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Darrin Nelson

Darrin Milo Nelson

Position: RB
Height: 5-9    Weight: 184 lbs.
Born: January 2, 1959 in Sacramento, CA
College: Stanford

Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1982 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1982 23 MIN RB 7 4 44 136 0 18 3.1 19.4 6.3 9 100 11.1 0 22 1.3 14.3 236 0 2
1983 24 MIN RB 15 9 154 642 1 56 4.2 42.8 10.3 51 618 12.1 0 68 3.4 41.2 1260 1 5
1984 25 MIN rb 15 8 80 406 3 39 5.1 27.1 5.3 27 162 6.0 1 17 1.8 10.8 568 4 4
1985 26 MIN RB 16 10 200 893 5 37 4.5 55.8 12.5 43 301 7.0 1 25 2.7 18.8 1194 6 7
1986 27 MIN RB 16 16 191 793 4 42 4.2 49.6 11.9 53 593 11.2 3 34 3.3 37.1 1386 7 3
1987 28 MIN RB 10 9 131 642 2 72 4.9 64.2 13.1 26 129 5.0 0 13 2.6 12.9 771 2 2
1988 29 MIN RB 13 11 112 380 1 27 3.4 29.2 8.6 16 105 6.6 0 27 1.2 8.1 485 1 3
1989 30 2TM RET/ 14 0 67 321 0 28 4.8 22.9 4.8 38 380 10.0 0 49 2.7 27.1 701 0 1
MIN RET 5 0 31 124 0 24 4.0 24.8 6.2 7 52 7.4 0 11 1.4 10.4 176 0 0
SDG 9 0 36 197 0 28 5.5 21.9 4.0 31 328 10.6 0 49 3.4 36.4 525 0 1
1990 31 SDG 14 0 3 14 0 5 4.7 1.0 0.2 4 29 7.3 0 10 0.3 2.1 43 0 1
1991 32 MIN RET 16 0 28 210 2 29 7.5 13.1 1.8 19 142 7.5 0 13 1.2 8.9 352 2 2
1992 33 MIN RET 16 0 10 5 0 9 0.5 0.3 0.6 5 0 2
Career 152 67 1020 4442 18 72 4.4 29.2 6.7 286 2559 8.9 5 68 1.9 16.8 7001 23 32
10 yrs MIN 129 67 981 4231 18 72 4.3 32.8 7.6 251 2202 8.8 5 68 1.9 17.1 6433 23 30
2 yrs SDG 23 0 39 211 0 28 5.4 9.2 1.7 35 357 10.2 0 49 1.5 15.5 568 0 2

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1982 23 MIN RB 7 4 6 132 0 33 22.0 368
1983 24 MIN RB 15 9 18 445 0 50 24.7 1705
1984 25 MIN rb 15 8 23 180 0 21 7.8 39 891 0 47 22.8 1639
1985 26 MIN RB 16 10 16 133 0 21 8.3 3 51 0 26 17.0 1378
1986 27 MIN RB 16 16 3 105 0 40 35.0 1491
1987 28 MIN RB 10 9 7 164 0 42 23.4 935
1988 29 MIN RB 13 11 9 210 0 30 23.3 695
1989 30 2TM RET/ 14 0 14 317 0 32 22.6 1018
MIN RET 5 0 14 317 0 32 22.6 493
1990 31 SDG 14 0 3 44 0 33 14.7 4 36 0 26 9.0 123
1991 32 MIN RET 16 0 31 682 0 50 22.0 1034
1992 33 MIN RET 16 0 29 626 0 53 21.6 631
Career 152 67 42 357 0 33 8.5 163 3659 0 53 22.4 11017
10 yrs MIN 129 67 39 313 0 21 8.0 159 3623 0 53 22.8 10369
2 yrs SDG 23 0 3 44 0 33 14.7 4 36 0 26 9.0 648

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1982 23 MIN RB 7 4 2 0 -8 0
1983 24 MIN RB 15 9 5 1 0 0
1984 25 MIN rb 15 8 4 3 0 0
1985 26 MIN RB 16 10 7 2 16 0
1986 27 MIN RB 16 16 3 0 0 0
1987 28 MIN RB 10 9 2 0 0 0
1988 29 MIN RB 13 11 3 2 0 0
1989 30 2TM RET/ 14 0 1 0 0 0
SDG 9 0 1 0 0 0
1990 31 SDG 14 0 1 0 0 0
1991 32 MIN RET 16 0 2 0 0 0
1992 33 MIN RET 16 0 2 2 0 0
Career 152 67 32 10 8 0
10 yrs MIN 129 67 30 10 8 0
2 yrs SDG 23 0 2 0 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1991 32 MIN RET 16 0 1 1 100.0 25 1 100.0 0 0.0 25 25.0 35.0 25.0 1.6 158.3 0 0 25.0 35.0 0.0
Career 152 67 1 1 100.0 25 1 100.0 0 0.0 25 25.0 35.0 25.0 0.2 158.3 0 0 25.0 35.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1983 24 MIN RB 15 9 1 6
1984 25 MIN rb 15 8 3 1 24
1985 26 MIN RB 16 10 5 1 36
1986 27 MIN RB 16 16 4 3 42
1987 28 MIN RB 10 9 2 12
1988 29 MIN RB 13 11 1 6
1991 32 MIN RET 16 0 2 12
Career 152 67 18 5 138

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing Att

Career 1020 (158)

Rushing Yds

Career 4442 (135)

Long Rush

1987 NFL 72 (2)

Yds/Rushing Att

1987 NFL 4.9 (1)
Career 4.4 (88)

Rushing Yds/Game

1987 NFL 64.2 (9)

All-Purpose Yds

1983 NFL 1705 (6)
1984 NFL 1639 (9)
Career 11017 (82)

Touches

Career 1511 (105)

Yds/Touch

1983 NFL 7.6 (6)
1984 NFL 9.7 (5)

Kick Returns

1984 NFL 39 (3)
1991 NFL 31 (9)
1992 NFL 29 (7)
Career 163 (59)

Kick Return Yds

1984 NFL 891 (2)
1991 NFL 682 (7)
1992 NFL 626 (7)
Career 3659 (65)

Yds/Kick Return

1983 NFL 24.7 (3)
1984 NFL 22.8 (7)
1991 NFL 22.0 (10)
1992 NFL 21.6 (10)
Career 22.4 (199)

Kick & Punt Returns

1984 NFL 62 (7)
Career 205 (111)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1984 NFL 1071 (5)
Career 4016 (82)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1982 23 7 RB 24 77
1983 24 15 RB 132 33
1984 25 15 RB 81 50
1985 26 16 RB 155 6 21 63
1986 27 16 RB 181 57 13 39
1987 28 10 RB 89 32
1988 29 13 RB 55 68
1989 30 14 RB 70 51
1990 31 14 RB 4 127
1991 32 16 RB 54 60
1992 33 16 RB 1 132
846 63