Freshman linebacker for Bowling Green. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 215 lb · Cincinnati, OH
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 2592 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 linebacker for Bowling Green. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
TJ Nelson
TJ Nelson has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Bowling Green. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 0.5 sacks against Idaho, Week 2, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scot Loeffler → Eddie George. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
Season context · Team result + system
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eddie George
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-14vs Abilene Christian | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 7-38@ Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-17@ Idaho | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 10 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |