2025 (FAU): Called into kickoff action three times in the season opener versus Maryland and averaged 64.3 yards and served as the holder for the Owls' lone PAT and had a tackle ... Booted the ball 10 times for 625 yards, including nine touchbacks ... Provided the team's holds and each kickoff, including five, four of which were TB, , for a total of 322 yards for an average of 64.4 yards per punt versus FIU ... Served as the Owls' primary kicker and worked as the holder ... Called into action six times for kick off duty in the Owls' 27-21 win over Rice, with Rice returning just one for 23 yards ... Recorded nine kickoffs, nine of which were TBs, tallied 533 yards yards in the Owls' 53-33 win over UAB, which managed just just 22 kick return yards ... Provided three kickoffs for the Owls versus No. 19 South Florida ... Had four kickoffs for a total of 258 yards for an average 0f 64.5 yards with one TB at an undefeated Navy and added a solo tackle ... Booted seven kickoffs leaving five inside the 20 in the Owls' 40-21 win over Tulsa ... Served as the team's kickoff specialist with four boots, two downed inside the 20 ... Called into action eight times versus UConn, leaving six inside the 20 ... Versus ECU, credited with two kickoffs, both recorded as touchbacks.
2024 (Georgia Tech): Did not play.
2023 (Georgia Tech): Redshirted ... Did not play.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-sport athlete at Pope (football and baseball) ... At Kohl's National Camp, Scored 28/36 points on field goals and 103.57 points on kickoffs ... At a Spring Showcase Event in May of 2023 Nelms, scored 11 points on field goals out of a possible 15 ... Improved his 65-yard kickoff average from the Kohl's National Scholarship Camp in July of 2022 with his big kickoff in 2023 being 70 yards and 3.94 seconds of hang time ... Average score on kickoff was 110.60 which is near the top of his class.
PERSONAL: Son of Andrew and Helene Nelms ... Majoring in finance.