Player Dossier

2014-2018

Southern Miss

Picasso Nelson Jr.

DB • 5'10" • 195 lbs • Mendenhall, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Picasso Nelson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.

Usage Score

8

Efficiency

28

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

13.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Picasso Nelson Jr., DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Picasso Nelson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.

Picasso Nelson Jr. played DB for Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Picasso Nelson Jr. recorded 37 receiving yards and 94 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

28

Usage

8

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

UAB

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Rice: 0. Auburn: 1.5. North Texas: 2. UTSA: 0. Charlotte: 0. Marshall: 0. UAB: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 3 by 12.5. UL Monroe: 7 by 29.2. Rice: 3 by 12.5. Auburn: 8 by 48.3. North Texas: 8 by 53.3. UTSA: 3 by 12.5. Charlotte: 6 by 25. Marshall: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 7 by 54.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 3 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 5 · +1.2 vs Wins
First Half0.7 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UAB

Best efficiency game

54.2 vs UAB

Result
Sun 11/11@ UABSplash gameL 23-26751.50010
Sat 11/3vs MarshallW 26-2411000
Sat 10/27@ CharlotteL 17-2063000
Sat 10/20vs UTSAW 27-1731000
Sat 10/13@ North TexasSplash gameL 7-3086200
Sat 9/29@ AuburnL 13-24830.5001
Sat 9/22vs RiceW 40-2232000
Sat 9/8vs UL MonroeL 20-2172000
Sat 9/1vs Unknown30000

Career Arc

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    Southern Miss

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201420152016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss220
2015 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00-2
2016 PostseasonSouthern Miss621.766
2016 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss621.760
2017 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss0-6
2018 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss62886

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Louisiana Tech

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.

#2

Rice

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

App State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

UAB

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.6 takeover score.

#5

North Texas

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

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#2

2014 Regular Season · Southern Miss

40.8

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss

13.5

6 primary · 28 efficiency · 8 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7785

Oak Grove · Hattiesburg, MS

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

94

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 24 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.