Personal
- Parents are Curtis and Donna Nelson
- One of six children
- Eagle Scout
- Served a Church mission in Frankfurt, Germany
- Married to wife Rachel in June 2008
- Majoring in economics
Before BYU
- A National Honor Society member with a 3.9 grade-point average at Hopewell HS
- Ranked second academically in his graduating class
- Three-year letterwinner for head coach Dave Vestal
- Also a three-year letterman in track
- Earned team Most Valuable Player honors as a senior
- All-league and selection at linebacker and tight end
- Earned all-state honorable mention honors as a linebacker
- Led the Vikings in tackles as both a junior and senior
- Posted 95 tackles in his final season
- Two-year starter at Hopewell
- Helped lead his team to the 2002 WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA championship
- Named to the All-Parkway Conference and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's All-Class AAA teams
- Recruited by Indiana, West Virginia, Penn State and Pennsylvania
Stats
YEAR GMS SOLO AST TOTAL TFL/YDS SACKS/YDS PBU QBH FR FF BLK/K2007 13 9 13 22 .5/1 - - - - - - 2008 3 - - - - - - - - - - 2009 12 8 11 19 2.5/10 2/10 2 1 - - -TOTAL 28 17 24 41 3.0/11 2/10 2 1 - - -
