Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Nebraska
Carter Nelson
TE • 6'5" • 240 lbs • Ainsworth, NE, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Carter Nelson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Iowa
Player Story
Carter Nelson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a tight end from Ainsworth, NE wearing No. 29, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Carter Nelson's career was his receiving role: 12...
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- Committed To
- Nebraska
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Carter Nelson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Nebraska. Carter Nelson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 97
- Receptions
- 12
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Carter Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 97
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Northern Iowa
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Ainsworth · Nebraska
- High school pipeline
- Ainsworth · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Sophomore
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 11 receiving yards · TE 401st (top 85%) · Big Ten 240th (top 85%) · National 1,875th (top 86%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 5 | 10 | 86 | 1 | 56.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 30.2 |
Related Context
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Carter Nelson played TE for Nebraska. Across 2 tracked seasons, Carter Nelson recorded -1 rushing yards, 97 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 86 primary output with 50.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 50.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Iowa
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
5
Receiving Yards / G
17.2
Efficiency
50.8
Usage
11.9
Consistency
35.3
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Iowa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 21. Northern Iowa: 48. Purdue: 6. Wisconsin: 0. Iowa: 11
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. UTEP: 3 by 46.7. Northern Iowa: 4 by 80. Purdue: 1 by 40. Iowa: 2 by 36.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins18.8 · Games = 4 · +7.8 vs Losses
Losses11 · Games = 1 · -7.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Northern Iowa
Best efficiency game
80 vs Northern Iowa
Player Story
Carter Nelson story
Carter Nelson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a tight end from Ainsworth, NE wearing No. 29, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Carter Nelson's career was his receiving role: 12 catches, 97 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 8 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Nebraska. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 1 tackle and 8 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 8 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nebraska.
The arc is straightforward: Carter 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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Nebraska
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 86 | 50.8 | 11.9 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nebraska | 11 | 36.7 | 5.6 | -75 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northern Iowa
Week 3 · W 34-3
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
48
Receiving Yards
82.2 takeover
48 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 15 Penn State
Week 13 · L 10-37 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
8
Receiving Yards
56.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
8 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.
#3
vs UTEP
Week 1 · W 40-7
21
Receiving Yards
43.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.
#4
@ Iowa
Week 14 · L 10-13 · Conference game
11
Receiving Yards
30 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
11 receiving yards with a 36.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs No. 82 Michigan State
Week 6 · W 38-27 · Conference game
3
Receiving Yards
26.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
3 receiving yards with a 20 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
86 primary output · 50.8 efficiency · 11.9 usage
56.4
#2
2025 Regular Season · Nebraska
30.2
11 primary · 36.7 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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