Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Att Yds TD 1D Succ% Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Tgt Rec Yds Y/R TD 1D Succ% Lng R/G Y/G Ctch% Y/Tgt Touch Y/Tch YScm RRTD Fmb AV Awards
1982 23 MIN NFL RB 7 4 44 136 0 5 40.9 18 3.1 19.4 6.3 17 9 100 11.1 0 4 35.3 22 1.3 14.3 52.9 5.9 53 4.5 236 0 2 3
1983 24 MIN NFL RB 15 10 154 642 1 30 43.5 56 4.2 42.8 10.3 77 51 618 12.1 0 27 51.9 68 3.4 41.2 66.2 8.0 205 6.1 1260 1 5 9
1984 25 MIN NFL RB 15 8 80 406 3 23 52.5 39 5.1 27.1 5.3 49 27 162 6.0 1 8 38.8 17 1.8 10.8 55.1 3.3 107 5.3 568 4 4 4
1985 26 MIN NFL RB 16 10 200 893 5 47 52.0 37 4.5 55.8 12.5 60 43 301 7.0 1 14 50.0 25 2.7 18.8 71.7 5.0 243 4.9 1194 6 7 9
1986 27 MIN NFL RB 16 16 191 793 4 44 42.4 42 4.2 49.6 11.9 76 53 593 11.2 3 33 60.5 34 3.3 37.1 69.7 7.8 244 5.7 1386 7 3 13
1987 28 MIN NFL RB 10 9 131 642 2 27 44.3 72 4.9 64.2 13.1 47 26 129 5.0 0 5 34.0 13 2.6 12.9 55.3 2.7 157 4.9 771 2 2 6
1988 29 MIN NFL RB 13 11 112 380 1 15 45.5 27 3.4 29.2 8.6 24 16 105 6.6 0 3 33.3 27 1.2 8.1 66.7 4.4 128 3.8 485 1 3 4
1989 30 2TM NFL RB 14 0 67 321 0 15 47.8 28 4.8 22.9 4.8 60 38 380 10.0 0 11 30.0 49 2.7 27.1 63.3 6.3 105 6.7 701 0 1 5
1989 30 MIN NFL RB 5 0 31 124 0 8 54.8 24 4.0 24.8 6.2 8 7 52 7.4 0 2 50.0 11 1.4 10.4 87.5 6.5 38 4.6 176 0 0 1
1989 30 SDG NFL RB 9 0 36 197 0 7 41.7 28 5.5 21.9 4.0 52 31 328 10.6 0 9 26.9 49 3.4 36.4 59.6 6.3 67 7.8 525 0 1 4
1990 31 SDG NFL RB 14 0 3 14 0 1 33.3 5 4.7 1.0 0.2 12 4 29 7.3 0 1 8.3 10 0.3 2.1 33.3 2.4 7 6.1 43 0 1 0
1991 32 MIN NFL RB 16 0 28 210 2 11 60.7 29 7.5 13.1 1.8 25 19 142 7.5 0 6 36.0 13 1.2 8.9 76.0 5.7 47 7.5 352 2 2 3
1992 33 MIN NFL RB 16 0 10 5 0 1 30.0 9 0.5 0.3 0.6 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10 0.5 5 0 2 0
11 Yrs 152 68 1020 4442 18 219 46.5 72 4.4 29.2 6.7 449 286 2559 8.9 5 112 43.0 68 1.9 16.8 63.7 5.7 1306 5.4 7001 23 32 56
17 Game Avg 17 8 114 497 2 24 46.5 72 4.4 29.2 6.7 50 32 286 8.9 1 13 43.0 68 1.9 16.8 63.7 5.7 146 5.4 783 3 4 5
MIN (10 Yrs) 129 68 981 4231 18 211 46.7 72 4.3 32.8 7.6 385 251 2202 8.8 5 102 46.2 68 1.9 17.1 65.2 5.7 1232 5.2 6433 23 30 52
SDG (2 Yrs) 23 0 39 211 0 8 41.0 28 5.4 9.2 1.7 64 35 357 10.2 0 10 23.4 49 1.5 15.5 54.7 5.6 74 7.7 568 0 2 4
Rushing & Receiving Table
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Att Yds TD 1D Succ% Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Tgt Rec Yds Y/R TD 1D Succ% Lng R/G Y/G Ctch% Y/Tgt Touch Y/Tch YScm RRTD Fmb Awards
1982 23 MIN NFL RB 2 0 5 28 0 1 40.0 14 5.6 14.0 2.5 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 5.6 28 0 0
1987 28 MIN NFL RB 3 3 36 130 0 7 38.9 12 3.6 43.3 12.0 14 7 98 14.0 0 4 42.9 37 2.3 32.7 50.0 7.0 43 5.3 228 0 1
1988 29 MIN NFL RB 2 0 5 12 0 0 20.0 7 2.4 6.0 2.5 2 1 6 6.0 0 0 50.0 6 0.5 3.0 50.0 3.0 6 3.0 18 0 0
1992 33 MIN NFL RB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 8 3 46 170 0 8 37.0 14 3.7 21.3 5.8 17 8 104 13.0 0 4 41.2 37 1.0 13.0 47.1 6.1 54 5.1 274 0 1
17 Game Avg 17 6 98 361 0 17 37.0 14 3.7 21.3 5.8 17 221 13.0 0 9 37 1.0 13.0 115 5.1 582 0 2
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Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Int Yds IntTD Lng FF Fmb FR Yds FRTD Sk Comb Solo Ast Sfty Awards
1982 23 MIN NFL RB 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -8 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1983 24 MIN NFL RB 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1984 25 MIN NFL RB 15 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1985 26 MIN NFL RB 16 10 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 16 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1986 27 MIN NFL RB 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1987 28 MIN NFL RB 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1988 29 MIN NFL RB 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1989 30 2TM NFL RB 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1989 30 SDG NFL RB 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1990 31 SDG NFL RB 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1991 32 MIN NFL RB 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1992 33 MIN NFL RB 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 152 68 0 0 0 0 0 32 10 8 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
17 Game Avg 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
MIN (10 Yrs) 129 68 0 0 0 0 0 30 10 8 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
SDG (2 Yrs) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Defense & Fumbles Table
Def Interceptions Fumbles
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Int Yds IntTD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds FRTD Sk Comb Sfty Awards
1987 28 MIN NFL RB 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
4 Yrs 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
17 Game Avg 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

