The junior defensive end was selected in the 4th Round of the NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The pick comes at 107 overall.
Nelson is coming off two really solid seasons as an underclassman—good enough seasons that he declared for the draft this year when he perhaps could’ve gone earlier in the 2020 draft.
Nelson followed up 7.5 sacks as a sophomore with 9.5 this past season, offering a powerful rusher on the edge to complement a defense that logged 35 sacks all season—the most ever for a team in the Ferentz era.