Nick Nelson

Houston

Sep 12 (Fri)

5:30 PM

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-1
Weight:
225
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mission Viejo, Calif.
High School:
Tesoro/Saddleback

AT COLORADO: This Season (Sr.)?Enters the fall second on the depth at quarterback. He had a very solid spring, completing 32-of-49 passes for 376 yards (3 touchdowns, 0 interceptions) with a passer rating of 150.0 in the three main scrimmages. He also showed moves on the ground, rushing five times for 30 yards and a score.

2007 (Jr.)?He saw action in three regular season games (spot duty late), completing 3-of-6 passes for 22 yards as he appeared in the Miami-Ohio, Kansas and Missouri games. He had entered the fall tied atop the depth chart at quarterback, as the battle for the starting role extended into fall camp. He completed 18-of-41 passes for 186 yards (1 TD, 1 INT) in the four main spring scrimmages (11-on-11; in 7-on-7 drills in the spring game, he was 21-of-28 for 256 yards with two scores and one interception). He enrolled at Colorado in January and has three years to play two in eligibility.

JUNIOR COLLEGE (2005, 2006; Fr./Soph.)?Named to the SuperPrep Juco 100 team, he was the No. 76 overall ranked player and the seventh quarterback; J.C. Gridwire ranked him the No. 12 signal caller in the JUCO ranks. He was Saddleback’s Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-Mission Conference selection as a sophomore, when he completed 157-of-251 passes for 2,241 yards. He had 18 touchdowns against nine interceptions in completing 62.5 percent of his passes to go with a 154.1 passer rating. His single game high was 274 yards (with 2 TDs) against Allan Hancock, as he had seven 200-plus passing games. He was “activated” from a possible redshirt three games into his freshman season, coming off the bench to throw for 1,232 yards and 14 touchdowns with seven interceptions. He also played baseball as a freshman, batting .290 as a starting outfielder. Under coach Mark McElroy, Saddleback went 11-1, reaching the semifinals of the regional playoffs, and won the Mission Conference his sophomore year; the Gauchos were 7-4 his freshman season, winning the U.S. Bank Beach Bowl in Santa Monica over Mt. San Jacinto College.

HIGH SCHOOL?A three-year letterman in football, he was Tesoro’s Athlete of the Year his senior season. He was also named his team’s Offensive Player of the Year and was a first-team All-Pacific Coast League selection and a second-team All-Orange County selection that same year, when he passed for 2,200 yards and had 24 touchdowns against just eight interceptions in completing 69 percent of his passes. He was also first-team All-Pacific Coast league and second-team All-Orange County as a junior. Under head coach Jim O’Connell, Tesoro went 20-5 with Nelson at the helm in his junior and senior seasons, winning the CIF Championship in the latter. He also lettered three times in baseball, as he was the team’s Player of the Year as a senior as well as earning first-team all-county and all-league distinctions.

ACADEMICS?He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado. He owned a 2.9 grade point average in high school and had a 3.49 GPA at Saddleback.

PERSONAL?Born January 25, 1987 in Long Beach, Calif. Hobbies include fishing, poker and body boarding. An avid baseball fan, he played from his youth through his first year in college. Full first name is Nikolas, but he prefers to go by Nick.

Passing									Rushing
Season	G	Att	Comp	Int	Pct.	Yds	TD	Long	Att	Yds	Avg.	TD	Long
2007	3	6	3	0	50.0	22	0	10	3	-2	-0.7	0	7
2008	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	3	6	3	0	50.0	22	0	10	3	-2	-0.7	0	7