Darrin Nelson Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
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Darrin Milo Nelson Position: HB/RB/S Height: 5' 9''  Weight: 188 Born: 1/2/1959, in Sacramento, CA, USA High School: Piux X (Downey, CA) College: Stanford University Drafted: 1982, Round 1, Pick 7 (7 Overall) by Minnesota Vikings
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1982 23 MIN NFL 7 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   44 136 3.1 0 18   9 100 11.1 0 22   2 0 0 -8 0 1983 24 MIN NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   154 642 4.2 1 56t   51 618 12.1 0 68   5 1 0 0 0 1984 25 MIN NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   80 406 5.1 3 39   27 162 6.0 1 17   4 3 0 0 0 1985 26 MIN NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   200 893 4.5 5 37   43 301 7.0 1 25t   7 2 0 16 0 1986 27 MIN NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   191 793 4.2 4 42   53 593 11.2 3 34   3 0 0 0 0 1987 28 MIN NFL 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   131 642 4.9 2 72   26 129 5.0 0 13   2 0 0 0 0 1988 29 MIN NFL 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   112 380 3.4 1 27   16 105 6.6 0 27   3 2 0 0 0 1989 30 MIN NFL 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   31 124 4.0 0 24   7 52 7.4 0 11   0 0 0 0 0 1989 30 SDG NFL 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   36 197 5.5 0 28   31 328 10.6 0 49   1 0 0 0 0 1990 31 SDG NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   3 14 4.7 0 5   4 29 7.3 0 10   1 0 0 0 0 1991 32 MIN NFL 16 1 1 100.0 25 25.00 25t 1 0 0 0 158.3 208   28 210 7.5 2 29   19 142 7.5 0 13   2 0 0 0 0 1992 33 MIN NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   10 5 0.5 0 9   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 2 0 0 0 11 NFL Season Totals   152 1 1 100.0 25 25.00 0 1 0 0 0 158.3     1020 4442 4.4 18 0   286 2559 8.9 5 0   32 10 0 8 0   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1982 23 MIN NFL 7 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   6 132 22.0 33 0 1983 24 MIN NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   18 445 24.7 50 0 1984 25 MIN NFL 15 23 180 7.8 9 21 0   39 891 22.8 47 0 1985 26 MIN NFL 16 16 133 8.3 3 21 0   3 51 17.0 26 0 1986 27 MIN NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 105 35.0 40 0 1987 28 MIN NFL 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   7 164 23.4 42 0 1988 29 MIN NFL 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   9 210 23.3 30 0 1989 30 MIN NFL 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   14 317 22.6 32 0 1989 30 SDG NFL 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1990 31 SDG NFL 14 3 44 14.7 0 33 0   4 36 9.0 26 0 1991 32 MIN NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   31 682 22.0 50 0 1992 33 MIN NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   29 626 21.6 53 0 11 NFL Season Totals   152 42 357 8.5 12 0 0   163 3659 22.4 0 0
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Rush Avg 1. Jim Brown 5.219 2. Gale Sayers 5.001 3. Barry Sanders 4.987 4. Napoleon Kaufman 4.900 5. Paul Lowe 4.868 . . . . . 44. Darrin Nelson 4.355 Minimum 800 Att. Career Kick Ret Yds 1. Brian Mitchell 14014 2. Allen Rossum* 11077 3. Mel Gray 10250 4. Glyn Milburn 9788 5. Michael Bates 9097 . . . . . 60. Darrin Nelson 3659
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