Passing

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Passing Table
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% 1D Succ% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds Sk% NY/A ANY/A 4QC GWD Awards
1991 32 MIN NFL RB 16 0 1 1 100.0 25 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 25 25.0 45.0 25.0 1.6 158.3 0 0 0.00 25.00 45.0 0 0
11 Yrs 152 68 1 1 100.0 25 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 25 25.0 45.0 25.0 0.2 158.3 0 0 0.00 25.00 45.0 0 0
17 Game Avg 17 8 0 0 100.0 3 0 100.0 0 0.0 0 100.0 25.0 45.0 25.0 0.2 158.3 0 0 0.00 25.00 45.0 0 0
MIN (10 Yrs) 129 68 1 1 100.0 25 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 25 25.0 45.0 25.0 0.2 158.3 0 0 0.00 25.00 45.0 0 0
SDG (2 Yrs) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Ret Yds PRTD Lng Y/Ret Ret Yds KRTD Lng Y/Ret APYd Awards
1982 23 MIN NFL RB 7 4 0 0 0 0 6 132 0 33 22.0 360
1983 24 MIN NFL RB 15 10 0 0 0 0 18 445 0 50 24.7 1705
1984 25 MIN NFL RB 15 8 23 180 0 21 7.8 39 891 0 47 22.8 1639
1985 26 MIN NFL RB 16 10 16 133 0 21 8.3 3 51 0 26 17.0 1394
1986 27 MIN NFL RB 16 16 0 0 0 0 3 105 0 40 35.0 1491
1987 28 MIN NFL RB 10 9 0 0 0 0 7 164 0 42 23.4 935
1988 29 MIN NFL RB 13 11 0 0 0 0 9 210 0 30 23.3 695
1989 30 2TM NFL RB 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 317 0 32 22.6 1018
1989 30 MIN NFL RB 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 317 0 32 22.6 493
1990 31 SDG NFL RB 14 0 3 44 0 33 14.7 4 36 0 26 9.0 123
1991 32 MIN NFL RB 16 0 0 0 0 0 31 682 0 50 22.0 1034
1992 33 MIN NFL RB 16 0 0 0 0 0 29 626 0 53 21.6 631
11 Yrs 152 68 42 357 0 33 8.5 163 3659 0 53 22.4 11025
17 Game Avg 17 8 5 40 0 4 8.5 18 409 0 6 22.4 1233
MIN (10 Yrs) 129 68 39 313 0 21 8.0 159 3623 0 53 22.8 10377
SDG (2 Yrs) 23 0 3 44 0 33 14.7 4 36 0 26 9.0 648
Kick & Punt Returns Table
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Ret Yds PRTD Lng Ret Yds KRTD Lng Y/Ret APYd Awards
1982 23 MIN NFL RB 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 42 0 30 21.0 70
1987 28 MIN NFL RB 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 99 0 34 24.8 327
1988 29 MIN NFL RB 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 37 0 25 18.5 55
1992 33 MIN NFL RB 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 55 0 21 18.3 55
4 Yrs 8 3 0 0 0 0 11 233 0 34 21.2 507
17 Game Avg 17 6 0 0 0 0 23 495 0 72 21.2 1077

Scoring Summary

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Touchdowns PAT FG
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PRTD KRTD FRTD IntTD OthTD AllTD XPM XPA FGM FGA Sfty Pts Pts/G Awards
1983 24 MIN NFL RB 15 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.4
1984 25 MIN NFL RB 15 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 1.6
1985 26 MIN NFL RB 16 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 36 2.3
1986 27 MIN NFL RB 16 16 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 42 2.6
1987 28 MIN NFL RB 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.2
1988 29 MIN NFL RB 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.5
1991 32 MIN NFL RB 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.8
11 Yrs 152 68 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 138 0.9
17 Game Avg 17 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.9
MIN (10 Yrs) 129 68 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 138 1.1
SDG (2 Yrs) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Darrin Nelson?

Darrin Nelson is 67 years old.

When was Darrin Nelson born?

Darrin Nelson was born on January 2, 1959.

Where was Darrin Nelson born?

Darrin Nelson was born in Sacramento, CA.

How tall is Darrin Nelson?

Darrin Nelson is 5-9 (175 cm) tall.

How much did Darrin Nelson weigh when playing?

Darrin Nelson weighed 184 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Is Darrin Nelson in the Hall of Fame?

Darrin Nelson has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Darrin Nelson play?

Darrin Nelson played 152 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did Darrin Nelson have?

Darrin Nelson had 1,020 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did Darrin Nelson have?

Darrin Nelson had 4,442 rushing yards over his career.

When did Darrin Nelson retire?

Darrin Nelson last played in 1992.