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Garrett Nelson

Defensive End, Los Angeles Rams.

Player facts

Team: Los Angeles Rams
Position: Defensive End
Born: Mar 1, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: Scottsbluff, NE, USA
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 245 lbs
College: Nebraska
Experience: 1 season
Status: Practice Squad

Stats

2026 Stats

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

About

Garrett Nelson (born March 1, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2023. He has also played for the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL).

From Wikipedia’s article on Garrett Nelson, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Nelson was born on March 1, 2000, to Chris and Holli Nelson. While attending Scottsbluff High School, he played defensive end for the football team. Across three seasons, Nelson recorded 150 tackles, 26 tackles-for-loss, and 18 sacks. He was a finalist for the 2018 high school Butkus Award, and was named to the Nebraska All-State team. As a three-star recruit coming out of high school, he committed to playing college football at Nebraska.

College career

In 2019, Nelson played in 11 games and logged 15 tackles playing at outside linebacker. In 2020, he totaled 30 tackles, four tackles-for-loss, and one and a half sacks in eight starts. Nelson started every game in 2021, posting 57 tackles, 11.5 tackles-for-loss, and five sacks. During his final year of college in 2022, Nelson had a career-high 65 tackles, nine tackles-for-loss, and five and a half sacks in addition to two passes deflected, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble.