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Mike Nelms

Michael Craig Nelms

Position: DB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 188 lbs.
Born: April 8, 1955 in Fort Worth, TX
College: Baylor, Sam Houston State

Career AV: 42 (1901st overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 7th round (170th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1980* 25 WAS RET 21 16 0 48 487 0 64 10.1 38 810 0 51 21.3 1297 9
1981* 26 WAS RET 21 16 0 45 492 2 75 10.9 37 1099 0 84 29.7 1591 11
1982* 27 WAS RET 21 8 0 32 252 0 28 7.9 23 557 0 58 24.2 809 11
1983+ 28 WAS RET 21 12 0 38 289 0 35 7.6 35 802 0 41 22.9 1091 13
1984 29 WAS RET 21 16 0 49 428 0 46 8.7 42 860 0 36 20.5 1288 1
Career 68 0 212 1948 2 75 9.2 175 4128 0 84 23.6 6076 45

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1980* 25 WAS RET 21 16 0 1 0 0 0
1981* 26 WAS RET 21 16 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 0 0
1982* 27 WAS RET 21 8 0 3 0 0 0
1984 29 WAS RET 21 16 0 1 0 0 0
Career 68 0 1 3 0 3 7 0 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1981* 26 WAS RET 21 16 0 2 2 12
Career 68 0 2 2 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1980
1981
1982

First-Team All-Pro

1983

Non-Offensive TDs

1981 NFL 2 (3)

Kick Returns

1980 NFL 38 (10)
1981 NFL 37 (8)
1982 NFL 23 (7)
1983 NFL 35 (9)
1984 NFL 42 (2)
Career 175 (52)

Kick Return Yds

1981 NFL 1099 (4)
1982 NFL 557 (4)
1983 NFL 802 (6)
1984 NFL 860 (3)
Career 4128 (51)

Long Kick Return

1981 NFL 84 (6)
1982 NFL 58 (9)

Yds/Kick Return

1981 NFL 29.7 (1/49)
1982 NFL 24.2 (4)
1983 NFL 22.9 (7)
Career 23.6 (120)

Punt Returns

1980 NFL 48 (3/49)
1981 NFL 45 (6/73)
1982 NFL 32 (2)
1983 NFL 38 (8)
1984 NFL 49 (5/44)
Career 212 (30)

Punt Return Yds

1980 NFL 487 (3/76)
1981 NFL 492 (4/65)
1982 NFL 252 (4)
1984 NFL 428 (6)
Career 1948 (32)

Punt Return TD

1981 NFL 2 (2/15)
Career 2 (74)

Long Punt Return

1980 NFL 64 (6)
1981 NFL 75 (5)

Yds/Punt Return

1980 NFL 10.1 (5)
1981 NFL 10.9 (6)
Career 9.2 (132)

Kick & Punt Returns

1980 NFL 86 (2/63)
1981 NFL 82 (2/87)
1982 NFL 55 (1)
1983 NFL 73 (4)
1984 NFL 91 (1/33)
Career 387 (24)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1980 NFL 1297 (3)
1981 NFL 1591 (2/56)
1982 NFL 809 (2)
1983 NFL 1091 (5)
1984 NFL 1288 (1)
Career 6076 (33)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1981Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1982Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1983Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL