With the 2024 regular season behind us, Pro Football Focus put together its All-Pro roster and included was Indianapolis Colts left guard Quenton Nelson.
“Nelson returned to his dominant best in 2024, beating Joe Thuney of the Kansas City Chiefs to this spot,” wrote Gordon McGuinness.
On the season, Nelson surrendered 20 pressures and only three sacks over 608 pass-blocking snaps, according to PFF’s metrics. Out of 77 eligible guards, Nelson would rank 17th in pass-blocking efficiency.
In the run, the combination of Nelson, along with left tackle Bernhard Raimann formed a dynamic duo for Jonathan Taylor to run behind this season. On 91 carries in 2024 where Taylor ran either to the direct right or left of Nelson, he averaged 5.1 yards per attempt and had a handful of touchdowns.
Compared to the rest of the NFL’s guards, Nelson ranked sixth in PFF’s run-blocking grade.
This season was the fewest pressures that Nelson had allowed since the 2021 season and he received the highest run-blocking grade that he’s earned since the 2020 season.
Nelson was named a Pro Bowler for the seventh time in his first seven NFL seasons. The last time he was named a first-team AP All-Pro was in 2020.
