#22

Nelson Spruce

Wide receiver for Colorado. 2015: 89 catches, 1,053 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Colorado · #22

6′1″ · Westlake Village, CA

Colorado 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1038 nationally · Signed with Colorado

Career night19 rec · 179 yds · 3 TDat California (FBS) · L 56-59

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 wide receiver for Colorado. 2015: 89 catches, 1,053 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Colorado, 2,251 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 179 yds at California.California · L 56-592014

2011

Signed with Colorado3-star out of Westlake

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1038 national

CFB

College

Colorado

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mike MacIntyre — 6-19 over that span.

2014Colorado2-10HC: Mike MacIntyre · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2015Colorado4-9HC: Mike MacIntyre · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (97th percentile). Strength: rec yards (94th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#15 / 521 · 97th pct

Rec yards#30 / 521 · 94th pct

1053

Rec TDs#153 / 521 · 66th pct

Long catch#234 / 521 · 54th pct

Yards / catch#337 / 521 · 35th pct

11.8

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.2	77.2	12.9	0.3
Road7g	7.4	84.3	12.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.4	71.9	11.6	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	7.3	91.7	13.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Colorado	89	1,053	11.8	4	--
2014	Colorado	106	1,198	11.3	12	--
Career		195	2,251	11.5	16	--

Season	Team
2015	Colorado	--	--	--	61	--
2014	Colorado	1	2	--	90	--
Career		1	2	--	151	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2015

W 27–24

at Colorado State

6 rec · 63 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With A. Kinney — 39 AVG · 48 LONG · 7 NO · S. Liufau — 220 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 65.2 · 15 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-28@ Hawai'i	8	69	8.6	0	13
Wk 2	W 48-14vs Massachusetts	6	64	10.7	1	18
Wk 3	W 27-24@ Colorado State	6	63	10.5	0	18
Wk 4	W 48-0vs Nicholls	5	80	16.0	0	27
Wk 5	L 24-41vs Oregon	6	87	14.5	0	42
Wk 6	L 23-48@ Arizona State	6	77	12.8	0	25
Wk 7	L 31-38vs Arizona	8	63	7.9	0	12
Wk 8	W 17-13@ Oregon State	6	60	10.0	1	15
Wk 9	L 31-35@ UCLA	11	90	8.2	0	12
Wk 10	L 10-42vs Stanford	5	75	15.0	0	36
Wk 11	L 24-27vs USC	7	94	13.4	1	36
Wk 12	L 3-27@ Washington State	10	120	12.0	0	29	Season-high 120 yds
Wk 13	L 14-20@ Utah	5	111	22.2	1	50
Total		89	1053	12.4	4	50

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology