J.J. Nelson

Free Agent

Height

5' 10"
Weight

156 lbs
Arm Length

31 1/8"

Draft Pick

5.23 2015
College

UAB
Age

31.1

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4.28 100th

89.2 35th

124.7 70th

11.17 59th

10.03 58th

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J.J. Nelson Season Stats

Year Year	Games Played Games	Targets Tgts	Receptions Rec	Receiving Yards Rec Yds	Yards Per Reception YPR	Air Yards Air Yds	Receiving TDs Rec TD	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game
2019	1	5	4	36	9.0	27	1	13.6
2018	9	19	7	64	9.1	375	0	1.5 (#137)
2017	16	61	29	508	17.5	1095	2	5.8 (#88)
2016	14	74	34	568	16.7	1307	5	9.5 (#60)
2015	10	27	11	299	27.2	NA	2	5.1 (#99)

College Dominator

24.2% (36th)
College YPR

18.7 (89th)
College Target Share

-
Breakout Age

21.4 (29th)

J.J. Nelson Advanced Stats & Metrics

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
5 (5.0 p/g)	15.2% (0.0% rz)	17.2%	83.3%	12 (26.7% rate)	29 (29.0 p/g)	85.3%
#179	-	-	#41	#180	#179	-

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
27 (27.0 p/g)	6.7%	5.4	1 (1.0 p/g)	0 (0 rec)	4.62	80.0% (4 tgts)
-	-	-	#172	#174	-	-

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
4 (4.0 p/g)	36 (36.0 p/g)	13 (2.6 p/tgt)	4 (0.8 p/tgt)	1 (25.0% rate)	13.6	-
#162	#175	#167	-	#98	-	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
7.5	1.24	-	7.2	9.0	1.06	100.0% (80.0% actual)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
0.60	5.00	+66.7%	32.4%	-	0 (0.0% rate)	- (0 tgts)
-	-	-	#11	-	#157	-

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
+74.4	+1.1	136.3	4.5 (4.5 p/g)	0.47	2.72	13.60
-	#175	-	#117	-	-	#159

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
19 (2.1 p/g)	6.9% (0.0% rz)	19.2%	31.8%	14 (9.0% rate)	99 (11.0 p/g)	34.1%
#142	-	-	#155	#166	#141	-

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
375 (41.7 p/g)	10.6%	19.7	-	0 (0 rec)	3.72	57.9% (11 tgts)
-	-	-	-	#173	-	-

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
7 (0.8 p/g)	64 (7.1 p/g)	23 (1.2 p/tgt)	334 (17.6 p/tgt)	0	1.5	-
#159	#164	#151	-	#151	#137	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
5.4	0.65	-	3.4	9.1	0.22	63.6% (36.8% actual)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
0.68	4.52	-63.4%	3.7%	-	0 (0.0% rate)	0.0% (2 tgts)
-	-	-	#176	-	#150	-

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
-63.6	-	2.9	0.0 (0.0 p/g)	0.14	0.71	13.40
-	-	-	#283	-	-	#165

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
61 (3.8 p/g)	10.3% (4.1% rz)	18.3%	48.2%	62 (12.8% rate)	334 (20.9 p/g)	55.9%
#73	#96	#71	#118	#75	#72	#97

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
1095 (68.4 p/g)	18.3%	18.0	-	3 (2 rec)	-	65.6% (40 tgts)
#33	#67	#1	-	#110	-	#91

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
29 (1.8 p/g)	508 (31.8 p/g)	13 (0.2 p/tgt)	600 (9.8 p/tgt)	2 (0.1% rate)	5.8	-
#80	#62	#157	#32	#70	#88	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
-	1.52	-	8.3	17.5	0.85	72.5% (47.5% actual)
-	#58	-	#33	#4	#83	#82

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
1.26	4.08	-10.0%	11.1%	-	6 (9.8% rate)	30.8% (13 tgts)
#77	#21	#76	#102	-	#25	#98

