Stephen Nelson

#6 · WR · SMU6′0″ · Beaverton, OR

Stephen Nelson: WR · SMU · #6.

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Stephen Nelson

WR · SMU · #6

Moves the chains on third down. On tape: 60 receiving yards and 4 receptions against North Texas, Week 2, 2014.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

SMU in the news

Former SMU coach June Jones diesWFAA Oct 30
Temporary restraining order granted for BJ EdwardsOU Daily Oct 30
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
SMU releases depth chart for Syracuse gameOn3 Oct 27

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2014	SMU	28	200	7.1	0	35
Career		28	200	7.1	0	35

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 0-45@ No. 10 Baylor	1	0	0.0	0
Wk 2	L 6-43@ North Texas	4	60	15.0	35	Season-high 60 yds
Wk 4	L 6-58vs No. 6 Texas A&M	4	19	4.8	6
Wk 5	L 0-56vs TCU	2	21	10.5	16
Wk 6	L 24-45@ No. 22 East Carolina	9	48	5.3	11
Wk 8	L 3-41vs Cincinnati	1	21	21.0	21
Wk 9	L 10-48vs Memphis	3	7	2.3	6
Wk 11	L 28-38@ Tulsa	2	23	11.5	16
Wk 13	L 7-53@ UCF	2	1	0.5	5
Total		28	200	7.1	35

Signature game

Week 6 · 2014

L 24-45

at East Carolina

9 rec · 48 yds

With G. Krstich — 339 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 64.5 · 14 rush yds (5 car) · J. Koonce — 44.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Cincinnati · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.56Garrett Krstich pass complete to Stephen Nelson for 21 yds to the Cincy 40 for a
Week 2 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Kolney Cassel pass complete to Stephen Nelson for 16 yds to the NoTex 39 for a NORTH TEXAS Penalty, roughing passer (N/A) to the NoTex 44 for a
Week 2 · North Texas · 2nd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.65Neal Burcham pass complete to Stephen Nelson for 35 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 5 · TCU · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.47Garrett Krstich pass complete to Stephen Nelson for 16 yds to the SMU 41 for a
Week 4 · Texas A&M · 4th and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.22Garrett Krstich pass complete to Stephen Nelson for 6 yds to the TexAM 29 for a
Week 11 · Tulsa · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +1.77Matt Davis pass complete to Stephen Nelson for 16 yds to the SMU 39 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.75Garrett Krstich pass complete to Stephen Nelson for 4 yds to the SMU 47 for a
Week 6 · East Carolina · 4th and 1 · Q2 · EPA +1.68Garrett Krstich pass complete to Stephen Nelson for 6 yds to the ECaro 29 for a
Week 6 · East Carolina · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.58Garrett Krstich pass complete to Stephen Nelson for 11 yds to the SMU 38 for a
Week 6 · East Carolina · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +1.23Garrett Krstich pass complete to Stephen Nelson for 5 yds to the ECaro 34 for a

Teams and coaches

2014SMU1-11HC: June Jones · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2014 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (89th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#76 / 713 · 89th pct

80.0%

EPA / target#362 / 713 · 49th pct

0.47

Explosive rate#568 / 713 · 20th pct

5.7%

TD rate#562 / 713 · 11th pct

0.0%

Yards / catch#671 / 713 · 6th pct

7.1

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#291 / 556 · 47th pct

Long catch#402 / 556 · 27th pct

Rec yards#460 / 556 · 17th pct

200

Rec TDs#488 / 556 · 6th pct

Yards / catch#540 / 556 · 3rd pct

7.1

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2014. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.5	17.0	9.7	0.0
Road5g	3.6	26.4	6.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.0	29.6	7.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	13.0	8.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2014 season

Head Coach

June Jones

Pass share

54.4%

430 pass / 360 run

Plays / game

65.8

12 games

Team sack rate

9.5%

482 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

28 catches in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Stephen Nelson

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

28 catches in 9 games

Five seasons at SMU