Usage / Role
24%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2022Northern Illinois
Makhi Nelson-Douglas
LB • 6'1" • 223 lbs • Omaha, NE, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Makhi Nelson-Douglas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
64
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Player Story
Makhi Nelson-Douglas built his college career from 2021 through 2022 as a linebacker from Omaha, NE wearing No. 45, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Makhi Nelson-Douglas' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Makhi Nelson-Douglas, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Makhi Nelson-Douglas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 30
- TFL
- 3
Quick Answers
Makhi Nelson-Douglas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 30
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Central Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Elkhorn South · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Elkhorn South · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Sophomore
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 7 | 30 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 57.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Makhi Nelson-Douglas played LB for Northern Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Makhi Nelson-Douglas recorded 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 3 primary output with 22.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
22.1
Usage
12.2
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
Central Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 1. Maine: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Central Michigan: 2. Kent State: 0. Ball State: 0. Buffalo: 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. Michigan: 5 by 30.8. Maine: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 8 by 53.3. Kent State: 7 by 29.2. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. Buffalo: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.1 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
Central Michigan
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs Central Michigan
Player Story
Makhi Nelson-Douglas story
Makhi Nelson-Douglas built his college career from 2021 through 2022 as a linebacker from Omaha, NE wearing No. 45, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Makhi Nelson-Douglas' career was his defensive production: 30 tackles and 3 tackles for loss across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Makhi Nelson-Douglas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2021-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | 22.1 | 12.2 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Central Michigan
Week 8 · W 39-38 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Michigan
Week 3 · L 10-63
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Kent State
Week 10 · L 47-52 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
23.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 23.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Buffalo
Week 12 · W 33-27 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
15.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Ball State
Week 11 · W 30-29 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
3 primary output · 22.1 efficiency · 12.2 usage
57.9
#2
2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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