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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025West Virginia
Devonte Golden-Nelson
CB • 5'11" • 181 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Devonte Golden-Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Memphis • Akron • West Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Player Story
Devonte Golden-Nelson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a cornerback from Memphis, TN wearing No. 2, spending time with Akron, Memphis, and West Virginia. The clearest part of Devonte Golden-Nelson's...
Read the storyDevonte Golden-Nelson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Akron. Devonte Golden-Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 65
- TFL
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 8
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Devonte Golden-Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- West Virginia · CB
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Central Michigan
- High school pipeline
- McDonogh School · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · CB 429th (top 91%) · Big 12 614th (top 84%) · National 5,219th (top 85%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Memphis | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Memphis | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Akron | 3 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 10 | 20 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 12 | 33 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 47.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
Related Context
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Devonte Golden-Nelson played CB for Memphis, Akron, and West Virginia. Across 6 tracked seasons, Devonte Golden-Nelson recorded 65 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Akron paired 7.5 primary output with 17.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Memphis, Akron, West Virginia.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Robert Morris
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · West Virginia
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Robert Morris
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Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Robert Morris
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Robert Morris
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 8/30 | vs Robert Morris | W 45-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Devonte Golden-Nelson story
Devonte Golden-Nelson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a cornerback from Memphis, TN wearing No. 2, spending time with Akron, Memphis, and West Virginia. The clearest part of Devonte Golden-Nelson's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 8 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Devonte Golden-Nelson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Memphis
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Akron
2022-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
West Virginia
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Memphis | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Memphis | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 15.3 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 3 | 12.3 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 7.5 | 17.7 | 2.4 | 4.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Central Michigan
Week 7 · L 10-17 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
53 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53 takeover score.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 2 · L 17-49
2
Havoc Plays
49.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Ohio State
Week 1 · L 6-52
1
Havoc Plays
44.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Morgan State
Week 2 · W 24-21
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
#5
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 9 · W 25-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
29.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Akron
7.5 primary output · 17.7 efficiency · 2.4 usage
47.6
#2
2022 Regular Season · Akron
44.8
0 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 2.3 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · West Virginia
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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