW 16–⁠10237033
Dec 22 ✦vs.CincinnatiL 21–⁠31318110
2006 Southern Miss 13 games, 36 catches, 506 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 2atFloridaL 7–⁠34685022
Sep 9vs.SE LouisianaW 45–⁠0119019
Sep 16vs.NC StateW 37–⁠17558024
Sep 26atUCFW 19–⁠14218014
Oct 3atTulsaL 6–⁠201909
Oct 14vs.HoustonW 31–⁠27232116
Oct 21atVirginia TechL 6–⁠36123023
Oct 28vs.East CarolinaL 17–⁠20224022
Nov 5atMemphisW 42–⁠21235119
Nov 11atTulaneW 31–⁠331508
Nov 18vs.UABW 25–⁠20359051
Nov 25vs.MarshallW 42–⁠7663123
Dec 1atHoustonL 20–⁠34266045
2005 Southern Miss 11 games, 35 catches, 540 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 17vs.McNeeseW 48–⁠20240033
Oct 1atEast CarolinaW 33–⁠7351133
Oct 8vs.TulsaL 17–⁠34226013
Oct 15vs.UCFW 52–⁠31218011
Oct 21atUABW 37–⁠28455129
Oct 29atNC StateL 17–⁠21351028
Nov 8atMarshallW 27–⁠241707
Nov 13atHoustonL 24–⁠2731106
Nov 19vs.MemphisL 22–⁠24447024
Nov 26vs.TulaneW 26–⁠75113163
Dec 20 ✦vs.Arkansas StateW 31–⁠196121237

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2009 Senior Bowl (South team, won 35–⁠18).

DrillCombine 2009Combine or pro day 2009
Height6′5″
Weight240 lb
Arm length34½″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.56 s
10-yard split1.66 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump9′7″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill6.96 s
20-yard shuttle4.46 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 14 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2009Buffalo Bills11200
2010Buffalo Bills3200
NFL career14400

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.

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