PVAMU: The team’s top returning wideout…coming off a career season in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns…will contend for All-SWAC honors this season and is expected to provide senior leadership to a young group of receivers…also plays special teams…named to the All-SWAC Preseason First Team.
2011: Caught 53 receptions for 659 yards with five touchdowns…recorded 79 yards on 15 rushes…also returned three kicks and five punts…finished with 806 all-purpose yards…began the year with three receptions for 60 yards versus Bethune-Cookman at the MEAC/SWAC Challenge in Orlando, Fla…also logged two rushing attempts against BCU and two kick returns for 29 yards…returned to his home stadium two weeks later with two solid outings as he recorded 113 yards on seven receptions and a touchdown versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff and 117 yards on nine receptions against Mississippi Valley State…caught nine passes for 75 yards with one touchdown against Grambling State at the State Fair Classic…logged five passes for 45 yards at Alabama State…had four passes for 93 yards and a touchdown, including a season-long 77-yard reception versus Jackson State in the Shreveport Classic…finished with six receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown at Texas State…tallied 49 yards apiece in his final two games at Alcorn State and versus Alabama A&M.
2010: Recorded 25 receptions for 323 yards and one touchdown…returned six kicks for 114 yards and eight punts for 73 yards…caught three passes each in his first two games of the season…returned three kicks 60 yards with a long of 21 yards versus Texas Southern…had a season-high five receptions for 62 yards versus Alabama State…caught three passes and returned three punts versus Lincoln…had two receptions against Southern…caught four pass for a career-high 98 yards in home finale versus Alcorn State…closed out the year with two receptions for 30 yards at Alabama A&M.
2009: Caught one pass for five yards…recorded three rushing attempts totaling two yards…had one rush for four yards at New Mexico State…had two rushing attempts versus Grambling State…caught a five-yard pass at Alabama State.
2008: Redshirted.
High School: A Rivals.com two-star recruit…played a variety of positions.
Personal: Full Name: Spencer D. Nelson…Born: Dec. 23, 1989 in Chicago, Ill…Son of Paul and Cindy Nelson…Majoring in Criminal Justice.
