Player Dossier

2022-2023

Duke

Anthony Nelson

DE • 6'2" • 258 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Anthony Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Player Story

Anthony Nelson built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a defensive end from Tampa, FL wearing No. 93, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Anthony Nelson's career was his defensive production: 30...

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Anthony Nelson, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Duke. Anthony Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
30
TFL
3.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Anthony Nelson quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · DE
Career Tackles
30
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 16 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Duke
Top game
Wake Forest
Latest roster
No. 93 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
17 tackles · DE 124th (top 43%) · ACC 225th (top 37%) · National 2,167th (top 37%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonDuke7131021039.1
2023 PostseasonDuke92-0--025.9
2023 Regular SeasonDuke9152.50--025.9

Related Context

Anthony Nelson played DE for Duke. Across 2 tracked seasons, Anthony Nelson recorded 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Duke paired 4 primary output with 13.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Duke

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

13.4

Usage

3.4

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 1. North Carolina A&T: 0. Kansas: 0. Virginia: 1. Virginia Tech: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Wake Forest: 2

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. Northwestern: 0 by 10. North Carolina A&T: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 2 by 8.3. Virginia: 4 by 26.7. Virginia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Pittsburgh: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 2 by 28.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sat 11/26vs Wake ForestSplash gameW 34-3121000
Sat 11/19@ PittsburghL 26-2821000
Sat 11/12vs Virginia TechW 24-721000
Sat 10/1vs VirginiaW 38-1741100
Sat 9/24@ KansasL 27-3522000
Sat 9/17vs North Carolina A&TW 49-2010000
Sat 9/10@ NorthwesternW 31-2300001

Player Story

Anthony Nelson story

Anthony Nelson built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a defensive end from Tampa, FL wearing No. 93, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Anthony Nelson's career was his defensive production: 30 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Anthony Nelson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Duke

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonDuke413.43.4
2023 PostseasonDuke2.510.62.8-1.5
2023 Regular SeasonDuke2.510.62.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wake Forest

Week 13 · W 34-31 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

68 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.

#2

@ Virginia

Week 12 · L 27-30 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Florida State

Week 8 · L 20-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Virginia

Week 5 · W 38-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Northwestern

Week 2 · W 31-23

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Havoc Plays

20 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Duke

4 primary output · 13.4 efficiency · 3.4 usage

39.1

#2

2023 Postseason · Duke

25.9

2.5 primary · 10.6 efficiency · 2.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Duke

25.9

2.5 primary · 10.6 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games