Ben Nelson
Benjamin Scott Nelson
Born: August 21, 1979
Coon Rapids, MN USA
Position: WR
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185
College: St. Cloud St.
High School: Anoka (MN)
Career: 2004-2015
Ben Nelson played from 2004 to 2015 during his career with the Cleveland Gladiators, Cologne Centurions, Colorado Crush, Minnesota Vikings and San Jose SaberCats. Nelson caught 669 passes for 8,453 yards and 179 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Arena Cleveland Gladiators | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
2015 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | |
Arena League | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | NFLE Cologne Centurions | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 31 | 1 |
2006 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 94 | 1398 | 14.9 | 26 | |
2007 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 100 | 1240 | 12.4 | 25 | |
2008 | Arena Colorado Crush | 126 | 1359 | 10.8 | 30 | |
2010 | Arena Cleveland Gladiators | 151 | 1867 | 12.4 | 47 | |
2011 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 76 | 1018 | 13.4 | 24 | |
2012 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 59 | 891 | 15.1 | 18 | |
2014 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 0 | |
2015 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 42 | 393 | 9.4 | 8 | |
NFLE | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 31 | 1 | |
Arena League | 654 | 8271 | 12.6 | 0 | 178 | |
Totals | 669 | 8453 | 12.6 | 31 | 179 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Arena Colorado Crush | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
2010 | Arena Cleveland Gladiators | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
2014 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | |
Arena League | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
2007 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2008 | Arena Colorado Crush | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2010 | Arena Cleveland Gladiators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
2011 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
2012 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2014 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2015 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Arena League | 28.5 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals | 3 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
2004 | NFLE Cologne Centurions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
2006 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | ||||||||
2007 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | ||||||||
2008 | Arena Colorado Crush | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | |||||||
2010 | Arena Cleveland Gladiators | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 | ||||||
2011 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | ||||||||
2012 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | ||||||||
2015 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
NFLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Arena League | 0 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1068 | |
Totals | 0 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1074 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 0 |
2004 | NFLE | Cologne Centurions | 10 | 0 |
2006 | Arena | San Jose SaberCats | 12 | |
2007 | Arena | San Jose SaberCats | 11 | |
2008 | Arena | Colorado Crush | ||
2010 | Arena | Cleveland Gladiators | ||
2011 | Arena | San Jose SaberCats | ||
2012 | Arena | San Jose SaberCats | ||
2014 | Arena | San Jose SaberCats | ||
2015 | Arena | San Jose SaberCats |
Awards
2006 - Arena Rookie of the Year
Honors
2010 - Arena All-Arena (First-Team)