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 Score

2.1

Efficiency

17.3

Consistency

15.2

Season Value

26.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
North Texas • NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Scouting Read

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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.

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

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.3 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 North Texas, NC State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. 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 Postseason · NC State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

17.3

Usage

2.1

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Memphis

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 2. East Carolina: 0. Virginia: 0. Wake Forest: 1. Virginia Tech: 2. Campbell: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Miami: 1. Florida State: 0. North Carolina: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 5 by 40.8. East Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Virginia: 5 by 20.8. Wake Forest: 1 by 14.2. Virginia Tech: 1 by 24.2. Campbell: 3 by 12.5. Pittsburgh: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Miami: 5 by 30.8. Florida State: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.5 · Games = 8 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Memphis

Best efficiency game

40.8 vs Memphis

Result
Fri 12/19vs MemphisSplash gameW 31-754101
Sun 11/30vs North CarolinaW 42-1900001
Sat 11/22vs Florida StateW 21-1110000
Sat 11/15@ MiamiL 7-4153001
Sat 11/1vs Georgia TechW 48-3621000
Sat 10/25@ PittsburghL 34-5321000
Sat 10/4vs CampbellW 56-1033000
Sat 9/27vs Virginia TechSplash gameL 21-2311002
Thu 9/11@ Wake ForestW 34-2411001
Sat 9/6vs VirginiaW 35-3153000
Thu 8/28vs East CarolinaW 24-1744000

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

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#2

Memphis

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.

#3

Tulsa

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 46.6 takeover score.

#4

Temple

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.

#5

Virginia Tech

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · North Texas

10 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 6.1 usage

48.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · North Texas

48.6

10 primary · 26.7 efficiency · 6.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · North Texas

27.4

3 primary · 27.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8417

Shadow Creek · Pearland, TX

Committed To
North Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

88

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 25 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.