Nelson Spruce

WR · Colorado 2011-15 · #22

Hometown: Westlake Village, Calif.
High School: Westlake
Letters: 4 (2012-15)

Roster History

Season	#	Pos	Yr	Hometown	Status
2011	22	WR	Fr.
2012	22	WR/WR	Fr.	Westlake Village, Calif.	Letterwinner
2013	22	WR	So.	Westlake Village, Calif.	Letterwinner
2014	22	WR	Jr.	Westlake Village, Calif.	Letterwinner
2015	22	WR	Sr.	Westlake Village, Calif.	Letterwinner

Passing

Season	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Rating
2012	1	1	100.0	15	0	226.0
2013	1	1	100.0	32	1	698.8
2014	2	2	100.0	24	1	365.8
2015	1	4	25.0	12	0	50.2
Career	5	8	62.5	83	2	232.2

Game log (8 games)

Date	Opponent	Result	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	INT	Long	Rating	Sacked
2012
Oct 20, 2012	at Southern California	L 6-50	1	1	100.0	15	0	0	15	226.0	0
2013
Nov 30, 2013	at Utah	L 17-24	1	1	100.0	32	0	0	32	368.8	0
2014
Oct 18, 2014	at Southern California	L 28-56	1	1	100.0	17	0	0	17	242.8	0
Nov 8, 2014	at Arizona	L 20-38	1	1	100.0	7	1	0	7	488.8	0
2015
Sep 19, 2015	vs. Colorado State	W 27-24	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Oct 10, 2015	at Arizona State	L 23-48	1	1	100.0	12	0	0	12	200.8	0
Oct 31, 2015	at UCLA	L 31-35	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Nov 21, 2015	at Washington State	L 3-27	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

Rushing

Season	Att	Gain	Lost	Net	Avg	TD
2014	1	2	0	2	2.0	0

Game log (1 games)

Date	Opponent	Result	Att	Gain	Lost	Net	Avg	TD	Long
2014
Nov 1, 2014	Washington	L 23-38	1	2	0	2	2.0	0	2

Receiving

Season	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
2012	44	446	10.1	3
2013	55	650	11.8	4
2014	106	1,198	11.3	12
2015	89	1,053	11.8	4
Career	294	3,347	11.4	23

Game log (48 games)

