Player Dossier

2010-2014

Tulsa

Marco Nelson

DB • 6'0" • Glenpool, OK, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marco Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Tulsa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Tulsa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Player Story

Marco Nelson built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a defensive back from Glenpool, OK wearing No. 20, spending time with Tulsa. The clearest part of Marco Nelson's career was his defensive production: 9...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.8433

Glenpool · Glenpool, OK

Committed To
Tulsa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

Marco Nelson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Tulsa. Marco Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Marco Nelson quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulsa · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 16 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Tulsa
Top game
Houston
Recruit profile
3-star · Glenpool · Tulsa
High school pipeline
Glenpool · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Class 2014

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonTulsa60-0--158.5
2011 Regular SeasonTulsa20-0--050
2012 PostseasonTulsa60-0--017
2012 Regular SeasonTulsa60-0--017
2013 Regular SeasonTulsa00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonTulsa20-0--025.6

Related Context

Marco Nelson played DB for Tulsa. Across 5 tracked seasons, Marco Nelson recorded 24 rushing yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Tulsa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Tulsa paired 6 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2014 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Regular Season · Tulsa

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

10

Usage

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 1. Texas State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

20 vs Tulane

Result
Sun 9/28vs Texas StateL 34-37
Fri 8/29vs TulaneW 38-311

Player Story

Marco Nelson story

Marco Nelson built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a defensive back from Glenpool, OK wearing No. 20, spending time with Tulsa. The clearest part of Marco Nelson's career was his defensive production: 9 interceptions across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Tulsa. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Marco Nelson's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 24 rushing yards and 373 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tulsa.

The arc is straightforward: Marco 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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    Tulsa

    2010-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201020112012201220132014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonTulsa620
2011 Regular SeasonTulsa00-6
2012 PostseasonTulsa26.72
2012 Regular SeasonTulsa26.70
2013 Regular SeasonTulsa0-2
2014 Regular SeasonTulsa1101

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Houston

Week 11 · W 28-25 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#2

vs Iowa State

Week 1 · W 31-17 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Iowa State

Week 1 · L 23-38

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Tulane

Week 1 · W 38-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Memphis

Week 5 · W 48-7 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

26.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Tulsa

6 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

58.5

#2

2011 Regular Season · Tulsa

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Tulsa

25.6

1 primary · 10 efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games