Jordy Nelson
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| Green Bay Packers — No. 87 | |
| Wide receiver | |
| Date of birth: May 31, 1985 | |
| Place of birth: Manhattan, Kansas | |
| Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Weight: 217 lb (98 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
| College: Kansas State | |
| NFL Draft: 2008 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36 | |
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| Current status: Unsigned Draft Pick | |
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Jordy Nelson (born May 31, 1985 in Manhattan, Kansas) is a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He played collegiately for the Kansas State Wildcats. He played high school football at Riley County High School in Riley, Kansas.
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[edit] College
Jordy started out at Kansas State University as a walk-on and redshirted on the 2003 Big 12 Championship team that consisted of Heisman candidate Darren Sproles. Jordy played quarterback and defensive back in highschool and excelled greatly. Jordy decided to play defensive back in college and during spring practice following his freshman year Coach Bill Snyder moved Jordy Nelson to Wide Receiver and soon to be All Big 12 second team Marcus Watts to defensive back. During his Sophomore campaign Nelson caught 45 passes for 8 touchdowns, and the following year everyone had great expectations of this Riley County product to be one of the nations premiere wideouts as he was listed as on the Biletnikoff Award watch list. Injuries kept him from the playing field most of his junior year. When Jordy was playing, he wasn't 100% and the injuries led him to a somewhat disapointing junior season in which he only caught 39 balls for 1 touchdown. After going unnoticed his junior year, Jordy broke out for a monster season and was among one of nations best receivers earning consensus All-America honors and a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award. Jordy caught 122 balls for 1606 yards and 11 touchdowns. Jordy also showed his versatility by throwing 2 touchdowns and returning 2 punts for touchdowns, one of which was a 92 yarder against Baylor and an 89 yarder against Number 7 ranked Texas. After the season, Jordy has been continuing to improve his stock as one of the best wide receiver prospects in the 2008 NFL Draft. At the NFL Combine. Jordy showed he has speed running an official 4.47 in the 40 yd dash.
[edit] Professional Career
[edit] NFL draft
On April 26, on the first day of the NFL Draft, Nelson was drafted by the Green Bay Packers with the 5th pick in the second round (36th overall).
[edit] References
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=148060
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