Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Michigan State
Ben Nelson
DL • 6'7" • 311 lbs • Holland, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ben Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Michigan State
22232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Ben Nelson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Michigan State. Ben Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 3
Quick Answers
Ben Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 3
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Penn State
- Latest roster
- No. 75 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
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Ben Nelson played DL for Michigan State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ben Nelson recorded 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington: 0. Indiana: 0. Penn State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Penn State
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Michigan State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Penn State
Week 13 · L 0-42 · Conference game
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 12 · W 24-21 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Washington
Week 3 · L 7-41
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Michigan State
0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
36.4
#2
2022 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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