Career
Games: 11
Maryville Debut: Sept. 7, 2024, vs. Sewanee
Stats Through End of 2024: 3 tackles, including 2 solo; 2 tackles-for-loss for minus-9 yards; 1 pass breakup; 1 forced fumble; 1 quarterback hurry.

Awards
2024 USA South Academic All-Conference

2024 (First Year)
Games: 11
Position: DL
Stats: 3 tackles, including 2 solo ... 2 tackles-for-loss for minus-9 yards ... 1 pass breakup ... 1 forced fumble ... 1 quarterback hurry.
Best Games: Helped Maryville win its first NCAA playoff game and reach nine wins in season for second time in history and first time since 1946 ... Scots also captured USA South Conference championship with perfect 7-0 record in final season of competition in that league ... Solo tackles-for-loss in consecutive weeks at Southern Virginia and LaGrange ... First one went for minus-1 yard ... Second TFL caused 8-yard loss and lost fumble at LaGrange that Scots recovered ... Added pass breakup at Belhaven as part of 42-11 victory ... Credited with quarterback hurry against Methodist ... Earned place on USA South Academic All-Conference list.

Before Maryville
Attended Mountain View High School in Lawrenceville, Georgia ... Played four seasons under head coach John Ponevica.

Position: DL
Stats: As senior, posted 25 tackles ... For career, contributed 105 tackles, including 55 solo ... Nine sacks.
Honors: 2023 Player of the Month Award ... Named team's Most Improved Player for 2022 ... Set program record with 500-pound squat as sophomore.
Get to Know: Also competed in wrestling.

Personal
Born: Nathaniel Odell Nelson in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Family: Parents are Odell and Cassandra Nelson ... One sibling, Tenai.