Da'Kaari Nelson
North Carolina State
63
Depth

Da'Kaari Nelson

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MLBDefenseDepthTRANSFER · Penn State
2nd String / Backup

Is Da'Kaari Nelson starting?

Da'Kaari Nelson is listed 2nd string at MLB for North Carolina State.

Redshirt junior · #8 · 6'3", 241 lbs

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Depth at MLB · North Carolina State

  1. 1082Popo AguirreStarter
  2. 2863Da'Kaari NelsonYou
  3. 33554LaCorian Hodge

North Carolina State Starting Lineup

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Up next for North Carolina State

North Carolina State plays Duke at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Selma, ranked #171 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 5 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 63 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit4★ · #171 NatlTeam Share0%
Livingston, AL
Jersey
#8
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
241 lbs
Transfer
Penn State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—500

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9319
National Rank
#171
High School
Selma
Hometown
Selma, AL

Why this rating?

On a 74-rated defense; 29th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them -5 vs unit starters → 63.

Team defense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 29% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 for role; −6 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 31WCALTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-10

Oct 3WLOUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 31-28

Sep 26WAPPTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 41-31

Da'Kaari Nelson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

5 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
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