Usage Score
3.5
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.
Efficiency
20.4
Consistency
7.7
Season Value
9.9
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Arkansas State
2525
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 2
- Program Path
- Arkansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Nigel Nelson, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Arkansas State. Nigel Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.
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.
Analysis workspace
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2025 Postseason · Arkansas State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
20.4
Usage
3.5
Consistency
7.7
Best Game by takeover score
Missouri State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri State: 1. Unknown: 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
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. Missouri State: 6 by 35. Unknown: 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
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 6 · +0.0 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
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 | @ Troy | 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 Unknown10+ tackles | — | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Arkansas State
2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Arkansas State | 4 | 20.4 | 3.5 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 4 | 20.4 | 3.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Troy
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.6 takeover score.
#2
Missouri State
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.6 takeover score.
#3
Iowa State
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 25 takeover score.
#4
Unknown
0
Primary metric
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.2 takeover score.
#5
Arkansas
0
Primary metric
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2025 Postseason · Arkansas State
4 primary output · 20.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage
9.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · Arkansas State
9.9
4 primary · 20.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2025 · Rating 0.8558
Pensacola Catholic · Pensacola, FL
- Committed To
- Arkansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Career Facts
1
Career teams
2
Seasons tracked
54
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 13 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.