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Player Dossier
2009-2012Louisiana Tech
Matt Nelson
PK • 5'10" • Cibolo, TX, USA
Impact contributor
Matt Nelson shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Louisiana Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Player Story
Matt Nelson built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a placekicker from Cibolo, TX wearing No. 33, spending time with Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Matt Nelson's career was his special-teams scoring:...
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- Committed To
- Louisiana Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
Matt Nelson, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech. Matt Nelson shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Quick Answers
Matt Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisiana Tech · PK
- Career Touchdowns
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
- Top game
- San José State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Steele · Louisiana Tech
- High school pipeline
- Steele · 29 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Class 2012
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2011 Postseason | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Related Context
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Matt Nelson is listed as a PK for Louisiana Tech. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Louisiana Tech paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
0
Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Houston: 0. Rice: 0. Illinois: 0. Virginia: 0. UNLV: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Idaho: 0. New Mexico State: 0. UTSA: 0. Texas State: 0. Utah State: 0. San José State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 9 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
— vs San José State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Sun 11/25 | @ San José State | L 43-52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Utah State | L 41-48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/11 | @ Texas State | W 62-55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs UTSA | W 51-27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/28 | @ New Mexico State | W 28-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Idaho | W 70-28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/14 | vs Texas A&M | L 57-59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs UNLV | W 58-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Virginia | W 44-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/23 | @ Illinois | W 52-24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Rice | W 56-37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | @ Houston | W 56-49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Matt Nelson story
Matt Nelson built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a placekicker from Cibolo, TX wearing No. 33, spending time with Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Matt Nelson's career was his special-teams scoring: 360 kicking points, 53 made field goals on 71 attempts, and 201 extra points across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Louisiana Tech. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisiana Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Matt Nelson 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
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Louisiana Tech
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2009 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2011 Postseason | Louisiana Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs San José State
Week 14 · W 55-20 · Conference game
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
0 primary-metric impact.
#2
@ Fresno State
Week 12 · L 28-30 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
@ LSU
Week 11 · L 16-24
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs Boise State
Week 10 · L 35-45 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
@ Idaho
Week 9 · L 34-35 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
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#2
2010 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2011 Postseason · Louisiana Tech
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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