{"id":39258,"date":"2018-03-24T14:19:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T18:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=39258"},"modified":"2021-03-20T20:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T00:22:23","slug":"reggie-nelson-re-signs-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/03\/24\/reggie-nelson-re-signs-raiders\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Raiders Re-Sign Reggie Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=NelsRe99,NelsRe20&amp;search=Reggie+Nelson&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reggie Nelson<\/a><\/strong> is returning to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/raiders\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Raiders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NFL Network&#8217;s <strong>Ian Rapoport<\/strong> is reporting that the veteran safety agreed to terms with the team on a one-year extension. The 34-year-old has spent the previous two seasons with the Raiders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent safety Reggie Nelson agreed to terms with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Raiders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Raiders<\/a> on 1-year deal, source said. Someone to help teach DC Paul Guenther\u2019s system.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/977550995864670208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><b>Oakland Raiders Re-Sign Safety Reggie Nelson to One-Year Deal<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>Nelson is an 11-year NFL veteran free safety. He started his career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> who selected him 21st overall in the 2007 draft, and he remained with the team through 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson entered the NFL Draft after winning the BCS National Championship game with Florida in 2006, as he helped the Gators defeat the then-undefeated and number one ranked Ohio State, 41-14. The game was the first time Florida and Ohio State had ever competed on the football field against one another.<\/p>\n<p>2006 was a big year for Nelson as, aside from winning a national title, he was also named a consensus All-American, First-Team All-SEC, and was the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/T\/TatuJa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Tatum<\/a><\/strong> Award Winner which is presented to the nation\u2019s top defensive back.<\/p>\n<p>In his first game with the Jaguars, Nelson led the team with seven tackles against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/titans\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> and also forced a fumble when sacking former Heisman Trophy winner <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/Y\/YounVi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vince Young<\/a><\/strong>. He played in all 16 games his rookie season, totaling 63 tackles, 11 pass deflections, and five interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson was traded from Jacksonville to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bengals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> in September 2010 for defensive back <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=JoneDa99,JoneDa25,JoneDa24&amp;search=David+Jones&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Jones<\/a><\/strong> and a conditional draft pick. He remained with the Bengals through 2015, during which time he developed into one of the better safeties in the league. In 2011, Nelson led the team with four interceptions and was third on the team with 102 tackles. He became a free agent at the end of 2011 and was re-signed by Cincinnati on a four-year contract for $18 million.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 Nelson hit the free agent market once again and signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/raiders\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Raiders<\/a>, on a two-year deal worth $8.5 million. He joined Oakland in order to replace the recently retired <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WoodCh00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Woodson<\/a><\/strong> after leading the league with eight interceptions the year before.<\/p>\n<p>This past season with Oakland, Nelson played in all 16 games, totaling 89 tackles, five pass deflections, and an interception. The Raiders secondary struggled though as a unit in 2017, allowing 241 passing yards per game, which ranked 26th in the league.<\/p>\n<p>During his time in the NFL, Nelson has been a two-time Pro Bowler (2015, 2016), and was Second Team All-Pro in 2015 with Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>According to NFL.com, Nelson has had 802 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 99 pass deflections, 36 interceptions, 10 forced fumbles, and one defensive touchdown in his career.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"qGERfudlSdF8hz7QPWN6Cw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/899423356\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'qGERfudlSdF8hz7QPWN6Cw',sig:'Vd7D4-Aomci31ItNF4r8nDTh7WJHe83eGbtWlu7psSs=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'899423356',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reggie Nelson struggled last year but the veteran safety is only a few seasons removed from nabbing eight interceptions in his last season with the Cincinnati Bengals before signing with the Oakland Raiders in 2016. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2492,"featured_media":39317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,7,13,17],"tags":[7737],"class_list":["post-39258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-bengals","category-jaguars","category-raiders","tag-oakland-raiders-news"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2492"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}