Darrin Nelson

Darrin Milo Nelson

Position: RB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 184 lbs.

Born: January 2, 1959 in Sacramento, CA
College: Stanford (school history)
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 48 (1623rd overall since 1950)

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Darrin Nelson Career Splits

Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.

Career Splits

		Games				Rushing						Receiving						Passing											Scoring		Kick Returns				Punt Returns
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
League	NFL	141	69	72	0	1020	4442	4.35	18	7.2	31.5	286	2559	8.95	5	2.0	18.1	1	1	100.0%	25	1	0	158.3	25.00	45.00	0.0	0.2	23	138	163	3659	22.45	0	42	357	8.50	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Place	Home	71	40	31	0	564	2600	4.61	9	7.9	36.6	162	1493	9.22	4	2.3	21.0	1	1	100.0%	25	1	0	158.3	25.00	45.00	0.0	0.4	13	78	79	1737	21.99	0	18	148	8.22	0
	Road	70	29	41	0	456	1842	4.04	9	6.5	26.3	124	1066	8.60	1	1.8	15.2	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	60	84	1922	22.88	0	24	209	8.71	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Result	Win	69	69	0	0	548	2397	4.37	8	7.9	34.7	133	1211	9.11	2	1.9	17.6	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	60	58	1283	22.12	0	16	172	10.75	0
	Loss	72	0	72	0	472	2045	4.33	10	6.6	28.4	153	1348	8.81	3	2.1	18.7	1	1	100.0%	25	1	0	158.3	25.00	45.00	0.0	0.3	13	78	105	2376	22.63	0	26	185	7.12	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Final Margin	0-7 points	68	33	35	0	542	2451	4.52	8	8.0	36.0	156	1319	8.46	3	2.3	19.4	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	66	77	1708	22.18	0	24	221	9.21	0
	8-14 points	27	10	17	0	204	880	4.31	2	7.6	32.6	56	556	9.93	0	2.1	20.6	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	12	33	780	23.64	0	3	5	1.67	0
	15+ points	46	26	20	0	274	1111	4.05	8	6.0	24.2	74	684	9.24	2	1.6	14.9	1	1	100.0%	25	1	0	158.3	25.00	45.00	0.0	0.5	10	60	53	1171	22.09	0	15	131	8.73	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Month	September	31	18	13	0	226	950	4.20	1	7.3	30.6	48	434	9.04	1	1.5	14.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	12	37	845	22.84	0	12	94	7.83	0
	October	36	16	20	0	254	1060	4.17	4	7.1	29.4	82	755	9.21	1	2.3	21.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	30	45	968	21.51	0	11	120	10.91	0
	November	40	21	19	0	303	1385	4.57	7	7.6	34.6	69	585	8.48	1	1.7	14.6	1	1	100.0%	25	1	0	158.3	25.00	45.00	0.0	0.6	8	48	45	1021	22.69	0	16	118	7.38	0
	December	33	13	20	0	235	1039	4.42	6	7.1	31.5	86	773	8.99	2	2.6	23.4	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	48	33	750	22.73	0	3	25	8.33	0
	January	1	1	0	0	2	8	4.00	0	2.0	8.0	1	12	12.00	0	1.0	12.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	3	75	25.00	0	0	0		0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Day	Sunday	124	61	63	0	914	3876	4.24	14	7.4	31.3	253	2287	9.04	5	2.0	18.4	1	1	100.0%	25	1	0	158.3	25.00	45.00	0.0	0.2	19	114	137	3061	22.34	0	41	348	8.49	0
	Monday	6	4	2	0	30	155	5.17	1	5.0	25.8	9	76	8.44	0	1.5	12.7	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6	10	236	23.60	0	0	0		0
	Thursday	7	3	4	0	48	232	4.83	2	6.9	33.1	13	109	8.38	0	1.9	15.6	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	12	5	119	23.80	0	0	0		0
	Saturday	4	1	3	0	28	179	6.39	1	7.0	44.8	11	87	7.91	0	2.8	21.8	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6	11	243	22.09	0	1	9	9.00	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Conference	AFC	44	19	25	0	257	1345	5.23	3	5.8	30.6	77	632	8.21	0	1.8	14.4	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	18	40	906	22.65	0	13	144	11.08	0
	NFC	97	50	47	0	763	3097	4.06	15	7.9	31.9	209	1927	9.22	5	2.2	19.9	1	1	100.0%	25	1	0	158.3	25.00	45.00	0.0	0.3	20	120	123	2753	22.38	0	29	213	7.34	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Division	AFC East	12	4	8	0	89	427	4.80	1	7.4	35.6	19	155	8.16	0	1.6	12.9	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6	7	105	15.00	0	4	61	15.25	0
	AFC Central	15	7	8	0	100	551	5.51	2	6.7	36.7	24	219	9.13	0	1.6	14.6	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	12	17	456	26.82	0	0	0		0
	AFC West	17	8	9	0	68	367	5.40	0	4.0	21.6	34	258	7.59	0	2.0	15.2	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	16	345	21.56	0	9	83	9.22	0
	NFC East	17	6	11	0	115	470	4.09	3	6.8	27.6	44	460	10.45	2	2.6	27.1	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	30	21	469	22.33	0	1	10	10.00	0
	NFC Central	63	34	29	0	490	1951	3.98	10	7.8	31.0	132	1243	9.42	2	2.1	19.7	1	1	100.0%	25	1	0	158.3	25.00	45.00	0.0	0.4	12	72	82	1823	22.23	0	21	152	7.24	0
	NFC West	17	10	7	0	158	676	4.28	2	9.3	39.8	33	224	6.79	1	1.9	13.2	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	18	20	461	23.05	0	7	51	7.29	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Opponent	Ari (StL/Chi) Cardinals	3	2	1	0	13	35	2.69	0	4.3	11.7	7	81	11.57	0	2.3	27.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	3	84	28.00	0	0	0		0
