Michael Craig Nelms
Position: DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 188 lbs.
Born: April 8, 1955 in Fort Worth, TX
College: Sam Houston St., Baylor (school history)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 7th round (170th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 21 (4594th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| Games | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| League | NFL | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 810 | 21.32 | 0 | 48 | 487 | 10.15 | 0 |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Place | Home | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 400 | 20.00 | 0 | 24 | 233 | 9.71 | 0 |
| Road | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 410 | 22.78 | 0 | 24 | 254 | 10.58 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Result | Win | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 189 | 21.00 | 0 | 28 | 258 | 9.21 | 0 |
| Loss | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 621 | 21.41 | 0 | 20 | 229 | 11.45 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Final Margin | 0-7 points | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 385 | 25.67 | 0 | 15 | 206 | 13.73 | 0 |
| 8-14 points | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 143 | 17.88 | 0 | 11 | 108 | 9.82 | 0 | |
| 15+ points | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 282 | 18.80 | 0 | 22 | 173 | 7.86 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Month | September | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 20.25 | 0 | 7 | 106 | 15.14 | 0 |
| October | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 151 | 25.17 | 0 | 12 | 111 | 9.25 | 0 | |
| November | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 442 | 21.05 | 0 | 12 | 131 | 10.92 | 0 | |
| December | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 136 | 19.43 | 0 | 17 | 139 | 8.18 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Day | Sunday | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 599 | 20.66 | 0 | 41 | 403 | 9.83 | 0 |
| Monday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 120 | 24.00 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | |
| Saturday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 22.75 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Conference | AFC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 140 | 23.33 | 0 | 7 | 95 | 13.57 | 0 |
| NFC | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 670 | 20.94 | 0 | 41 | 392 | 9.56 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Division | AFC West | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 140 | 23.33 | 0 | 7 | 95 | 13.57 | 0 |
| NFC East | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 402 | 21.16 | 0 | 31 | 249 | 8.03 | 0 | |
| NFC Central | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 167 | 16.70 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 10.67 | 0 | |
| NFC West | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 33.67 | 0 | 7 | 111 | 15.86 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Opponent | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.50 | 0 | 14 | 129 | 9.21 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 33.67 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 22.75 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 17.00 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 100 | 20.00 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 28.00 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | |
| Oakland Raiders | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 99 | 16.50 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 116 | 23.20 | 0 | 8 | 83 | 10.38 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 149 | 21.29 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8.67 | 0 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.00 | 0 | ||