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Position | Offensive tackle |
Class | Senior |
Personal information | |
Born: | Sumter, South Carolina, U.S. | January 9, 2001
Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Weight | 326 lb (148 kg) |
Career history | |
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High school | Sumter (Sumter, South Carolina) |
Zion Nelson (born January 9, 2001) is an American former college football offensive tackle who played for the Miami Hurricanes from 2019 to 2023.
Nelson grew up in Sumter, South Carolina and attended Sumter High School. He was initially rated a two-star recruit and committed to play college football at Appalachian State. [1] Nelson's recruitment picked up during his senior season, in which the Fighting Gamecocks rushed for over 2,000 yards and won 10 games, and he flipped his commitment after a late offer from Miami. [2]
Nelson enrolled joined the Miami Hurricanes as an early enrollee. [3] He was named the starting left tackle for the Hurricanes going into his freshman year after performing well in summer training camp. [4] Nelson started all 13 of Miami's games as a freshman and allowed the most sacks of any starting tackle from a Power Five conference. [5] After initially losing his starting job, Nelson regained his spot as the Hurricanes' starting left tackle for the final six games of his sophomore season. [6]
On July 25, 2024, Nelson announced that he would medically retire from football after multiple knee injuries. [7]
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