Senior quarterback for Akron. 2021: 445 passing yards, 3 TD, 1 INT.
6′1″ · 212 lb · Hollywood, FL
The story
4 quarterback for Akron. 2021: 445 passing yards, 3 TD, 1 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKato Nelson
Kato Nelson has been at Akron through three head coaches in four seasons. The receipt: 164 pass yds, 79 rush yds against Toledo — Week 13, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Akron, 5,585 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Terry Bowden, Tom Arth, and Oscar Rodriguez. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (96th percentile). Concern: pass yards (2nd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
5.44149 of 204 QBsSack rate
13.8%201 of 204 QBsSacked on 13.8% of dropbacks (201 of 204) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (149 of 204).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 49.2% completion on 61 attempts · 63% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 64.0 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 106 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 70.2 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 164 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-60@ Auburn | 9/14 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 10.1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-45vs Temple | 7/12 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 43.2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-34vs Ohio | 4/8 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 15.0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-20@ Bowling Green | 6/10 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 | 4.5 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-49@ Toledo | 10/25 | 164 | 2 | 0 | 6.6 | 51.1 | Season-high 164 yds |
| Total | 36/69 | 445 | 3 | 1 | 6.5 | 24.8 |