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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024BYU
John Nelson
DT • 6'4" • 290 lbs • Spanish Fork, UT, USA
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John Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
48
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas
Player Story
John Nelson built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Spanish Fork, UT wearing No. 94, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of John Nelson's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- BYU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
John Nelson, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · BYU. John Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- BYU · DT
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · BYU
- Top game
- Arkansas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Salem Hills · BYU
- High school pipeline
- Salem Hills · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 94 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · DT 74th (top 32%) · Big 12 201st (top 28%) · National 1,803rd (top 30%)
John Nelson played DT for BYU. Across 4 tracked seasons, John Nelson recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with BYU.
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