#23

Nehemiah Shelton

Senior cornerback for San José State. 2022: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 44 tackles.

CB · San José State · Sr. · #23

6′2″ · 185 lb · Gardena, CA

CFB Index 64 · #96 of 322 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceSan José State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 258 nationally · Joined San José State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for San José State. 2022: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 44 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San José State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at San José State, 189 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with San José State3-star out of Long Beach City College

202210 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#258 national

CFB

College

San José State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Brent Brennan

San José State

Played his entire career under Brent Brennan.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Brent Brennan — 25-31 over that span.

2018San José State1-11HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2019San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-heavy

2020San José State7-1HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2021San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

64Quality starter #96 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (97th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#75 / 2755 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#455 / 2755 · 83rd pct

Tackles#714 / 2755 · 74th pct

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1576 / 2755 · 39th pct

1.5

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.4	0.3	0.0	1.0
Road5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	7.2	0.4	0.0	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #96 of 322 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #96 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	San José State	44	32	1.5	8	2	--
2021	San José State	61	47	1.0	9	2	--
2020	San José State	38	31	1.0	4	--	--
2019	San José State	42	34	0.0	7	3	--
2018	San José State	4	4	0.0	1	1	--
Career		189	148	3.5	29	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 21–17

vs Portland State

5 SOLO · 7 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With T. Benham — 44 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 57 LONG · C. Cordeiro — 239 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 21-17vs Portland State	7	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 16-24@ Auburn	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 34-6vs Western Michigan	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 33-16@ Wyoming	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 40-7vs UNLV	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-17@ Fresno State	1	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 10	W 28-16vs Colorado State	8	4	0.5	1	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 11	L 27-43@ San Diego State	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 31-35@ Utah State	8	6	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 27-14vs Hawai'i	8	6	1.0	—	4
Total		44	32	1.5	2	8

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology