Usage / Role
1%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2018Indiana
Craig Nelson
RB • 5'10" • 182 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Craig Nelson leans balanced backfield option traits and 26 efficiency.
Impact Production
3
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
14
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
3★
- Committed To
- Indiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Craig Nelson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Indiana. Craig Nelson leans balanced backfield option traits and 26 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 5
- Rushing yards
- 5
Quick Answers
Craig Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 5
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Indiana
- Top game
- Memphis
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Booker T. Washington · Indiana
- High school pipeline
- Booker T. Washington · 56 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Freshman
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 5 scrimmage yards · RB 666th (top 97%) · Big Ten 275th (top 92%) · National 2,579th (top 93%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Indiana | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39.5 |
Related Context
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Craig Nelson played RB for Indiana. Across 2 tracked seasons, Craig Nelson recorded 5 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Indiana paired 5 primary output with 26 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 26 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: Ball State
Win with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
1
Scrimmage Yards / G
5
Efficiency
26
Usage
2.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Ball State
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Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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All Games5 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
1 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ball State
Best efficiency game
26 vs Ball State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/15 | vs Ball State | W 38-10 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | — | — | 2.5 |
Career Arc
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- 1
Indiana
2017-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Indiana | 5 | 26 | 2.9 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Memphis
Week 2
Game with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
21
Scrimmage Yards
68.3 takeover
21 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#2
@ Troy
Week 1
21
Scrimmage Yards
66.1 takeover
Game with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
21 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#3
vs Ball State
Week 3 · W 38-10
5
Scrimmage Yards
44.8 takeover
Win with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
5 scrimmage yards and 2.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Indiana
5 primary output · 26 efficiency · 2.9 usage
39.5
#2
2017 Regular Season · Indiana
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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