The Indianapolis Colts have received heaps of praise for using the No. 6 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft on guard Quenton Nelson, who has truly emerged as a difference-maker on the interior of their offensive line.
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Just two seasons into his career, Nelson has been named both an All-Pro and a Pro-Bowler in each campaign. To say the pick has worked out in the early going is an understatement.
Even Pro Football Focus agrees as they ranked him the fourth-best overall player in the NFL entering the 2020 season.
Quenton Nelson is the rare player who brings everybody together. Whether you study tape exclusively, data exclusively, dots exclusively or any combination thereof, everybody agrees Nelson is a superstar. In just his second season in the league, he earned a 91.2 overall PFF grade, didn’t surrender a sack and was a dominant force as a run-blocker. Nelson was a bona fide star early in his college career, and there’s a good chance he could get even better in 2020 and beyond.
Nelson has been everything the Colts could have asked for when they spent the premium pick on him. The Notre Dame product has dominated the interior from the first time he stepped on the field as a Colt—both in paving the way for the run game and protecting his quarterback.
The Colts offensive line is the engine of the offense and Nelson’s arrival in 2018 had a direct impact in bringing the unit out of the bottom of the league in terms of rankings.
Nelson is on a track to only get better as the enters Year 3, which should make opposing front sevens pretty fearful.
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