Anthony Nelson stats

Buccaneers

Linebacker · #98

Age 29 · 6' 7" · 271 lbs

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Anthony Nelson recorded 8 tackles and 1.0 sack in 8 games of 2026 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
8
TOT
8
SOLO
4
AST
4
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2019TB98170.0011
2020TB16181171.0010
2021TB17221395.0010
2022TB174626205.5003
2023TB164021193.0010
2024TB174025154.0011
2025TB153821173.0122
2026TB88441.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
115
TOT
220
SOLO
122
AST
98
SACK
22.5
INT
1
PD
7
FF
7

Career Postseason

GP
10
TOT
15
SOLO
10
AST
5
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
8
TOT
1
SOLO
0.5
AST
0.5
SACK
0.1
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2019TB90.90.10.80.00.00.10.1
2020TB161.10.70.40.10.00.10.0
2021TB171.30.80.50.30.00.10.0
2022TB172.71.51.20.30.00.00.2
2023TB162.51.31.20.20.00.10.0
2024TB172.41.50.90.20.00.10.1
2025TB152.51.41.10.20.10.10.1
2026TB81.00.50.50.10.00.00.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
115
TOT
1.9
SOLO
1.1
AST
0.9
SACK
0.2
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
29 yearsMar 4, 1997
Height
6' 7"
Weight
271 lbs
Experience
8 yearsDebut 2019
Birthplace
Urbandale, IA
Draft
2019Rd 4, Pk 107
College
Iowa
Salary
$4.5 million2026

Against other linebackers

2026 regular season, 196 NFL linebackers with 6+ games.

  • Sacks1.0

    Higher than 54% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Tackles8

    Higher than 13% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Solo Tackles4

    Higher than 9% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

Latest performance

Anthony Nelson

Nov 01 · vs ATL · W 16-0

TOT
2
SOLO
0
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

26% of his club's defensive snaps a game (123 in 8 games); 30% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1CIN2336%15
2CLE1526%15
3MIN1932%20
4GB2847%12
5DAL47%10
6PIT810%14
7CAR1018%9
8ATL1630%11

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Anthony Nelson has been on the NFL’s game-status report 0 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202600Shin

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2019 NFL combine

DL, 6'7", 271 lb · Iowa

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.82s68th
Vertical jump35.5"84th
Broad jump9' 10"76th
Bench press (225 lb)18 reps5th
3-cone drill6.95s95th
20-yard shuttle4.23s93rd

Percentile: the share of DLs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2019 combine

Games

All games

Next

at CHISun, Nov 08

vs CHI since 2020

3
GP
2
TOT
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01vsATLW 16-02000
Sun, Oct 25atCARW 43-131000
Sun, Oct 18vsPITL 26-19 OT0000
Thu, Oct 08atDALW 24-160000
Sun, Oct 04vsGBL 17-141100
Sun, Sep 27vsMINL 23-161110

What are Anthony Nelson's career stats?

Anthony Nelson has played 8 seasons for the Buccaneers. He has recorded 220 tackles, 22.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season so far is 2022: 46 tackles and 5.5 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 7 @ SF on Dec 11, 2022, L 35-7
  • Sacks: 2 @ NO on Oct 26, 2025, W 23-3
Anthony Nelson's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20262—
202562.0
202461.0
202351.0
202271.0
202151.0
202031.0
20193—

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2019.

League leaderboards and awards

8 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2019 to 2026

Championships

Anthony Nelson college stats

Anthony Nelson played 3 seasons at Iowa Hawkeyes (2016 to 2018): 119 tackles, 23 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Anthony Nelson's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2016Iowa Hawkeyes331518162000
2017Iowa Hawkeyes41212047.52000
2018Iowa Hawkeyes45232219.50000

scoring

Anthony Nelson's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
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College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Anthony Nelson's college game log.

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Playoff games

Anthony Nelson played 10 games across 5 NFL postseasons — 6 won, 4 lost.

Anthony Nelson's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2024WSHL 23-2050.00
2023PHIW 32-910.00
2023DETL 31-2300.00
2022DALL 31-1430.00
2021PHIW 31-1500.00
2021LARL 30-2720.00
2020WSHW 31-2311.00
2020NOW 30-2010.00
2020GBW 31-2610.00
2020KCW 31-910.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.