Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2014Oregon State
Steven Nelson
CB • 5'11" • Warner Robins, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Steven Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Oregon State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Player Story
Steven Nelson built his college career from 2013 through 2014 as a cornerback from Warner Robins, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Steven Nelson's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2015
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 34
- Overall
- No. 98
- NFL Team
- Kansas City Chiefs
Steven Nelson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Oregon State. Steven Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Steven Nelson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Oregon State
- Top game
- Utah
- NFL Draft
- 2015 · Round 3 · Pick 34 · Kansas City Chiefs
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2014
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Oregon State | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 69.1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Oregon State | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31.1 |
Related Context
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Steven Nelson played CB for Oregon State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Steven Nelson recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Oregon State paired 6 primary output with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · Oregon State
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
10
Usage
—
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
San Diego State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 1. San Diego State: 1. USC: 0. Colorado: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
San Diego State
Best efficiency game
20 vs San Diego State
Player Story
Steven Nelson story
Steven Nelson built his college career from 2013 through 2014 as a cornerback from Warner Robins, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Steven Nelson's career was his defensive production: 8 interceptions across 9 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Oregon 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 Steven Nelson's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 1 return yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 9 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oregon State.
The arc is straightforward: Steven 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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Oregon State
2013-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20132014
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Oregon State | 6 | 24 | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Oregon State | 2 | 10 | — | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Utah
Week 3 · W 51-48 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
vs San Diego State
Week 4 · W 28-7
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Hawai'i
Week 2 · W 38-30
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Oregon
Week 14 · L 35-36 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
#5
@ Washington State
Week 7 · W 52-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Oregon State
6 primary output · 24 efficiency · — usage
69.1
#2
2014 Regular Season · Oregon State
31.1
2 primary · 10 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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