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 (4414th 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 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 860 | 20.48 | 0 | 49 | 428 | 8.73 | 0 |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Place | Home | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 320 | 21.33 | 0 | 27 | 285 | 10.56 | 0 |
| Road | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 540 | 20.00 | 0 | 22 | 143 | 6.50 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Result | Win | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 431 | 20.52 | 0 | 33 | 333 | 10.09 | 0 |
| Loss | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 429 | 20.43 | 0 | 16 | 95 | 5.94 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Final Margin | 0-7 points | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 421 | 19.14 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 4.00 | 0 |
| 8-14 points | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 26.50 | 0 | 7 | 88 | 12.57 | 0 | |
| 15+ points | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 333 | 20.81 | 0 | 32 | 300 | 9.38 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Month | September | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 269 | 19.21 | 0 | 19 | 193 | 10.16 | 0 |
| October | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 253 | 21.08 | 0 | 12 | 78 | 6.50 | 0 | |
| November | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 190 | 23.75 | 0 | 15 | 148 | 9.87 | 0 | |
| December | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 148 | 18.50 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Day | Sunday | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 638 | 19.94 | 0 | 43 | 355 | 8.26 | 0 |
| Monday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 193 | 21.44 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | |
| Thursday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Conference | AFC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 177 | 25.29 | 0 | 12 | 101 | 8.42 | 0 |
| NFC | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 683 | 19.51 | 0 | 37 | 327 | 8.84 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Division | AFC East | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 177 | 25.29 | 0 | 12 | 101 | 8.42 | 0 |
| NFC East | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 461 | 18.44 | 0 | 28 | 231 | 8.25 | 0 | |
| NFC Central | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 11.40 | 0 | |
| NFC West | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 193 | 21.44 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Opponent | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 144 | 18.00 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 25.67 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 121 | 20.17 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | ||
| Indianapolis Colts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 33.00 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 28.67 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8.00 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.00 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.50 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 112 | 16.00 | 0 | 11 | 84 | 7.64 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 21.00 | 0 | 10 | 120 | 12.00 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 116 | 19.33 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||
| Playoffs | Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 |
| Divisional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 19.25 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | |