Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Arkansas State
Nigel Nelson
LB • 5'11" • 226 lbs • Pensacola, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nigel Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
72
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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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: 2025 Postseason · Arkansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Arkansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Player Story
Nigel Nelson built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Pensacola, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Nigel Nelson's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles,...
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- Committed To
- Arkansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Nigel Nelson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arkansas State. Nigel Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 54
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Nigel Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arkansas State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 54
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Arkansas State
- Top game
- Troy
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pensacola Catholic · Arkansas State
- High school pipeline
- Pensacola Catholic · 23 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · LB 255th (top 20%) · Sun Belt 56th (top 9%) · National 517th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Arkansas State | 13 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 13 | 48 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 39.1 |
Related Context
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Nigel Nelson played LB for Arkansas State. Across 1 tracked season, Nigel Nelson recorded 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Arkansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Arkansas State paired 4 primary output with 20.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 20.4 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: Troy
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Arkansas State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
20.4
Usage
3.4
Consistency
7.7
Best Game by takeover score
Troy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri State: 1. Southeast Missouri State: 0. Arkansas: 0. Iowa State: 1. Kennesaw State: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Texas State: 0. South Alabama: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Troy: 2. Southern Miss: 0. Louisiana: 0. App State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri State: 6 by 35. Southeast Missouri State: 10 by 41.7. Arkansas: 8 by 33.3. Iowa State: 3 by 22.5. Kennesaw State: 4 by 16.7. UL Monroe: 3 by 12.5. Texas State: 3 by 12.5. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Southern: 1 by 4.2. Troy: 8 by 53.3. Southern Miss: 5 by 20.8. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. App State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Troy
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs Troy
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/19 | vs Missouri State | W 34-28 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ App State | W 30-29 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/21 | vs Louisiana | L 30-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Southern Miss | L 21-27 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/2 | @ TroySplash game | W 23-10 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Georgia Southern | W 34-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/14 | @ South Alabama | W 15-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Texas State | W 31-30 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ UL Monroe | L 16-28 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Kennesaw State | L 21-28 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Iowa State | L 16-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Arkansas | L 14-56 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Southeast Missouri State10+ tackles | W 42-24 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nigel Nelson story
Nigel Nelson built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Pensacola, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Nigel Nelson's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack, and 2 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Arkansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Nigel Nelson's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas State.
The arc is straightforward: Nigel 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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Arkansas State
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Arkansas State | 4 | 20.4 | 3.4 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 4 | 20.4 | 3.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 87 Troy
Week 10 · W 23-10 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 108 Missouri State
Week 1 · W 34-28 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
39.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Southeast Missouri State
Week 1 · W 42-24
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Havoc Plays
33.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 33.1 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 33 Iowa State
Week 3 · L 16-24
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Havoc Plays
31.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.4 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 53 Arkansas
Week 2 · L 14-56
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Havoc Plays
30.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 30.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Arkansas State
4 primary output · 20.4 efficiency · 3.4 usage
39.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Arkansas State
39.1
4 primary · 20.4 efficiency · 3.4 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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