Nelson Agholor

Nelson Agholor

Agholor (2017)
Las Vegas Raiders - No.
Wide receiver
Date of birth: May 24, 1993
Place of birth: Lagos , Nigeria
Height: 1.83 m	Weight: 90 kg
NFL debut
2015 for the Philadelphia Eagles
Career
College : USC
NFL Draft : 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20
Teams: Philadelphia Eagles ( 2015 - 2019 ) Las Vegas Raiders (since 2020 )
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl Champion ( LII ) NFC Champion ( 2017 )
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Captured passports	224
Captive yards	2,515
Touchdowns	18th
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Nelson Efamehule Agholor (born May 24, 1993 in Lagos , Nigeria ) is an American American football player of Nigerian origin on the position of wide receiver . He plays for the Las Vegas Raiders in the National Football League (NFL). With the Philadelphia Eagles he won the Super Bowl LII .

Early years

Agholor was born in Lagos to Nigerian parents . He moved to the United States with his parents at the age of five and attended high school in Tampa , Florida . In high school, he played for the school football team.

college

Agholor attended the University of Southern California from 2012 to 2014 and played college football for the USC Trojans in the Pacific-12 Conference .

In all, he had 2,575 yards and 20 touchdowns on 178 trapped balls in his three years in college .

NFL

Agholor was selected in the 1st round in the NFL Draft 2015 in 20th place by the Philadelphia Eagles . He was a very interesting and highly regarded player in his draft class because he had a tremendous running speed. In his rookie season and 2016 , however, Agholor fell far short of the expectations that had led to the early selection of the Eagles in the draft, because he had major problems with catching safety, as he simply dropped too many balls as a wide receiver in the NFL and his running routes could not end well.

In the 2017 season, however, Agholor was able to prove his critics wrong, he played in the generally well-functioning offensive of the Eagles this season and showed a very solid season performance. He reached the play-offs with the Eagles and in their course the Super Bowl LII , which the Eagles could win against the New England Patriots with 41:33.

After two seasons of over 60 passes trapped, Agholor's production declined in the 2019 season when he missed five games due to injury. For the 2020 season , he signed a one-year contract with the Las Vegas Raiders .

Receiving statistics

year	team	Rec	Yards	Avg	Lng	TD	Fmb	Fmb lst
2015	PHI	23	283	12.3	53T	1	1	1
2016	PHI	36	365	10.1	40T	2	1	0
2017	PHI	62	768	12.4	72T	8th	0	0
2018	PHI	64	736	11.5	83T	4th	1	0
2019	PHI	39	363	9.3	43	3	2	1
total		224	2,515	11.2	83	18th	5	2

Source: NFL.com

Web links

Commons : Nelson Agholor  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• ESPN player card
• Player profile at the Philadelphia Eagles

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} College profile on usctrojans.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
2. ^ College statistics on sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
3. ↑ Paul Hudrick: What if the Eagles had not drafted Nelson Agholor? NBC Sports , November 1, 2016, accessed January 23, 2018 : "It's safe to say the Eagles' second-year receiver has been a disappointment." 
4. ↑ Martin Frank: How Nelson Agholor turned his Eagles' career around. delawareonline.com, November 28, 2017, accessed on January 23, 2018 (English): “Agholor moved inside to the slot, replacing Jordan Matthews, who was traded to Buffalo in August. Agholor has often said confidence has been a big factor for him this season. " 
5. ^ Grant Gordon: WR Nelson Agholor signing 1-year deal with Raiders on nfl.com. March 21, 2020, accessed April 10, 2020.
6. ↑ Career statistics on nfl.com. Retrieved April 10, 2020.