Jordy Ray Nelson was born on May 31,1985 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for 11 seasons with the Green Bay Packers and the Oakland Raiders.
70 Facts About Jordy Nelson
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Jordy Nelson played college football at Kansas State, where he received All-American honors, and was drafted by Green Bay in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft.
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The Jordy Nelson farm, established by his great-great-grandfather who immigrated from Sweden, has been in the family for four generations.
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Jordy Nelson attended Riley County High School in Riley, Kansas, and played football for the Falcons.
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Jordy Nelson rushed for 1,572 yards, averaging 9.8 yards per carry with 25 touchdowns.
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Jordy Nelson was named Flint Hills Player of the Year by the Manhattan Mercury.
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Jordy Nelson was an outstanding track and field athlete and won a national AAU championship in the 400 meters as a 10-year-old.
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Jordy Nelson became the third player from Riley County High School to make the NFL, joining Jon McGraw and Homer Hanson.
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Jordy Nelson attended Kansas State University, where he played for coach Bill Snyder's Wildcats football team from 2003 through 2005.
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When Snyder retired after the 2005 season, Jordy Nelson remained with Kansas State and played the rest of his college career under Ron Prince.
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Jordy Nelson began his college career as a walk-on at Kansas State and took his redshirt year as a member of the Wildcats' 2003 Big 12 Championship team.
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For 2004, Jordy Nelson was set to play defensive back, but during spring practice following his first year, Snyder moved him to the wide receiver position.
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Jordy Nelson led the team in all major receiving categories.
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Jordy Nelson did have some highlights in the 2006 season despite not getting to play as much.
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Jordy Nelson led the team in receptions and receiving yards.
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Jordy Nelson earned consensus All-American honors and was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award after catching 122 passes for 1,606 yards and 11 touchdowns.
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Jordy Nelson showed his versatility by throwing two touchdown passes and returning two punts for touchdowns.
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Jordy Nelson was selected in the second round with the 36th overall pick in the Green Bay Packers in the 2008 NFL Draft.
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Jordy Nelson was the third wide receiver taken in the draft, after Donnie Avery and Devin Thomas.
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Jordy Nelson was the highest drafted wide receiver out of Kansas State since Quincy Morgan went 33rd overall in 2001.
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On July 27,2008, Jordy Nelson signed his rookie contract with the Packers.
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Jordy Nelson entered a wide receivers group that contained Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, and James Jones.
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Jordy Nelson made his NFL debut in the Packers' season opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
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Jordy Nelson scored his first touchdown reception on September 14,2008, in Week 2 against the Detroit Lions, a 29-yard pass from quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
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Jordy Nelson was a steady presence for the Packers over the course of the season.
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Jordy Nelson finished his rookie campaign with 33 receptions for 366 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
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Jordy Nelson recorded 25 kickoff returns for 635 net yards for a 25.40 average to go along with 17 punt returns for 90 net yards for a 5.29 average.
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Jordy Nelson had one reception for 11 yards and a receiving touchdown to go along with four kickoff returns for 79 net yards in his playoff debut.
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Jordy Nelson's touchdown was a game-tying ten-yard reception with only 56 seconds remaining.
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Two weeks later, Jordy Nelson caught a 29-yard touchdown pass on third-and-1 with Steeler William Gay covering for the first score of Super Bowl XLV.
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Jordy Nelson recovered from a drop early in the fourth quarter to catch a 38-yard pass on the next play, taking the Packers to the Steelers' two-yard line.
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Jordy Nelson was the top receiver of the game with nine receptions for 140 yards, which were both career highs.
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Jordy Nelson signed a three-year, $13.35 million contract extension early into the season on October 2,2011.
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Jordy Nelson finished the 2011 regular season with career highs in touchdowns, receptions, and receiving yards.
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Jordy Nelson had a career-high 18.57 yards-per-reception, which finished fifth in the league that season.
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Jordy Nelson moved into sole possession of third place for most receiving touchdowns in a single season in Packers franchise history, behind only Sterling Sharpe and Don Hutson.
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Jordy Nelson was ranked 80th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2012.
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Jordy Nelson scored the tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter of the game.
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Jordy Nelson had 49 receptions for 745 yards and scored seven touchdowns in the 2012 season.
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Jordy Nelson was ranked 83rd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014.
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On July 26,2014, Jordy Nelson signed a four-year extension worth $39 million, receiving an $11.5 million signing bonus toward a guaranteed $14.2 million.
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Jordy Nelson ended up having nine receptions for a career-high 209 yards and a touchdown.
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Jordy Nelson became the first Packer since Javon Walker in 2004 to have 200 or more receiving yards in a single game.
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Jordy Nelson was named to his first career Pro Bowl for the 2014 season.
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Jordy Nelson was ranked 18th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2015.
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Jordy Nelson limped to the sidelines with an apparent knee injury and did not return to the game.
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MRI scans deemed that Jordy Nelson had torn the ACL in his right knee.
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Jordy Nelson remained inactive for the remainder of the 2015 season.
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Jordy Nelson returned from his injury to start the 2016 season on time.
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Jordy Nelson's 14 receiving touchdowns led the NFL for the 2016 season.
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Jordy Nelson was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year for the 2016 season after missing the entire 2015 season with the torn ACL.
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Jordy Nelson became the sixth receiver in franchise history to record three consecutive seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards.
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Jordy Nelson finished the season in the top ten active players in touchdown and receiving yards.
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Jordy Nelson was ranked 48th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017.
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Four of Jordy Nelson's receptions gave the Packers first downs in the close game.
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In Week 2, against the Atlanta Falcons, Jordy Nelson left with a minor injury early in the game, breaking a streak of 53 consecutive games with a reception dating back to Week 9 of 2012.
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Jordy Nelson's second touchdown in the game was a tying-score with only 17 seconds remaining to help force overtime.
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Jordy Nelson finished the season with 53 receptions for 482 yards and six touchdowns.
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On March 13,2018, Jordy Nelson was released by the Packers after ten seasons.
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Jordy Nelson finished second in franchise history with 550 receptions and 69 receiving touchdowns, and third with 25 games with at least 100 receiving yards, and fifth in with 7,848 receiving yards.
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On March 15,2018, Jordy Nelson signed a two-year, $15 million contract with the Oakland Raiders.
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Jordy Nelson finished second on the team in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns and third in receptions for the 2018 season.
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On March 14,2019, Jordy Nelson was released by the Raiders after one season.
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On March 27,2019, Jordy Nelson announced his retirement from the NFL after 11 seasons.
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In 2022, Jordy Nelson was announced as one of the inductees into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
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Jordy Nelson married his longtime girlfriend, Emily, in 2007, after proposing during a family vacation to Cancun.
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Jordy Nelson said that he identifies more as a farmer than as a football player.
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Jordy Nelson's parents are local restaurant owners in Leonardville, Kansas.
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On December 13,2019, Jordy Nelson was named as a 2020 inductee for the Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame.
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In 2021, Jordy Nelson helped raised money for SHARP Literacy, a program designed to improve reading among children.