Corey Nelson

ILB · DEN · 2014–2019

Born April 22, 1992 · College Oklahoma · Drafted 2014, round 7, pick 242 (DEN) · 6-1, 226 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	Passes defensed
2014	DEN	8	17	0.0	1	0	1
2014 playoffs	DEN	1	1	0.0	0	0	0
2015	DEN	11	17	1.0	1	1	0
2015 playoffs	DEN	1	4	0.0	0	0	0
2016	DEN	15	68	0.0	2	2	5
2017	DEN	3	4	0.0	0	0	0
2019	DEN	5	10	0.0	0	0	0
Career	DEN	42	116	1.0	4	3	6

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
2016	DEN	16	–	–	530	47.2
2017	DEN	5	–	–	45	15.0
2019	DEN	4	–	–	105	42.2

Game logs

2019 game log (5 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2019-09-09	@ LV	L 16–24	1
2	2019-09-15	vs CHI	L 14–16	3
3	2019-09-22	@ GB	L 16–27	2
4	2019-09-29	vs JAX	L 24–26	3
6	2019-10-13	vs TEN	W 16–0	1

2017 game log (3 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2017-09-11	vs LAC	W 24–21	1
2	2017-09-17	vs DAL	W 42–17	1
6	2017-10-15	vs NYG	L 10–23	2

2016 game log (15 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2016-09-08	vs CAR	W 21–20	2	0
3	2016-09-25	@ CIN	W 29–17	1	0
4	2016-10-02	@ TB	W 27–7	3	0
5	2016-10-09	vs ATL	L 16–23	2	0
6	2016-10-13	@ LAC	L 13–21	2	0
7	2016-10-24	vs HOU	W 27–9	7	0
8	2016-10-30	vs LAC	W 27–19	5	1
9	2016-11-06	@ LV	L 20–30	7	0
10	2016-11-13	@ NO	W 25–23	3	0
12	2016-11-27	vs KC	L 27–30 OT	0	1
13	2016-12-04	@ JAX	W 20–10	4	2
14	2016-12-11	@ TEN	L 10–13	6	0
15	2016-12-18	vs NE	L 3–16	13	1
16	2016-12-25	@ KC	L 10–33	7	0
17	2017-01-01	vs LV	W 24–6	6	0

2015 game log (12 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2015-09-13	vs BAL	W 19–13	1	0.0
2	2015-09-17	@ KC	W 31–24	2	0.0
4	2015-10-04	vs MIN	W 23–20	2	1.0
8	2015-11-01	vs GB	W 29–10	1	0.0
10	2015-11-15	vs KC	L 13–29	2	0.0
11	2015-11-22	@ CHI	W 17–15	1	0.0
13	2015-12-06	@ LAC	W 17–3	2	0.0
14	2015-12-13	vs LV	L 12–15	1	0.0
15	2015-12-20	@ PIT	L 27–34	1	0.0
16	2015-12-28	vs CIN	W 20–17 OT	2	0.0
17	2016-01-03	vs LAC	W 27–20	2	0.0
P21	2016-02-07	vs CAR	W 24–10	4	0.0

2014 game log (9 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
3	2014-09-21	@ SEA	L 20–26 OT	1	0
6	2014-10-12	@ NYJ	W 31–17	7	0
7	2014-10-19	vs SF	W 42–17	1	0
9	2014-11-02	@ NE	L 21–43	3	0
11	2014-11-16	@ LA	L 7–22	1	0
12	2014-11-23	vs MIA	W 39–36	1	0
14	2014-12-07	vs BUF	W 24–17	1	0
17	2014-12-28	vs LV	W 47–14	2	1
P19	2015-01-11	vs IND	L 13–24	1	0