Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Ohio State
Keenan Nelson Jr.
DB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
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Impact Production
26
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · South Carolina
22232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Carolina • Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State
Player Story
Keenan Nelson Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 16, spending time with Ohio State and South Carolina. The clearest part of Keenan Nelson Jr.'s...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Keenan Nelson Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · South Carolina. Keenan Nelson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 9
- TFL
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Keenan Nelson Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 9
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · South Carolina
- Top game
- Jacksonville State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · St. Joseph's Prep · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- St. Joseph's Prep · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 35.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Keenan Nelson Jr. played DB for South Carolina and Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Keenan Nelson Jr. recorded 9 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
South Carolina paired 1 primary output with 11.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Carolina, Ohio State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · South Carolina
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
11.9
Usage
2.5
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Jacksonville State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Jacksonville State: 1. Vanderbilt: 0
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. North Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3. Jacksonville State: 3 by 22.5. Vanderbilt: 0 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Jacksonville State
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs Jacksonville State
Player Story
Keenan Nelson Jr. story
Keenan Nelson Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 16, spending time with Ohio State and South Carolina. The clearest part of Keenan Nelson Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss across 4 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with South Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Keenan Nelson Jr.'s production has multiple signals. His career also includes 32 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 4 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ohio State and South Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Keenan Nelson Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
South Carolina
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Ohio State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 1 | 11.9 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Jacksonville State
Week 10 · W 38-28
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
57.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.
#2
@ North Carolina
Week 1 · L 17-31
0
Havoc Plays
12.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas A&M
Week 9 · L 17-30 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Vanderbilt
Week 11 · W 47-6 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · South Carolina
1 primary output · 11.9 efficiency · 2.5 usage
35.3
#2
2022 Regular Season · South Carolina
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Ohio State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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