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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Eastern Illinois
CJ Nelson
WR • 5'11" • 185 lbs • North Richland Hills, TX, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
CJ Nelson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
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Reliability sample still building
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Star Power
10
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Houston • Eastern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
CJ Nelson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Houston. CJ Nelson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 7
- Receptions
- 2
Quick Answers
CJ Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Eastern Illinois · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 7
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Knox Community · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Houston | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 19.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Eastern Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
Related Context
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CJ Nelson played WR for Houston and Eastern Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, CJ Nelson recorded 7 receiving yards and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Houston paired 7 primary output with 23.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Houston, Eastern Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Game with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Eastern Illinois
Games
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Receiving Yards / G
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Efficiency
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Usage
0.1
Consistency
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Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
Not enough games exist for the full explorer. The summary cards stay available so the season still reads clearly.
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 21. Northwestern: 7
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.
Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half21 · Games = 1 · +14 vs Second Half
Second Half7 · Games = 1 · -14 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
70 vs Illinois
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Houston
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Eastern Illinois
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Houston | 7 | 23.3 | 6.1 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | — | — | -7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Eastern Illinois | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Illinois
Week 1
Game with an explosive receiving profile.
21
Receiving Yards
85 takeover
21 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.
#2
vs South Florida
Week 9 · W 42-27 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
47.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
7 receiving yards with a 23.3 efficiency score.
#3
@ Northwestern
Week 3
7
Receiving Yards
28.3 takeover
Game with an explosive receiving profile.
7 receiving yards with a 23.3 efficiency score.
#4
vs Tulsa
Week 13 · L 30-37 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
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Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.
#5
@ Navy
Week 8 · W 38-20 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
— takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Houston
7 primary output · 23.3 efficiency · 6.1 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Eastern Illinois
0.3
0 primary · — efficiency · 0.1 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Houston
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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