Anthony Nelson

LB · TB · 2019–2026

Born March 4, 1997 · College Iowa · Drafted 2019, round 4, pick 107 (TB) · 6-7, 271 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2019	TB	6	8	0.0	0	0	0	1	1
2020	TB	12	18	1.0	7	2	0	1	0
2020 playoffs	TB	4	4	1.0	2	1	0	0	0
2021	TB	12	22	5.0	10	7	0	1	0
2021 playoffs	TB	2	2	0.0	2	0	0	0	0
2022	TB	17	46	5.5	6	4	0	0	3
2022 playoffs	TB	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	TB	13	40	3.0	6	7	0	1	0
2023 playoffs	TB	1	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
2024	TB	17	40	4.0	13	6	0	1	1
2024 playoffs	TB	1	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	TB	13	38	3.0	4	3	1	2	2
2026	TB	8	11	1.5	4	1	0	0	0
Career	TB	98	223	23.0	50	30	1	7	7

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2019	TB	9	–	–	147	23.0
2020	TB	16	–	–	315	30.0
2020 playoffs	TB	4	–	–	62	22.4
2021	TB	17	–	–	352	31.0
2021 playoffs	TB	2	–	–	39	28.7
2022	TB	17	1	1.4	619	56.2
2022 playoffs	TB	1	–	–	58	86.6
2023	TB	16	–	–	401	38.7
2023 playoffs	TB	2	–	–	36	28.3
2024	TB	17	1	1.4	567	51.4
2024 playoffs	TB	1	–	–	50	70.4
2025	TB	15	–	–	381	41.3

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2026-09-13	@ CIN	L 27–33	2	0.0
2	2026-09-20	vs CLE	L 19–23	1	0.0
3	2026-09-27	vs MIN	L 16–23	1	1.0
4	2026-10-04	vs GB	L 14–17	1	0.0
6	2026-10-18	vs PIT	L 19–26 OT	0	0.0
7	2026-10-25	@ CAR	W 43–13	1	0.0
8	2026-11-01	vs ATL	W 16–0	2	0.0
9	2026-11-08	@ CHI	L 24–27	3	0.5

2025 game log (13 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2025-09-07	@ ATL	W 23–20	3	0.0	0	0
3	2025-09-21	vs NYJ	W 29–27	2	0.0	0	0
4	2025-09-28	vs PHI	L 25–31	2	0.0	0	0
5	2025-10-05	@ SEA	W 38–35	1	0.0	0	0
6	2025-10-12	vs SF	W 30–19	4	0.0	0	0
7	2025-10-20	@ DET	L 9–24	5	1.0	0	0
8	2025-10-26	@ NO	W 23–3	4	2.0	1	1
10	2025-11-09	vs NE	L 23–28	6	0.0	0	0
11	2025-11-16	@ BUF	L 32–44	2	0.0	0	0
12	2025-11-23	@ LA	L 7–34	3	0.0	0	0
13	2025-11-30	vs ARI	W 20–17	4	0.0	0	0
14	2025-12-07	vs NO	L 20–24	1	0.0	0	1
15	2025-12-11	vs ATL	L 28–29	1	0.0	0	0

2024 game log (18 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	vs WAS	W 37–20	2	0.0	0
2	2024-09-15	@ DET	W 20–16	2	0.0	0
3	2024-09-22	vs DEN	L 7–26	1	0.0	0
4	2024-09-29	vs PHI	W 33–16	4	1.0	0
5	2024-10-03	@ ATL	L 30–36 OT	1	1.0	0
6	2024-10-13	@ NO	W 51–27	2	0.0	0
7	2024-10-21	vs BAL	L 31–41	2	0.0	0
8	2024-10-27	vs ATL	L 26–31	3	0.0	0
9	2024-11-04	@ KC	L 24–30 OT	2	0.0	0
10	2024-11-10	vs SF	L 20–23	1	0.0	0
12	2024-11-24	@ NYG	W 30–7	5	1.0	0
13	2024-12-01	@ CAR	W 26–23 OT	6	0.0	0
14	2024-12-08	vs LV	W 28–13	2	0.0	1
15	2024-12-15	@ LAC	W 40–17	2	0.0	0
16	2024-12-22	@ DAL	L 24–26	0	0.0	0
17	2024-12-29	vs CAR	W 48–14	2	1.0	0
18	2025-01-05	vs NO	W 27–19	3	0.0	0
P19	2025-01-12	vs WAS	L 20–23	5	0.0	0

