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SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS
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2018 Football Roster

Anita Bunker
Anita Bunker

94 Taylor Nelson

  • Position Linebacker
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 235
  • Hometown Vancouver, Wash.
  • Highschool Union HS

Biography

2018 | Redshirt Senior Season

  • Appeared in all 11 games for the T-Birds
  • Recorded 83 tackles, 57 solo and 26 assisted
  • Had 11.5 tackles for loss for 18 yards
  • Recovered 4 fumbles


2017 | Senior Season

  • Appeared in 12 games
  • Recorded 83 tackles, 40 solo and 43 assisted
  • 7.0 tackles for loss for 21 yards
  • Two sacks for 15-yards

2016 | Junior Season

  • Finished the season with four tackles for loss and one sack
  • Forced two fumbles
  • Accumulated 24 total tackles
  • Only appeared in three games due to an injury 

2015 | Sophomore Season

  • Appeared in all 12 games for the Thunderbirds
  • Recorded a total of 94 tackles, 57 solo  and 37 assisted
  • Had seven tackles for loss on the season
  • Tallied one interception

2014 | Freshman Season

  • Played in three games
  • Totaled 10 tackles, five unassisted and five assisted
  • Tallied one tackle for loss

Prep:  

  • Attended Union HS, in Vancouver, Wash. where he lettered in football (3), basketball (3) and track (4)
  • Named all-Region Athlete of the Year in 2009 & 2010 and was named to the All-State team his junior and senior seasons
  • Helped the Titans to a second-place finish at state as a junior and third-place finish at state as a senior

Personal:

  • Parents are Eric and Katherine Nelson
  • Majoring in Finance 
  • Member of Union HS honor roll
  • Served an LDS mission in Brazil (2011-13)
  • Favorite food is pizza
  • Favorite artist is Taylor Swift 

Statistics

Season:
2018

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2014Redshirt Freshman

    LB
    6'3" 230 lbs
    34
  • 94

    2015Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'3" 230 lbs
    94
  • 94

    2016Junior

    Linebacker
    6'3" 230 lbs
    94
  • 94

    2017Senior

    Linebacker
    6'3" 230 lbs
    94
  • 94

    2018Redshirt Senior

    Linebacker
    6'3" 235 lbs
    94