developmental Missouri safety with scout-team roots
Dominic Nelson’s Missouri profile shows a **developmental defensive back** whose value right now is tied more to upside, effort, and practice-field credibility than public game stats; Missouri lists him as a **2017 Team Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year**, which points to early buy-in and coach trust. He looks like a fit for a program that prizes **depth, special-teams energy, and steady progress** over instant-star production. Publicly available current-impact data on his Tigers role is limited, so the best read is that he projects as a **work-in-progress safety** rather than a proven difference-maker right now.[3]
