Personal: Born in Brigham City, Utah ... parents are Bruce and Joan Nelson of Honeyville, one of six children ... Eagle Scout ... served a Church mission in Samara, Russia, fluent in Russian ... recruited by BYU, Utah State, Utah, Colorado State, Wyoming, Harvard and Weber State.
Before BYU: Two year starter at Bear River HS ... earned First-team All-Region honors as junior and senior ... Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune All-State honors as a senior ... Standard Examiner All-Area honors as a senior ... three letters in track, three letters in football and lettered in basketball and wrestling.
At BYU: On the practice squad as a freshman in 2006 ... dressed for all home games and the Las Vegas Bowl versus Oregon.