Player Dossier

2021-2022

Northern 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.

Usage Score

14

Efficiency

22.1

Consistency

9.5

Season Value

13.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Makhi Nelson-Douglas, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Makhi Nelson-Douglas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

22.1

Usage

14

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Buffalo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 1. Unknown: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Central Michigan: 2. Kent State: 0. Ball State: 0. Buffalo: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 5 by 30.8. Unknown: 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.

Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs First Half

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

Result
Thu 11/18@ BuffaloW 33-2753000
Thu 11/11vs Ball StateW 30-2921000
Wed 11/3@ Kent StateL 47-5273000
Sat 10/23@ Central MichiganSplash gameW 39-3884200
Sat 10/16vs Bowling GreenW 34-2622000
Sat 9/25vs Unknown11000
Sat 9/18@ MichiganL 10-6353100

Career Arc

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    Northern Illinois

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois322.114
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Central Michigan

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

Michigan

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.5 takeover score.

#3

Kent State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.3 takeover score.

#4

Buffalo

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.

#5

Ball State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

3 primary output · 22.1 efficiency · 14 usage

13.8

#2

2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8096

Elkhorn South · Omaha, NE

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

30

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 7 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.