Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 41-10vs West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20@ UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#31
Landon Nelson
Senior safety on Kansas's 2025 roster.
5′11″ · 195 lb · West Des Moines, IA
Returning to Kansas for 2026
Landon Nelson
This is his second year in the same secondary at Kansas. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Conference USA. The receipt: 1 tackles against UCF — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
2025
- All-Conference USAhonorable_mention
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Kansas
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Lance Leipold — 11-14 over that span.
2022Kansas6-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Kansas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Kansas
Returning around him
- 2 Kansas players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +5 net (31 in / 26 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kansas · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #62 · 2026 recruiting class #61
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology