Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Penn State
DaKaari Nelson
LB • 6'3" • 234 lbs • Livingston, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DaKaari Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
DaKaari Nelson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State. DaKaari Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.
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DaKaari Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 10
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Penn State
- Top game
- Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Selma · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · LB 909th (top 72%) · Big Ten 450th (top 58%) · National 3,589th (top 58%)
DaKaari Nelson played LB for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, DaKaari Nelson recorded 10 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Penn State.
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