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
-3.4	-	53.1	23.0 (1.4 p/g)	0.28	1.53	93.50
#55	-	#96	#129	#74	#71	#72

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
74 (5.3 p/g)	13.4% (15.7% rz)	-	-	49	-	-
#70	#79	-	-	#92	-	-

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
1307 (93.4 p/g)	21.8%	17.7	-	11 (7 rec)	-	-
#28	#59	#2	-	#50	-	-

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
34 (2.4 p/g)	568 (40.6 p/g)	172 (2.3 p/tgt)	911 (12.3 p/tgt)	6 (15.8% rate)	9.5	-
#82	#67	#69	#10	#21	#60	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
-	-	-	7.7	16.7	1.01	- (45.9% actual)
-	-	-	#55	#7	#76	-

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
-	-	+5.8%	17.8%	-	5 (6.8% rate)	66.7% (3 tgts)
-	-	#44	#59	-	#28	-

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
+13.2	-	-	40.0 (2.9 p/g)	-	1.80	133.10
#20	-	-	#49	-	#32	#59

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
27 (2.7 p/g)	8.0% (0.0% rz)	0.0%	0.0%	NA (0.0% rate)	NA (0.0 p/g)	0.0%
#125	-	#NA	#NA	#NA	#NA	#NA

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
NA (0.0 p/g)	0.0%	0.0	NA (0.0 p/g)	0 (0 rec)	0.00	0.0% (NA tgts)
#NA	#NA	#NA	#NA	#166	#NA	#NA

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
11 (1.1 p/g)	299 (29.9 p/g)	NA (0.0 p/tgt)	NA (0.0 p/tgt)	2 (16.7% rate)	5.1	-
#138	#99	#NA	#NA	#79	#99	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
0.0	0.00	-	11.1	27.2	0.87	0.0% (40.7% actual)
#NA	#NA	-	-	-	-	#NA

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
0.00	0.00	+17.0%	9.5%	-	NA (0.0% rate)	25.0% (4 tgts)
#NA	#NA	-	#115	-	#NA	-

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
+23.2	-	0.0	17.1 (1.7 p/g)	0.00	1.89	50.90
-	-	#NA	#80	#NA	-	#106

