Senior safety for Virginia. 2020: 2 interceptions, 12 tackles.
5′11″ · 180 lb · Miami, FL
Recruiting
OT recruit
No. 527 nationally · Signed with Virginia
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety for Virginia. 2020: 2 interceptions, 12 tackles.
Brenton Nelson
This is his fourth year in the same secondary at Virginia. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL against NC State — Week 6, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Virginia, 136 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bronco Mendenhall.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 28-22 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (11th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 38-20vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-41@ Clemson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-38vs NC State | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 23-40@ Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |