2019-20 (Senior): Started 29 games as a senior and started every game he played in at American (118)… 2019-20 Lou Henson All-American, which honors best mid-major players in NCAA D-I men's basketball... First AU player to receive that distinction... NABC All-District 13 for second straight year, becoming only AU player to do so... Patriot League Player of the Year, AU’s first since Derrick Mercer in 2009 ... First Team All-Patriot League for the second straight season… First AU player to earn back-to-back First Team honors since Vlad Moldoveanu in 2010 and 2011... Finished his career as American’s all-time leading scorer with 2,116 points… Finished third on Patriot League’s all-time scoring list … Led Patriot League and ranked third in nation with 2.83 steals per game in 2019-20 (82 total) ... Finished with 277 career steals, which ranks second in AU history and second in PL history… 22 points, seven rebounds, and five steals in PL quarters against Bucknell (3/5) ... Broke 39-year-old school scoring record in 30-point performance against Lafayette (2/26)... Became only D-I men's player to have eight steals in two different games this season after grabbing eight steals against Boston U (2/23)... Moved into second place on AU's scoring list with 26 points against Navy (2/19)... Surpassed 2,000 career points and moved into third on AU's career scoring list after 28-point performance at Bucknell (2/15)... Went 8-of-9 from the charity stripe and scored 22 points in win over Loyola (2/12)... Made a season-high three treys on his way to 23 points against Army (2/8)... Added eight boards against the Black Knights... Moved to fourth on AU's scoring list with 18 points against Lafayette (2/1)... 26 points in win over Lehigh (1/27)... added eight rebounds, six assists, and three steals against Mountain Hawks... 21 points, eight rebounds and four steals against Colgate (1/25)... Hit two free throws with 0.3 seconds remaining in OT to beat Loyola (1/22)... 21 points, nine rebounds, eight assists against the Greyhounds... 21 points on 10-of-15 shooting against Holy Cross (1/18)... Came within one assist of triple-double against Boston (15 pts/10 rebs/9 asts) (1/5)... Career-high eight steals against UMBC (12/3) ranks second all-time at AU... Scored 25 points vs. Howard (11/26) to move into 5th all-time at AU ... Hit game-winning buzzer-beating jumper at GW (11/12) and scored 20 points, play reached No. 2 on SportsCenter's Top 10
2018-19 (Junior): First Team All-Patriot League … Patriot League Preseason Player of the Year … Patriot League Player of the Week (1/28) …Started all 30 games … finished second in the Patriot League and led the team in scoring (595) … finished second overall in the Patriot League in steals (71) … finished fourth overall in the Patriot League in assists per game (5.2) … ranked second in the conference in minutes played (36.5) … finished seventh in the Patriot League in defensive rebounds (138) … shot 50.8 percent from the field … connected on 71.8 percentage from the free throw line … had 17 games with 20 or more points, while scoring in double figures in all but one game … scored a season-high of 30 points with six assists in a win vs. Boston U. (1/2) … pulled down 5.6 rebounds per contest with a season-high of nine at Northwestern (11/12) … led the team with 155 assists and with a season-high of 12 vs. St. Francis (Pa.) (12/4) … put up nine rebounds, 11 assists and 11 points vs. Army West Point (2/9) … scored 1,000th Division 1 point in overtime win against George Mason (11/13) … GEICO Student-Athlete of the Week three times.
2017-18 (Sophomore): Second-Team All-Patriot League…Started all 29 games at point guard as a sophomore…Finished fourth in the PL in total minutes played (1,084) and first in minutes per game (37.8) …Played 40 or more minutes in eight games… finished second in PL in points (538) and points per game (18.6), and led AU in both categories … finished second in PL, and first in AU, in assists per game (5.1) … finished third in PL, and first in AU, in steals (52) and steals per game (1.8) … scored in double figures in 28 of 29 games … shot 44% from the field and 68 percent from the line … … posted season, PL first round, high 41 points on 14-20 from the field and shot 90% from the line with nine assists at Lafayette (3/27) … posted five consecutive 20+ point games Wagner (11/18), New Hampshire (11/21), VMI, (11/25), St. Francis (Pa.) (11/29), and Maryland-Eastern Shore (12/2) … contributed 19 points, eight rebounds, and six assists vs Mount St. Mary’s (12/18) … Had 20 points and seven assists in a home win against Loyola (Maryland.) … added 24 points seven assists in an away loss to Colgate (1/27) … paced the Eagles with 21 points and nine points in a road loss to Army West Point (2/3) … dropped 31 points on the road loss at Loyola (Maryland.) (2/10).
2016-17 (Freshman): Patriot League All-Rookie Team … three-time Patriot League "The Rock" Rookie of the Week (11/28, 12/12, 1/10) … three-time GEICO Student-Athlete of the Week (11/27, 12/11, 1/8) … started all 30 games at point guard as a freshman … finished third in the NCAA in minutes played (1,135) and minutes per game (37.8) … Played 40 or more minutes in 14 games … led the team in scoring, averaging14.9 points per game … led the Patriot League in steals per game (2.4) …second on the squad in rebounds with 4.4 per contest … led the team in assists with 82 and dished out 2.7 per contest … scored in double figures in 25 of 30 games … shot 44 percent from the field and 56 percent from the line … scored a season-best 24 points in back-to-back home games against Wagner (11/22) and Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/26) … contributed seven rebounds and four steals against Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/26) … scored 12 points in his collegiate debut at Maryland (11/11) … had five assists in a road loss at Texas A&M (11/14) … added 21 points in a home loss to New Hampshire (12/6) … dropped 22 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four steals against Youngstown St. (12/10) … had eight rebounds on the road at Lehigh (1/8) … pulled down seven rebounds and had five assists at Boston U (1/11) … Had 20 points, six rebounds and five assists in a three-point loss to Boston U. (2/8) … Paced the Eagles with 19 points in a road win at Navy (2/22).
High School: Named the 2016 Daily Journal and Courier Post Player of the Year … 2016 South Jersey Player and Guard of the Year … 2015 Atlantic City Press Player of the Year… Sa''eed was coached by Paul Rodio, the all-time winningest coach in South Jersey, who also coached AU assistant coach Scott Greenman… as a junior, Nelson’s team went 27-2. He averaged 18.5 points and 7.8 assists per game … selected to the All-South Jersey First Team and All-New Jersey Third Team … in the Cape-Atlantic Championship game, Nelson scored 27 points and had 10 assists.
Personal: Son of Jeffery and Rashidah Nelson.
