Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 3-35@ Texas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#96
Gavin Nelson
Senior defensive lineman on UAB's 2026 roster.
6′5″ · 295 lb · Birmingham, AL · Oak Mountain
Transferred UAB for 2026
The story
4 defensive lineman on UAB's 2025 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearGavin Nelson
The receipt: 1 tackles against Texas State — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Mississippi State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to UAB
2025—
2026UAB
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Mortensen
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
The defensive line · UAB
- #59Chris Burge5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #15Eli Hall4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #4Amorie Morrison4 tackles for loss · 2025
- #9Denver Warren3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #96Gavin Nelson1 game · 2025
16 more on the roster · UAB team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology