Usage Score
3.5
Player Dossier
2021-2025Vanderbilt
Mason Nelson
DL • 6'1" • 310 lbs • Howell, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mason Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.
Efficiency
11.3
Consistency
8.3
Season Value
7.3
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 6
- Program Path
- Western Michigan • Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Scouting Read
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Mason Nelson, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Mason Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.
Mason Nelson played DL for Western Michigan and Vanderbilt. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mason Nelson recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Western Michigan paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Western Michigan, Vanderbilt.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
11.3
Usage
3.5
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Georgia State: 2. Missouri: 0. Kentucky: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 2 by 28.3. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 3
First Half1 · Games = 2 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -1 vs First Half
All Games0.5 · Games = 4
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia State
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Georgia State
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Western Michigan
2021-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Vanderbilt
2025
Final stop
Season Progression
202120222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 4.2 | 1.1 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 1 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 8 | 19.4 | 6.2 | 7 |
| 2024 Postseason | Western Michigan | 12.5 | 21.2 | 7.7 | 4.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 12.5 | 21.2 | 7.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 2 | 11.3 | 3.5 | -10.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Ball State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Primary metric
3 disruption/tackle impact with 53.5 takeover score.
#2
Unknown
3.5
Primary metric
Game with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.4 takeover score.
#3
Ball State
3
Primary metric
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 51.5 takeover score.
#4
Kent State
3
Primary metric
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 46.8 takeover score.
#5
Georgia State
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2021 Regular Season · Western Michigan
0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage
35.1
#2
2024 Postseason · Western Michigan
24.9
12.5 primary · 21.2 efficiency · 7.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Western Michigan
24.9
12.5 primary · 21.2 efficiency · 7.7 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
2★
Class 2020 · Rating 0.77
Howell · Howell, MI
- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Career Facts
2
Career teams
6
Seasons tracked
78
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 34 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.