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2012
Sep 1, 2012	vs. Colorado State	L 17-22	8	64	8.0	1	15
Sep 8, 2012	Sacramento State	L 28-30	2	28	14.0	0	16
Sep 15, 2012	at Fresno State	L 14-69	3	39	13.0	0	22
Sep 22, 2012	at Washington State	W 35-34	8	103	12.9	1	22
Sep 29, 2012	UCLA	L 14-42	3	26	8.7	0	18
Oct 11, 2012	Arizona State	L 17-51	3	31	10.3	0	21
Oct 20, 2012	at Southern California	L 6-50	1	16	16.0	0	16
Oct 27, 2012	at Oregon	L 14-70	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Nov 3, 2012	Stanford	L 0-48	1	6	6.0	0	6
Nov 10, 2012	at Arizona	L 31-56	4	36	9.0	0	14
Nov 23, 2012	Utah	L 35-42	10	98	9.8	1	17
2013
Sep 1, 2013	vs. Colorado State	W 41-27	8	99	12.4	0	28
Sep 7, 2013	Central Arkansas	W 38-24	4	62	15.5	1	39
Sep 28, 2013	at Oregon State	L 17-44	1	9	9.0	0	9
Oct 5, 2013	Oregon	L 16-57	3	36	12.0	0	24
Oct 12, 2013	at Arizona State	L 13-54	5	42	8.4	1	10
Oct 19, 2013	Charleston Southern	W 43-10	2	27	13.5	0	17
Oct 26, 2013	Arizona	L 20-44	3	28	9.3	0	11
Nov 2, 2013	at UCLA	L 23-45	6	49	8.2	0	13
Nov 9, 2013	at Washington	L 7-59	5	40	8.0	0	13
Nov 16, 2013	California	W 41-24	8	140	17.5	0	62
Nov 23, 2013	Southern California	L 29-47	4	52	13.0	1	38
Nov 30, 2013	at Utah	L 17-24	6	66	11.0	1	18
2014
Aug 29, 2014	vs. Colorado State	L 17-31	7	104	14.9	2	54
Sep 6, 2014	at Massachusetts	W 41-38	10	145	14.5	2	70
Sep 13, 2014	Arizona State	L 24-38	7	97	13.9	2	31
Sep 20, 2014	Hawai'i	W 21-12	13	172	13.2	1	71
Sep 27, 2014	at California	L 56-59	19	179	9.4	3	34
Oct 4, 2014	Oregon State	L 31-36	6	35	5.8	0	11
Oct 18, 2014	at Southern California	L 28-56	9	69	7.7	1	15
Oct 25, 2014	UCLA	L 37-40	6	63	10.5	0	28
Nov 1, 2014	Washington	L 23-38	13	138	10.6	0	39
Nov 8, 2014	at Arizona	L 20-38	9	89	9.9	0	14
Nov 22, 2014	at Oregon	L 10-44	2	16	8.0	0	10
Nov 29, 2014	Utah	L 34-38	5	91	18.2	1	66
2015
Sep 3, 2015	at Hawai'i	L 20-28	8	69	8.6	0	13
Sep 12, 2015	Massachusetts	W 48-14	6	64	10.7	1	18
Sep 19, 2015	vs. Colorado State	W 27-24	6	63	10.5	0	18
Sep 26, 2015	Nicholls State	W 48-0	5	80	16.0	0	27
Oct 3, 2015	Oregon	L 24-41	6	87	14.5	0	42
Oct 10, 2015	at Arizona State	L 23-48	6	77	12.8	0	25
Oct 17, 2015	Arizona	L 31-38	8	63	7.9	0	12
Oct 24, 2015	at Oregon State	W 17-13	6	60	10.0	1	15
Oct 31, 2015	at UCLA	L 31-35	11	90	8.2	0	12
Nov 7, 2015	Stanford	L 10-42	5	75	15.0	0	36
Nov 13, 2015	Southern California	L 24-27	7	94	13.4	1	36
Nov 21, 2015	at Washington State	L 3-27	10	120	12.0	0	29
Nov 28, 2015	at Utah	L 14-20	5	111	22.2	1	50

Total Offense

Season	Rush	Rush Yds	Pass Att	Pass Yds	Plays	Total Yds	Avg	TD
2012	0	0	1	15	1	15	15.0	0
2013	0	0	1	32	1	32	32.0	1
2014	1	2	2	24	3	26	8.7	1
2015	0	0	4	12	4	12	3.0	0
Career	1	2	8	83	9	85	9.4	2

All-Purpose Yards

Season	Rush	Rec	PR	KR	INT	FR	FGB	Total	TD
2012	—	446	-2	—	—	—	—	444	3
2013	—	650	45	63	—	—	—	758	5
2014	2	1,198	90	—	—	—	—	1,290	12
2015	—	1,053	61	—	—	—	—	1,114	4
Career	2	3,347	194	63	—	—	—	3,606	24

Returns

Season	PR	Yds	Avg	Long	KR	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	FGB	Yds	TD
2012	1	-2	-2.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	9	45	5.0	19	2	63	31.5	1	46	—	—	—
2014	12	90	7.5	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	10	61	6.1	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	32	194	6.1	45	2	63	31.5	1	46	—	—	—

Game log (20 games)

Date	Opponent	Result	PR	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	KR	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	FGB	Yds	TD
2012
Nov 17, 2012	Washington	L 3-38	1	-2	-2.0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013
Sep 1, 2013	vs. Colorado State	W 41-27	4	34	8.5	0	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 28, 2013	at Oregon State	L 17-44	—	—	—	—	—	1	17	17.0	0	17	—	—	—
Oct 5, 2013	Oregon	L 16-57	1	5	5.0	0	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 19, 2013	Charleston Southern	W 43-10	2	4	2.0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 2, 2013	at UCLA	L 23-45	1	0	0.0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 16, 2013	California	W 41-24	1	2	2.0	0	2	1	46	46.0	1	46	—	—	—
2014
Aug 29, 2014	vs. Colorado State	L 17-31	4	35	8.8	0	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 6, 2014	at Massachusetts	W 41-38	1	2	2.0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 13, 2014	Arizona State	L 24-38	1	11	11.0	0	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 20, 2014	Hawai'i	W 21-12	2	6	3.0	0	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 27, 2014	at California	L 56-59	1	2	2.0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 1, 2014	Washington	L 23-38	2	6	3.0	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 8, 2014	at Arizona	L 20-38	1	28	28.0	0	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015
Sep 3, 2015	at Hawai'i	L 20-28	4	14	3.5	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 12, 2015	Massachusetts	W 48-14	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 26, 2015	Nicholls State	W 48-0	1	-2	-2.0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 3, 2015	Oregon	L 24-41	1	1	1.0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 13, 2015	Southern California	L 24-27	2	52	26.0	0	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 28, 2015	at Utah	L 14-20	1	-3	-3.0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Scoring

Season	TD	Rush	Rec	Ret	FG	XP	2-Pt	Saf	Pts
2012	3	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	18
2013	5	—	4	1	—	—	—	—	30
2014	12	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	72
2015	4	—	4	—	—	—	1	—	26
Career	24	—	23	1	—	—	1	—	146

Game log (20 games)

Date	Opponent	Result	TD	Rush	Rec	Ret	FG	XP	2-Pt	Saf	Pts
2012
Sep 1, 2012	vs. Colorado State	L 17-22	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Sep 22, 2012	at Washington State	W 35-34	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Nov 23, 2012	Utah	L 35-42	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
2013
Sep 7, 2013	Central Arkansas	W 38-24	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Oct 12, 2013	at Arizona State	L 13-54	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Nov 16, 2013	California	W 41-24	1	0	0	1	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Nov 23, 2013	Southern California	L 29-47	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Nov 30, 2013	at Utah	L 17-24	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
2014
Aug 29, 2014	vs. Colorado State	L 17-31	2	0	2	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	12
Sep 6, 2014	at Massachusetts	W 41-38	2	0	2	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	12
Sep 13, 2014	Arizona State	L 24-38	2	0	2	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	12
Sep 20, 2014	Hawai'i	W 21-12	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Sep 27, 2014	at California	L 56-59	3	0	3	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	18
Oct 18, 2014	at Southern California	L 28-56	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Nov 29, 2014	Utah	L 34-38	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
2015
Sep 12, 2015	Massachusetts	W 48-14	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Oct 24, 2015	at Oregon State	W 17-13	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Oct 31, 2015	at UCLA	L 31-35	0	0	0	0	0-—	0-—	1	0	2
Nov 13, 2015	Southern California	L 24-27	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6
Nov 28, 2015	at Utah	L 14-20	1	0	1	0	0-—	0-—	0	0	6

Defense

Season	G	UT	Tot	TFL	Yds	Sacks	Yds	FF	FR	INT	Yds	TD	PBU	QBH	Blk	Saf
2012*	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013*	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014*	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015*	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	7	7	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

* Season totals compiled from game statistics.

Game log (7 games)

Date	Opponent	Result	UT	AT	Tot	TFL	Yds	Sacks	Yds	FF	FR	INT	Yds	TD	PBU	QBH	Blk	Saf
2012
Nov 23, 2012	Utah	L 35-42	1	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013
Oct 5, 2013	Oregon	L 16-57	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 26, 2013	Arizona	L 20-44	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014
Sep 13, 2014	Arizona State	L 24-38	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 29, 2014	Utah	L 34-38	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015
Oct 31, 2015	at UCLA	L 31-35	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 21, 2015	at Washington State	L 3-27	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Notes

Rosters for historical seasons currently reflect letterwinners; complete rosters are in progress.

A dash (—) indicates a statistic not yet available for that season or player; 0 is a verified zero.

Defensive season statistics from 1983–2022 are the official totals compiled from coaches' film review and may differ from in-game statistics.