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
3	MIN	Trae Waynes	83.3%	29	5	4 (1 tds)	36	13.6 (##31)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
2	LA	-	57.1%	19	1	0	0	0.0 (##115)
3	CHI	Prince Amukamara	11.4%	2	1	0	0	0.0 (##117)
4	SEA	Tre Flowers	9.1%	2	1	1	4	1.4 (##110)
6	MIN	Trae Waynes	21.6%	10	2	1	9	1.9 (##99)
7	DEN	Chris Harris	16.7%	7	4	2	8	3.5 (##82)
8	SF	Ahkello Witherspoon	26.2%	8	1	0	0	0.8 (##97)
10	KC	Steven Nelson	29.7%	10	1	0	0	-1.0 (##120)
11	OAK	Rashaan Melvin	37.3%	8	1	0	0	0.0 (##96)
14	DET	Darius Slay	75.8%	33	7	3	43	6.8 (##63)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	DET	-	48.5%	26	6 (1 rz)	5 (1 tds)	43	15.3 (##16)
2	IND	-	82.0%	29	7 (2 rz)	5 (1 tds)	120	23.0 (##4)
3	DAL	-	78.3%	42	3	0	0	0.0 (##121)
4	SF	-	28.8%	15	4	3	34	6.4 (##66)
5	PHI	-	51.7%	22	6	4	80	12.4 (##25)
6	TB	-	21.1%	9	1	0	0	1.6 (##95)
7	LA	-	61.4%	25	5	2	35	5.5 (##58)
9	SF	-	15.1%	7	2	1	15	2.5 (##79)
10	SEA	-	23.9%	17	4	1	17	2.7 (##86)
11	HOU	-	36.5%	17	3	1	14	2.4 (##89)
12	JAC	-	52.2%	20	4	1	14	2.4 (##95)
13	LA	-	89.3%	31	8	2	42	6.2 (##55)
14	TEN	-	69.1%	22	3	2	26	4.6 (##77)
15	WAS	-	75.0%	34	3	1	46	6.3 (##54)
16	NYG	-	9.7%	3	1	0	0	0.0 (##109)
17	SEA	-	37.3%	11	1	1	18	2.8 (##91)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	NE	-	3.6%	-	2 (0 rz)	1	11	2.1 (##96)
4	LA	-	5.6%	-	1 (0 rz)	1	24	3.4 (##86)
5	SF	-	4.6%	-	1 (0 rz)	0	0	0.0 (##96)
6	NYJ	-	22.9%	-	2 (0 rz)	2	16	5.9 (##80)
7	SEA	-	93.0%	-	7 (0 rz)	3	84	11.8 (##35)
8	CAR	-	100.0%	-	12 (3 rz)	8	79	27.9 (##2)
10	SF	-	68.1%	-	6 (0 rz)	2	29	3.9 (##73)
11	MIN	-	45.5%	-	5 (0 rz)	1	0	1.0 (##100)
12	ATL	-	62.7%	-	4 (0 rz)	2	30	5.0 (##83)
13	WAS	-	47.1%	-	2 (0 rz)	1	42	11.2 (##41)
14	MIA	-	36.1%	-	2 (1 rz)	1	8	13.4 (##30)
15	NO	-	83.6%	-	11 (2 rz)	5	38	14.8 (##26)
16	SEA	-	75.0%	-	7 (1 rz)	3	132	22.2 (##12)
17	LA	-	60.6%	-	12 (4 rz)	4	75	11.5 (##41)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	NO	-	49.1%	-	3 (0 rz)	0	0	0.0
2	CHI	-	26.9%	-	1 (0 rz)	0	0	-1.0
8	CLE	-	19.7%	-	4 (0 rz)	3	70	10.0
11	CIN	-	73.2%	-	6 (0 rz)	4	142	24.2
12	SF	-	11.6%	-	5 (0 rz)	2	53	7.3
13	STL	-	7.8%	-	3 (0 rz)	2	34	11.4
14	MIN	-	100.0%	-	1 (0 rz)	0	0	0.0
15	PHI	-	50.0%	-	1 (0 rz)	0	0	0.0
16	GB	-	13.0%	-	0 (0 rz)	0	0	0.0
17	SEA	-	7.1%	-	3 (0 rz)	0	0	0.0

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J.J. Nelson News & Analysis

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J.J. Nelson Expected To Miss 2-4 Weeks

By RotoBaller Staff

Aug 28, 2020

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver J.J. Nelson (knee) is expected to miss two to four weeks with a knee injury. And the wideout injuries continue for the 49ers in training camp. Jalen Hurd (knee) is already out for the season, Deebo Samuel (foot) might not be ready for Week 1, and rookie Brandon ...

J.J. Nelson Fully Established As Arizona's Number Two Receiver

By Frankie Soler

Jan 04, 2017

Thanks to a whole bunch of factors, J.J. Nelson was able to establish himself as Arizona's number two receiver by year's end. After a stretch of four straight games with a score, J.J. put together a four-catch 75-yard showing to end the season. His year long numbers don't exactly jump off the page w[...]

J.J. Nelson Leads All Cardinals Receivers In Week 17

By Frankie Soler

Jan 03, 2017

J.J. Nelson led Arizona in both targets and receiving yards in Sunday's victory over Los Angeles. He had a whopping 12 targets, four of which were actually hauled in. Had he been able to get a little more rhythm going with Carson Palmer, he would have had an even bigger day than his team-leading 75 [...]

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J.J. Nelson Injury History

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Groin strain

Preseason (2021)

Knee sprain

Preseason (2020)

Knee sprain

Week 4 (2019)

Ankle sprain

Week 1 (2019)

Knee strain

Week 13 (2017)

Hamstring strain

Week 3 (2017)

Shoulder strain

Week 1 (2016)

Shoulder dislocation

Week 2 (2015)

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