GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 2007 (16/15, 2/2), 2008 (13/13), 2009 (16/14)
NFL TOTALS: 45 games, 42 starts
POSTSEASON TOTALS: 2 games, 2 starts
TRANSACTIONS: Originally drafted in the first round (21st overall) of the 2007 draft.
Speedy, talented safety has started 42 of 45 games in three seasons … Former first-round pick in 2007 has seven career INTs including a team rookie record five INTs in 2007, tied for the most by an NFL rookie in 2007 … Career totals include 223 tackles (162 solo), one sack, two forced fumbles and 18 special teams tackles … Played in all 16 games as a rookie with 15 starts and started both postseason games … Florida native who played high school and collegiately in the state … Consensus All-America first-team choice in 2006 … Left school following his junior season … Sixth player drafted by the Jaguars from the University of Florida … Highest drafted defensive back in team history and second safety chosen in the first round, joining Donovin Darius in 1998 …
Started 13 games at FS and one at LCB … Ranked third on the team with 77 tackles (60 solo) and was second with six passes defensed … Added two tackles for loss, two QB pressures and one FR … Saw action on special teams and had four tackles … 9/13 at IND: Started at FS and finished with seven tackles … 9/27 at HOU: Had five tackles and one special teams tackle in start … 10/4 vs. TEN: Did not miss a snap, finishing with season-high nine tackles and first career fumble recovery … 10/11 at SEA: Played all 75 snaps and had two tackles and one pass defensed … 10/18 vs. STL: Played all 55 snaps and posted five tackles including one for loss … 11/1 at TEN: Made first career start at CB for injured Rashean Mathis and was credited with seven solo tackles on 60 snaps … Recorded five tackles on 11/8 vs. KC and made four solo tackles and one pass defensed on 11/15 at NYJ … 12/17 vs. IND: Started at FS and registered four solo tackles and one pass defensed on 53 snaps … Saw action on 12/27 at NE and 1/3 at CLE …
Started 13 games at FS … Finished with 64 tackles (45 solo), two INTs and three passes defensed … Added five special teams tackles … Missed three games with a knee injury … 9/7 at TEN: Posted four tackles in the season-opener … 9/14 vs. BUF: Did not miss a snap and made five tackles … 9/21 at IND: Totaled five tackles before leaving in the fourth quarter with a knee contusion and did not return … Was inactive with a knee injury on 9/28 vs. HOU, 10/5 vs. PIT and 10/12 at DEN … Returned to the starting lineup on 10/26 vs. CLE and registered seven tackles … Returned a blocked field goal 34 yards on 11/9 at DET … Recorded first INT of the season on 11/16 vs. TEN as he picked off Kerry Collins at the two-yard line on the opening drive … 12/14 vs. GB: Totaled six tackles and ended the game with an INT of Aaron Rodgers on the final drive … 12/18 vs. IND: Recorded seven tackles and one pass defensed …
Started 15 of 16 games as a rookie … Tied Kevin Hardy (1996) for third-most starts in a season by a Jaguars rookie … Set team rookie record with five INTs, tying with Leon Hall of Cincinnati for the most among NFL rookies … Tied for sixth in the AFC and ninth in the NFL in INTs … Named to Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team … Ranked fourth on the club with career-high 82 tackles (57 solo) and had two forced fumbles, one sack, one tackle for loss and one QB pressure … Tied for second on club with 12 passes defensed … Added nine special teams tackles … 9/9 vs. TEN: Saw action at safety in nickel defense and led secondary with nine tackles. Recorded first career sack and forced a fumble off Vince Young in the fourth quarter … 9/16 vs. ATL: Made first career start and did not miss a snap … 10/7 at KC: Made five tackles and recorded first career INT off Damon Huard … 10/22 vs. IND: Finished with eight tackles and two passes defensed in first Monday night game … 10/28 at TB: Had six solo tackles, one QB pressure and one pass defensed. Intercepted Jeff Garcia in the fourth quarter to seal the victory … 11/4 at NO: Tied for team lead with a career-high 12 tackles and added two passes defensed and forced a fumble … 11/18 vs. SD: Intercepted a Philip Rivers pass in the fourth quarter and returned it 34 yards. Set team single-season record for INTs by a rookie … 12/2 at IND: Recorded an INT in his second consecutive game as he picked off Peyton Manning in the end zone in the fourth quarter and returned it 37 yards … 12/23 vs. OAK: Had team-high three passes defensed and intercepted JaMarcus Russell … 1/5 at PIT: Started at FS and recorded three solo tackles in AFC Wild Card game … 1/12 at NE: Started at FS in AFC Divisional Playoff game and finished with seven tackles and missed only two plays on defense.
Played in 25 games at Florida with 18 starts over two seasons … Career totals included 97 tackles (66 solo), four sacks, two fumble recoveries and seven INTs including one for a TD … Blocked two kicks on special teams … Was unanimous All-Southeastern Conference and consensus All-America first-team choice in 2006 … Started all 14 games at FS as a junior and led team with six INTs as part of BCS National Championship Team … Finalist for Nagurski Trophy (nation's top defensive player) and Thorpe Award (nation's top defensive back) … Honored with 2006 Jack Tatum Award as the nation's top defensive back by the Touchdown Club of Columbus … Played in 11 games with four starts as a sophomore and finished with 46 tackles and four sacks … Played at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas in 2004 and set school record for INT return yards with 175 on six interceptions … Attended Coffeyville Community College and sat out the 2003 season … Majored in sociology at Florida.
Single with daughter, Tyjaezia Ashley Nelson … Resides in Melbourne, Fla. … Son of the late Mary Lakes … Attended Palm Bay (Melbourne) High and was a two-time first team All-State selection at DB ... Held football camp at Jacksonville University in June the last two years ... Actively supports the charitable efforts of his teammates ... Attended 2008 Draft Day Fan Fest at the Jacksonville Landing … Served as a celebrity shopper for holiday fundraising event benefitting local community agencies in 2007 ... Hosted the inaugural Mary Lakes Invitational Bowl Against Breast Cancer in June 2009. The event was created in memory of his mother, Mary, who lost her battle with breast cancer in 2006 ... Visited local juvenile detention center in 2010 offseason to give his testimony … Served as celebrity waiter in 2009 and 2010 at Morton’s Steakhouse for annual charity event that raises money for Wolfson and Shands Hospitals … Participated both financially and in person at the 2009 Shop with a Jock event at Wal-Mart where more than 50 children from the Bridge of Northeast Florida and the Mali Vai Washington Kids Foundation were treated to a shopping spree … Signed autographs for employees at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center this year as part of Team Teal initative … Visited families in 2009 at Ronald McDonald House … Served food to the homeless at Clara White Mission … Participated in 2009 Hometown Huddle … Full name: Reggie Nelson.