Player Dossier

2023-2025

NC State

Brian Nelson II

CB • 6'0" • 191 lbs • Pearland, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brian Nelson II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

66

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

49

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
North Texas • NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Player Story

Brian Nelson II built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Pearland, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with NC State and North Texas. The clearest part of Brian Nelson II's career was his...

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Brian Nelson II, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · North Texas. Brian Nelson II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
88
TFL
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Brian Nelson II quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · CB
Career Tackles
88
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · North Texas
Top game
Texas Tech
High school pipeline
Shadow Creek · 26 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
29 tackles · CB 124th (top 27%) · ACC 201st (top 26%) · National 1,426th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas26-0-3031.6
2024 PostseasonNorth Texas123-0-1059.7
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Texas12502012059.7
2025 PostseasonNC State11510-1030
2025 Regular SeasonNC State1124-0-5030

Related Context

Brian Nelson II played CB for North Texas and NC State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brian Nelson II recorded 88 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

North Texas paired 10 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27.5 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Texas, NC State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · North Texas

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

27.5

Usage

2.3

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SMU: 0. Tulsa: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins3 · Games = 1 · +3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -3 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

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Tulsa

Result
Sat 11/18@ TulsaSplash gameW 35-2821003
Sat 11/11@ SMUL 21-4543000

Player Story

Brian Nelson II story

Brian Nelson II built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Pearland, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with NC State and North Texas. The clearest part of Brian Nelson II's career was his defensive production: 88 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 12 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Brian Nelson II's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    North Texas

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    NC State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Texas327.52.3
2024 PostseasonNorth Texas1026.76.17
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Texas1026.76.10
2025 PostseasonNC State717.32.1-3
2025 Regular SeasonNC State717.32.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas Tech

Week 3 · L 21-66

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Temple

Week 14 · W 24-17 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 39 Memphis

Week 1 · W 31-7 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Army

Week 11 · L 3-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#5

@ UTSA

Week 12 · L 27-48 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · North Texas

10 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 6.1 usage

59.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · North Texas

59.7

10 primary · 26.7 efficiency · 6.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · North Texas

31.6

3 primary · 27.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games