Arizona State - 2006-07: Redshirted his first year with the program.
High School: A graduate of Tuslaw High School (Massillon, Ohio)... won the Ohio state championship as a senior after qualifying for the state meet for the first time as a junior... league champion as a junior... compiled a career record of 101-32... lettered in wrestling four times... captained the team as a senior.
Personal: Major is exploratory... parents are Dean and Wendy Nelson... has six siblings: brothers Stone, Zack and Zane and sisters Mia, Felicia and Amber... sister Amber played basketball in college... born January 26, 1987, in Canton, Ohio... full name is Cory Dean Nelson.