Tampa Bay Buccaneers · LB · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Iowa (2019 Round 4, Pick 107)

Anthony Nelson

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12.5

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #150 of 156 qualified LBs

Combined tackles: 84 solo · 4 ast
Sacks & QB hits: 13 QB hits
Tackles for loss: 10 forced fumbles
Coverage: 0 PD · 0 INTPasses defended & picks
Defensive snaps: 12315.4 snaps/G
Team def. EPA / play: −0.159Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?

Anthony Nelson among the 156 qualified linebackers: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Singleton93.8
Cashman93.8
Jones92.4
Dean89.5
Warner89.2
Trotter87.8
Smith86.4
Wilson84.6
Edmunds84.5
Nelson#15012.5

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 156 qualified LBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Defensive snaps per team game, regressed8% weight · Raw 0.27 → Shrunk 20.09

10thpercentile

Tackles per game32% weight · Raw 0.02 → Shrunk 1.40

3thpercentile

Weighted defensive disruption per game14% weight · Raw 0.04 → Shrunk 2.47

3thpercentile

Combined tackle rate, regressed18% weight · Raw 1.8% → Shrunk 2.4%

3thpercentile

Solo tackle rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 0.9% → Shrunk 1.4%

4thpercentile

Pass-rush disruption rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 1.4% → Shrunk 1.3%

49thpercentile

Coverage disruption rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 0.0% → Shrunk 0.2%

10thpercentile

Schedule-adjusted team defensive EPA / play, regressed4% weight · Raw −0.159 → Shrunk −0.044

98thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Anthony Nelson. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Tackles	Solo	Sacks	TFL	QB hits	Def. snaps
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ CIN	L 27-33	2	1	0	0	0	23
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	vs CLE	L 19-23	1	1	0	0	0	15
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs MIN	L 16-23	1	1	1	1	1	19
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs GB	L 14-17	1	1	0	0	0	28
Week 5	Oct 8, 2026	@ DAL	W 24-16	0	0	0	0	0	4
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	vs PIT	L 19-26	0	0	0	0	1	8
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	@ CAR	W 43-13	1	0	0	0	1	10
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs ATL	W 16-0	2	0	0	0	0	16

College to the NFL: Iowa to Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Verified identity bridge linking Anthony Nelson's college regular-season tackles at Iowa to official NFL game lines.

Iowa (College tackles)

322016

352017

412018

107107th pick
2019 Draft

TB (NFL tackles)

82019

182020

212021

432022

362023

372024

382025

82026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 8 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Tackles	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	QBH	PD	INT	FF	Def. snaps
2019	TB	9	8	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	153
2020	TB	16	18	11	7	1	2	7	1	0	0	322
2021	TB	17	21	12	9	5	6	10	1	0	0	358
2022	TB	17	43	23	20	5.5	4	6	0	0	3	633
2023	TB	16	36	17	19	3	5	6	1	0	0	409
2024	TB	17	37	22	15	4	6	13	1	0	1	573
2025	TB	15	38	21	17	3	3	4	2	1	2	386
2026 (so far)	TB	8	8	4	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	123

Compare Anthony Nelson with top linebackers

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Anthony Nelson vs. Alex Singleton (DEN)Score 12.5 vs. 93.8 Anthony Nelson vs. Blake Cashman (MIN)Score 12.5 vs. 93.8 Anthony Nelson vs. Ernest Jones (SEA)Score 12.5 vs. 92.4 Anthony Nelson vs. Nakobe Dean (LV)Score 12.5 vs. 89.5 Anthony Nelson vs. Fred Warner (SF)Score 12.5 vs. 89.2 Anthony Nelson vs. Josiah Trotter (TB)Score 12.5 vs. 87.8