6′2″ · Mesquite, TX · Dallas Christian School
Justis Nelson: DB · Texas Tech · #31.
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Justis Nelson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. This is his second year in the same secondary at Texas Tech. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Baylor — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 12 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Texas Tech | 59 | 46 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 12 | -- |
| 2015 | Texas Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 59 | 46 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 69-17vs Stephen F. Austin | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 55-68@ Arizona State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-45vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-19vs Kansas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-44@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-48vs No. 20 West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 59-66vs No. 16 Oklahoma | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ TCU | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | L 37-45vs Texas | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 44-45@ No. 17 Oklahoma State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-66@ Iowa State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 54-35vs Baylor | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 59 | 46 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 12 |
Week 13 · 2016
W 54-35
vs Baylor · neutral site
10 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 6 solo tackles
Edged out Baylor at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
20%12 pass breakupsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL59 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 12 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Kliff Kingsbury — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kliff Kingsbury
Pass share
63.1%
652 pass / 381 run
Plays / game
86.1
12 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
698 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
59 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Texas Tech, 59 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kliff Kingsbury.
