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Tight End | Senior | Southern Miss 
Shawn Nelson
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 240 | 40-Time: 4.56
Shawn Nelson | Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Official Bio

Stars
Strengths:
Good height with a rangy build and long arms...Frame has room to add weight...A fantastic athlete...Good speed and quickness...Vertical threat who can stretch the field...Gets good separation...Excellent hands...Nice ball skills and body control...Can create after the catch...Tough...Technically sound and gives good effort as a blocker...Has a lot of experience...Very productive... Good bloodlines.

Weaknesses:
Needs to bulk up but has trouble maintaining weight...Is not very strong...Not a dominant in-line blocker and can be physically overwhelmed...A relatively average route runner...May have some minor durability concerns...Probably won't be a good fit for everyone.

Notes:
Cousin of former L.S.U. and current Kansas City Chiefs DT Glenn Dorsey...A four-year starter...Finished his college career ranked in the Golden Eagles Top 5 in career receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns...Saved the best for last and had a terrific senior campaign...Somewhat of a one-dimensional pass catcher who in many ways is a wide receiver in a tight ends body...Awfully similar to Martin Rucker of the  Cleveland Browns  (4th Round Pick in '08) , only better.


Career Statistics
Year GP Rec Yds YPC TD
2004 RS - - - -
2005 12 35 540 15.4 5
2006 14 36 506 14.1 3
2007 13 33 451 13.7 5
2008 13 53 557 10.5 3
Totals 52 157 2,054 13.1 16

 


   
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