Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Texas
Chris Nelson
DL • 6'1" • 315 lbs • Lakeland, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Chris Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
36
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
Chris Nelson built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Lakeland, FL wearing No. 97, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Chris Nelson's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Chris Nelson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Texas. Chris Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Texas · DL
- Career Tackles
- 102
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Texas
- Top game
- Iowa State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Victory Christian Academy · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Victory Christian Academy · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · DL 74th (top 10%) · Big 12 79th (top 19%) · National 982nd (top 17%)
Chris Nelson played DL for Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chris Nelson recorded 102 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Texas.
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