CJ Nelson
Ball State Cardinals
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Depth

CJ Nelson

Ball State CardinalsRebuilding
WR-XOffenseDepthTRANSFER · Eastern Illinois
3rd String

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CJ Nelson is listed 3rd string at WR-X for Ball State Cardinals.

Redshirt senior · #7 · 5'11", 184 lbs

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Depth at WR-X · Ball State Cardinals

  1. 11061Jamarion McDougleStarter
  2. 2861Corey Thompson Jr.
  3. 3761CJ NelsonYou

Ball State Starting Lineup

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Top wide receivers in the MAC

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Up next for Ball State

Ball State plays Massachusetts away on Wed, Nov 4. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

The Story

The X-Factor

A 3-star recruit out of Richland, ranked #774 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 22 catches, 393 yards, 3 TD. That's 24% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 61 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #774 NatlTeam Share24%
North Richland Hills, TX
Jersey
#7
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
184 lbs
Transfer
Eastern Illinois

Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
—223933

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8700
National Rank
#774
High School
Richland
Hometown
North Richland Hills, TX

Why this rating?

On a 67-rated offense; 69th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 61.

Team offense (SP+)
67
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 69% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 70% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role; −12 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 24WSACYDS 7
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
7
AVG
7.0
TD
0

Final W 34-17

Oct 17WBGSUYDS 59
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
6
YDS
59
AVG
9.8
TD
0

Final W 32-31 OT

Oct 10LNUYDS 10
CAR
1
YDS
10
AVG
10.0
TD
0
REC
3
YDS
10
AVG
3.3
TD
0

Final L 45-14

Sep 12WSTBKYDS 6
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
6
AVG
6.0
TD
0

Final W 41-17

Sep 5LOSUYDS 8
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
8
AVG
8.0
TD
0

Final L 56-3

CJ Nelson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

X-Factor
22 rec · 393 yds · 3 TD
Usage / Involvement100%
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