Darrin Nelson

Darrin Milo Nelson

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

Career AV: 48 (1508th overall since 1950)

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

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Rushing & Receiving

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							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	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	AV
1982	23	MIN	RB	20	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	3
1983	24	MIN	RB	20	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	9
1984	25	MIN	rb	20	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	4
1985	26	MIN	RB	20	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	9
1986	27	MIN	RB	20	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	13
1987	28	MIN	RB	20	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	6
1988	29	MIN	RB	20	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	4
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	5
		SDG		20	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	4
		MIN	RET	20	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	1
1990	31	SDG		20	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	0
1991	32	MIN	RET	20	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	3
1992	33	MIN	RET	20	16	0	10	5	0	9	0.5	0.3	0.6								5	0	2	0
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	56
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	52
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	4

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
1982	23	MIN	RB	20	7	4						6	132	0	33	22.0	368
1983	24	MIN	RB	20	15	9						18	445	0	50	24.7	1705
1984	25	MIN	rb	20	15	8	23	180	0	21	7.8	39	891	0	47	22.8	1639
1985	26	MIN	RB	20	16	10	16	133	0	21	8.3	3	51	0	26	17.0	1378
1986	27	MIN	RB	20	16	16						3	105	0	40	35.0	1491
1987	28	MIN	RB	20	10	9						7	164	0	42	23.4	935
1988	29	MIN	RB	20	13	11						9	210	0	30	23.3	695
1989	30	2TM	RET/		14	0						14	317	0	32	22.6	1018
		MIN	RET	20	5	0						14	317	0	32	22.6	493
1990	31	SDG		20	14	0	3	44	0	33	14.7	4	36	0	26	9.0	123
1991	32	MIN	RET	20	16	0						31	682	0	50	22.0	1034
1992	33	MIN	RET	20	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	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1982	23	MIN	RB	20	7	4								2	0	-8	0
1983	24	MIN	RB	20	15	9								5	1	0	0
1984	25	MIN	rb	20	15	8								4	3	0	0
1985	26	MIN	RB	20	16	10								7	2	16	0
1986	27	MIN	RB	20	16	16								3	0	0	0
1987	28	MIN	RB	20	10	9								2	0	0	0
1988	29	MIN	RB	20	13	11								3	2	0	0
1989	30	2TM	RET/		14	0								1	0	0	0
		SDG		20	9	0								1	0	0	0
1990	31	SDG		20	14	0								1	0	0	0
1991	32	MIN	RET	20	16	0								2	0	0	0
1992	33	MIN	RET	20	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

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	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	20	16	0		1	1	100.0	25	1	100.0	0	0.0	25	25.0	45.0	25.0	1.6	158.3	0	0	25.0	45.0	0.0
Career					152	67		1	1	100.0	25	1	100.0	0	0.0	25	25.0	45.0	25.0	0.2	158.3	0	0	25.0	45.0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1983	24	MIN	RB	20	15	9	1		1	6
1984	25	MIN	rb	20	15	8	3	1	4	24
1985	26	MIN	RB	20	16	10	5	1	6	36
1986	27	MIN	RB	20	16	16	4	3	7	42
1987	28	MIN	RB	20	10	9	2		2	12
1988	29	MIN	RB	20	13	11	1		1	6
1991	32	MIN	RET	20	16	0	2		2	12
Career					152	67	18	5	23	138

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Dan Doornink, Wayne Morris, Don Testerman, Lorenzo White, Mike Rozier, Brad Muster, Rob Carpenter, Benny Malone, Andra Franklin, Keith Byars
4	Lynn Cain, Mike Rozier, Benny Malone, Kevin Jones, Brandon Jacobs, Kevin Faulk, Keith Byars, Nick Pietrosante, Butch Woolfolk, Don Calhoun
5	Boobie Clark, Dalton Hilliard, Dickie Post, Earnest Byner, Tom Sullivan, Antowain Smith, Kevin Mack, Terry Kirby, Paul Robinson, Tommy Mason
6	Antowain Smith, Travis Henry, Terry Kirby, Tom Sullivan, Eddie Price, Mike Garrett, Kevin Mack, Norm Bulaich, Earnest Byner, Tommy Mason
7	Travis Henry, Antowain Smith, Donny Anderson, Dalton Hilliard, Ronnie Harmon, Don Bosseler, Stephen Davis, Jon Arnett, Gerald Riggs, Ted Brown
8	Antowain Smith, Ted Brown, Travis Henry, Robert Newhouse, Tommy Mason, Hewritt Dixon, Dalton Hilliard, Gerald Riggs, Jon Arnett, Thomas Jones
9	Antowain Smith, Ted Brown, Travis Henry, Dexter Bussey, Thomas Jones, Hewritt Dixon, Dalton Hilliard, Robert Newhouse, Tommy Mason, Don Bosseler
10	Antowain Smith, Thomas Jones, Dexter Bussey, Terry Kirby, Tommy Mason, Ted Brown, Travis Henry, Robert Newhouse, John Henry Johnson*, Jon Arnett
11	Antowain Smith, Thomas Jones, Dexter Bussey, Tommy Mason, Terry Kirby, Ted Brown, Travis Henry, Dorsey Levens, Preston Pearson, Jon Arnett
Career	Antowain Smith, Thomas Jones, Dexter Bussey, Tommy Mason, Terry Kirby, Ted Brown, Travis Henry, Dorsey Levens, Jon Arnett, Leroy Hoard

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing Att Career 1020 (162)	Rushing Yds Career 4442 (138)	Long Rush 1987 NFL 72 (2)	Yds/Rushing Att 1987 NFL 4.9 (1) Career 4.4 (91)
Rushing Yds/Game 1987 NFL 64.2 (9)	All-Purpose Yds 1983 NFL 1705 (6) 1984 NFL 1639 (9) Career 11017 (87)	Touches Career 1511 (106)	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 (61)	Kick Return Yds 1984 NFL 891 (2) 1991 NFL 682 (7) 1992 NFL 626 (7) Career 3659 (69)	Yds/Kick Return 1983 NFL 24.7 (3) 1984 NFL 22.8 (7) 1991 NFL 22.0 (10) 1992 NFL 21.6 (10)	Kick & Punt Returns 1984 NFL 62 (7) Career 205 (117)
Kick & Punt Return Yds 1984 NFL 1071 (5) Career 4016 (86)

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

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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 5 21 63

1986 27 16 RB 181 43 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 48

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	5	21	63
1986	27	16	RB	181	43	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	48

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