Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Michigan State
Laress Nelson
WR • 5'8" • 180 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Laress Nelson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
11
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
5
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Player Story
Laress Nelson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 13, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Laress Nelson's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Laress Nelson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Michigan State. Laress Nelson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 191
- Receptions
- 19
Quick Answers
Laress Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 191
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Penn State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · American Heritage · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- American Heritage · 80 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Michigan State | 7 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 24.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Michigan State | 6 | 12 | 114 | 0 | 55.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Michigan State | 4 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 44.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Laress Nelson played WR for Michigan State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Laress Nelson recorded 9 rushing yards and 191 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 114 primary output with 52.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 62.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2019 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
4
Receiving Yards / G
12
Efficiency
62.2
Usage
6.8
Consistency
52.2
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulsa: 25. Indiana: 0. Penn State: 3. Illinois: 20
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulsa: 1 by 100. Penn State: 1 by 20. Illinois: 2 by 66.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins12.5 · Games = 2 · +1 vs Losses
Losses11.5 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
100 vs Tulsa
Player Story
Laress Nelson story
Laress Nelson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 13, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Laress Nelson's career was his receiving role: 19 catches, 191 receiving yards, and 9 rushing yards across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 9 rushing yards and 45 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Laress Nelson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Michigan State
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Michigan State | 29 | 46.7 | 5.2 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Michigan State | 114 | 52.4 | 12.3 | 85 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Michigan State | 48 | 62.2 | 6.8 | -66 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | -48 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Penn State
Week 7 · W 21-17 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
60
Receiving Yards
82.2 takeover
60 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
#2
vs Iowa
Week 5 · W 17-10 · Conference game
23
Receiving Yards
72.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
23 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Tulsa
Week 1 · W 28-7
25
Receiving Yards
71.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
25 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Central Michigan
Week 5 · W 31-20
31
Receiving Yards
61.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
31 receiving yards with a 68.9 efficiency score.
#5
vs Illinois
Week 11 · L 34-37 · Conference game
20
Receiving Yards
60.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
20 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Michigan State
114 primary output · 52.4 efficiency · 12.3 usage
55.1
#2
2019 Regular Season · Michigan State
44.8
48 primary · 62.2 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Michigan State
24.8
29 primary · 46.7 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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