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Nelson.
Jj
Nelson.
Ala-Birmingham· 5'10"· 156 lb· 4.28s 40
Spread RPO offenses with a priority on vertical separation and creating chunk plays will find JJ Nelson to be an immediate asset.
Year 1 could see him as a rotational deep threat/gadget player, eventually growing into a valuable field stretcher and offensive spark plug.
A run-heavy, pro-style offense that consistently asks receivers to block downfield and win contested jump balls would diminish his effectiveness significantly.
Nelson's elite speed and slight frame dictate a scheme that maximizes his ability to get open in space and targets him downfield, rather than requiring him to be a physical presence.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.28sp50
- Vertical
- 36inp50
- Broad jump
- 127inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.02sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.15sp50
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | UAB | 12 | 17 | 358 | 4 |
| 2012 | UAB | 7 | 22 | 414 | 4 |
| 2013 | UAB | 10 | 42 | 846 | 8 |
| 2014 | UAB | 12 | 35 | 655 | 4 |
| Career | — | 41 | 116 | 2273 | 20 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.