Kato Nelson
Kato Nelson has been at Akron through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt: 164 pass yds, 79 rush yds against Toledo — Week 13, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Akron, 5,585 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Terry Bowden → Oscar Rodriguez. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (95th). Concern: pass yards (1st).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
5.44149 of 204 QBsSack rate
13.8%201 of 204 QBsSacked on 13.8% of dropbacks (201 of 204) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (149 of 204).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 49.2% completion on 61 attempts · 63% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 64.0 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 106 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 70.2 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 164 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Career stats
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log
Game Log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-60@ Auburn | 9/14 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 10.1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-45vs Temple | 7/12 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 43.2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-34vs Ohio | 4/8 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 15.0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-20@ Bowling Green | 6/10 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 | 4.5 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-49@ Toledo | 10/25 | 164 | 2 | 0 | 6.6 | 51.1 | Season-high 164 yds |
| Total | 36/69 | 445 | 3 | 1 | 6.5 | 24.8 |
How he plays
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (95th). Concern: pass yards (1st).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Development
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2017–2021Sharp dropoff (-55%) — career inflection point.