Monty Nelson: DT · NC State · #94.
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Monty Nelson
Wins the gap play after play. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 sack against Clemson, Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NC State | 26 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 26 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-14vs William & Mary | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-33@ East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-22vs Old Dominion | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24@ No. 3 Clemson | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 13-54@ No. 7 Louisville | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-21vs Boston College | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-20@ Syracuse | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-27vs Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-21@ North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-17vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%2 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
4%1 hurry26 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
46.8%
438 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
456 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at NC State, 26 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Doeren.