	Atlanta Falcons	3	2	1	0	45	223	4.96	1	15.0	74.3	6	13	2.17	0	2.0	4.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6	1	19	19.00	0	3	25	8.33	0
	Buffalo Bills	3	1	2	0	28	129	4.61	0	9.3	43.0	4	36	9.00	0	1.3	12.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0		0	3	28	9.33	0
	Chicago Bears	16	6	10	0	97	260	2.68	3	6.1	16.3	29	213	7.34	0	1.8	13.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	18	28	616	22.00	0	4	24	6.00	0
	Cincinnati Bengals	3	2	1	0	22	113	5.14	1	7.3	37.7	8	70	8.75	0	2.7	23.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6	5	176	35.20	0	0	0		0
	Cleveland Browns	3	2	1	0	32	188	5.88	1	10.7	62.7	5	56	11.20	0	1.7	18.7	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6	3	66	22.00	0	0	0		0
	Dallas Cowboys	4	3	1	0	32	152	4.75	2	8.0	38.0	11	123	11.18	0	2.8	30.8	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	12	6	163	27.17	0	0	0		0
	Denver Broncos	6	3	3	0	26	164	6.31	0	4.3	27.3	10	117	11.70	0	1.7	19.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	6	168	28.00	0	2	17	8.50	0
	Detroit Lions	15	8	7	0	131	500	3.82	1	8.7	33.3	35	346	9.89	1	2.3	23.1	1	1	100.0%	25	1	0	158.3	25.00	45.00	0.1	1.7	2	12	14	330	23.57	0	8	80	10.00	0
	Green Bay Packers	16	6	10	0	122	596	4.89	3	7.6	37.3	41	434	10.59	1	2.6	27.1	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	24	21	410	19.52	0	6	18	3.00	0
	Indianapolis (Bal) Colts	2	1	1	0	20	57	2.85	0	10.0	28.5	3	19	6.33	0	1.5	9.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
	Kansas City Chiefs	2	1	1	0	3	40	13.33	0	1.5	20.0	4	33	8.25	0	2.0	16.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0		0	1	5	5.00	0
	Oakland (LA) Raiders	4	2	2	0	12	60	5.00	0	3.0	15.0	3	13	4.33	0	0.8	3.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	5	103	20.60	0	3	43	14.33	0
	Miami Dolphins	2	0	2	0	10	51	5.10	0	5.0	25.5	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	1	19	19.00	0	0	0		0
	New England Patriots	2	1	1	0	17	119	7.00	1	8.5	59.5	3	22	7.33	0	1.5	11.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6	3	48	16.00	0	0	0		0
	New Orleans Saints	3	2	1	0	43	150	3.49	0	14.3	50.0	8	87	10.88	1	2.7	29.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6	1	24	24.00	0	0	0		0
	New York Giants	2	0	2	0	15	67	4.47	0	7.5	33.5	7	61	8.71	0	3.5	30.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
	New York Jets	3	1	2	0	14	71	5.07	0	4.7	23.7	9	78	8.67	0	3.0	26.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	3	38	12.67	0	1	33	33.00	0
	Philadelphia Eagles	3	1	2	0	19	71	3.74	1	6.3	23.7	5	45	9.00	1	1.7	15.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	12	3	64	21.33	0	1	10	10.00	0
	Pittsburgh Steelers	4	1	3	0	17	109	6.41	0	4.3	27.3	4	8	2.00	0	1.0	2.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	6	143	23.83	0	0	0		0
	San Diego Chargers	2	1	1	0	17	57	3.35	0	8.5	28.5	13	74	5.69	0	6.5	37.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	2	39	19.50	0	2	18	9.00	0
	San Francisco 49ers	7	3	4	0	43	140	3.26	1	6.1	20.0	14	107	7.64	0	2.0	15.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6	15	359	23.93	0	2	16	8.00	0
	Seattle Seahawks	3	1	2	0	10	46	4.60	0	3.3	15.3	4	21	5.25	0	1.3	7.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	3	35	11.67	0	1	0	0.00	0
	St. Louis (LA/Cle) Rams	4	3	1	0	27	163	6.04	0	6.8	40.8	5	17	3.40	0	1.3	4.3	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	3	59	19.67	0	2	10	5.00	0
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	14	2	0	140	595	4.25	3	8.8	37.2	27	250	9.26	0	1.7	15.6	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	18	19	467	24.58	0	3	30	10.00	0
	Ten Titans/Hou Oilers	5	2	3	0	29	141	4.86	0	5.8	28.2	7	85	12.14	0	1.4	17.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	3	71	23.67	0	0	0		0
	Washington Redskins	5	0	5	0	36	145	4.03	0	7.2	29.0	14	150	10.71	1	2.8	30.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	6	9	158	17.56	0	0	0		0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	R/G	Y/G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Y/A	AY/A	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Playoffs	Total	8	4	4	0	46	170	3.70	0	5.8	21.3	8	104	13.00	0	1.0	13.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	11	233	21.18	0	0	0		0
	Conference Championship	1	0	1	0	8	15	1.88	0	8.0	15.0	3	25	8.33	0	3.0	25.0	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	2	43	21.50	0	0	0		0
	Divisional	3	1	2	0	14	49	3.50	0	4.7	16.3	2	17	8.50	0	0.7	5.7	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	5	105	21.00	0	0	0		0
	Wild Card	4	3	1	0	24	106	4.42	0	6.0	26.5	3	62	20.67	0	0.8	15.5	0	0		0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	4	85	21.25	0	0	0		0

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