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University of Illinois Athletics

2015 Football Roster

9 Kenny Nelson

  • Ht./Wt. 6-6 / 250
  • Position DL
  • Hometown Detroit, Mich.
  • High School Cass Tech

Biography

2015 Senior

  • Played in eight games
  • Seven tackles, 0.5 TFL on season
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Earned bachelor’s degree in advertising in Dec. 2014

2014 Junior

  • Played in five games but aggravated an existing injury against Minnesota and missed the remainder of the season
  • Recorded his first career sack and registered the first two TFLs of his career at Nebraska

2013 Sophomore

  • Played in the first 11 games
  • Set a career high with four tackles against Miami (Ohio)
  • Recovered his first career fumble against Washington and recovered another fumble at Nebraska
  • Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2012 Redshirt Freshman

  • Played in four games and made three tackles on the season
  • Made one tackle at Michigan and in victory over Charleston Southern
  • Recorded one tackle against Western Michigan in his Illini debut

2011 Freshman

  • Redshirted the 2011 season

High School

  • A two-star recruit by Rivals.com
  • Earned second-team All-Metro Detroit honors as a defensive end by Detroit News for his play on an 11-1 Technicians team
  • Named No. 20 Blue Chip Recruit from Michigan by Detroit News
  • High school coach was Thomas Wilcher

Personal

  • Son of Linda Meredith and Kenneth Nelson
  • Born March 12, 1993
  • Earned bachelor's degree in advertising from Illinois in December 2014 and currently is enrolled in the recreation, sport and tourism master's program

Career Highs

Tackles: 4 vs. Miami (Ohio), 9/28/13 
Solos: 2, three times (last vs. Purdue, 10/4/14) 
TFLs: 2.0 at Nebraska, 9/27/14 
Sacks: 1 at Nebraska, 9/27/14 
Fumbles Recovered: 1, twice (last at Nebraska, 10/5/13) 
 

Statistics

Season:
2015

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 58

    2011Freshman

    DL
    6'6" 245 lbs
    58
  • 58

    2012Redshirt Freshman

    DL
    6'6" 245 lbs
    58
  • 58

    2013Sophomore

    DL
    6'6" 250 lbs
    58
  • 58

    2014Junior

    DL
    6'6" 250 lbs
    58
  • 9

    2015Senior

    DL
    6'6" 250 lbs
    9