2023 game log (14 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2023-09-10	@ MIN	W 20–17	3	1.0	0
3	2023-09-25	vs PHI	L 11–25	4	0.0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ NO	W 26–9	1	0.0	0
8	2023-10-26	@ BUF	L 18–24	4	1.0	0
9	2023-11-05	@ HOU	L 37–39	1	0.0	0
10	2023-11-12	vs TEN	W 20–6	3	0.0	0
11	2023-11-19	@ SF	L 14–27	3	0.0	0
12	2023-11-26	@ IND	L 20–27	2	0.0	0
13	2023-12-03	vs CAR	W 21–18	4	0.0	0
14	2023-12-10	@ ATL	W 29–25	5	0.0	0
15	2023-12-17	@ GB	W 34–20	4	1.0	0
17	2023-12-31	vs NO	L 13–23	4	0.0	1
18	2024-01-07	@ CAR	W 9–0	2	0.0	0
P19	2024-01-15	vs PHI	W 32–9	1	0.0	0

2022 game log (18 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2022-09-11	@ DAL	W 19–3	2	1.0
2	2022-09-18	@ NO	W 20–10	1	0.0
3	2022-09-25	vs GB	L 12–14	1	0.0
4	2022-10-02	vs KC	L 31–41	3	1.0
5	2022-10-09	vs ATL	W 21–15	2	0.0
6	2022-10-16	@ PIT	L 18–20	2	0.0
7	2022-10-23	@ CAR	L 3–21	1	0.0
8	2022-10-27	vs BAL	L 22–27	1	0.0
9	2022-11-06	vs LA	W 16–13	2	0.0
10	2022-11-13	vs SEA	W 21–16	1	0.0
12	2022-11-27	@ CLE	L 17–23 OT	5	1.0
13	2022-12-05	vs NO	W 17–16	2	0.0
14	2022-12-11	@ SF	L 7–35	7	0.0
15	2022-12-18	vs CIN	L 23–34	4	0.5
16	2022-12-25	@ ARI	W 19–16 OT	4	1.0
17	2023-01-01	vs CAR	W 30–24	4	1.0
18	2023-01-08	@ ATL	L 17–30	4	0.0
P19	2023-01-16	vs DAL	L 14–31	3	0.0

2021 game log (14 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2021-09-19	vs ATL	W 48–25	1	0.0	0
3	2021-09-26	@ LA	L 24–34	1	0.0	0
7	2021-10-24	vs CHI	W 38–3	2	0.0	0
8	2021-10-31	@ NO	L 27–36	2	0.0	0
10	2021-11-14	@ WAS	L 19–29	4	1.0	0
11	2021-11-22	vs NYG	W 30–10	1	1.0	0
12	2021-11-28	@ IND	W 38–31	1	0.0	0
13	2021-12-05	@ ATL	W 30–17	0	0.0	0
15	2021-12-19	vs NO	L 0–9	1	0.0	0
16	2021-12-26	@ CAR	W 32–6	1	1.0	0
17	2022-01-02	@ NYJ	W 28–24	3	1.0	1
18	2022-01-09	vs CAR	W 41–17	5	1.0	0
P19	2022-01-16	vs PHI	W 31–15	0	0.0	0
P20	2022-01-23	vs LA	L 27–30	2	0.0	0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2020-09-20	vs CAR	W 31–17	1	0.0	0
3	2020-09-27	@ DEN	W 28–10	2	0.0	0
4	2020-10-04	vs LAC	W 38–31	1	0.0	0
6	2020-10-18	vs GB	W 38–10	2	0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ LV	W 45–20	3	0.0	0
8	2020-11-02	@ NYG	W 25–23	0	0.0	0
9	2020-11-08	vs NO	L 3–38	3	0.0	0
12	2020-11-29	vs KC	L 24–27	0	0.0	0
14	2020-12-13	vs MIN	W 26–14	2	0.0	0
15	2020-12-20	@ ATL	W 31–27	0	0.0	1
16	2020-12-26	@ DET	W 47–7	2	1.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs ATL	W 44–27	2	0.0	0
P18	2021-01-09	@ WAS	W 31–23	1	1.0	0
P19	2021-01-17	@ NO	W 30–20	1	0.0	0
P20	2021-01-24	@ GB	W 31–26	1	0.0	0
P21	2021-02-07	vs KC	W 31–9	1	0.0	0

2019 game log (6 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
2	2019-09-12	@ CAR	W 20–14	1	1
3	2019-09-22	vs NYG	L 31–32	3	0
4	2019-09-29	@ LA	W 55–40	1	0
5	2019-10-06	@ NO	L 24–31	1	0
8	2019-10-27	@ TEN	L 23–27	1	0
17	2019-12-29	vs ATL	L 22–28 OT	1	0