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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| Games | Rushing | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| League | NFL | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 29 | 626 | 21.59 | 0 |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| Place | Home | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1.17 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 12 | 226 | 18.83 | 0 |
| Road | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.6 | -0.3 | 17 | 400 | 23.53 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| Result | Win | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -7 | -0.88 | 0 | 0.9 | -0.8 | 15 | 320 | 21.33 | 0 |
| Loss | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 14 | 306 | 21.86 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| Final Margin | 0-7 points | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 15 | 299 | 19.93 | 0 |
| 8-14 points | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 204 | 22.67 | 0 | ||
| 15+ points | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -7 | -0.88 | 0 | 1.6 | -1.4 | 5 | 123 | 24.60 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| Month | September | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.3 | 9 | 229 | 25.44 | 0 |
| October | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | -1.25 | 0 | 1.3 | -1.7 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 0 | |
| November | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.2 | -0.2 | 8 | 173 | 21.63 | 0 | |
| December | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 7 | 136 | 19.43 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| Day | Sunday | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 28 | 607 | 21.68 | 0 |
| Monday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | ||
| Thursday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | -1.25 | 0 | 4.0 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| Conference | AFC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.3 | 4 | 119 | 29.75 | 0 |
| NFC | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 25 | 507 | 20.28 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| Division | AFC Central | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 1.0 | -0.3 | 4 | 119 | 29.75 | 0 |
| NFC East | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 114 | 19.00 | 0 | ||
| NFC Central | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -6 | -1.20 | 0 | 0.7 | -0.9 | 14 | 284 | 20.29 | 0 | |
| NFC West | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 5 | 109 | 21.80 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| Opponent | Chicago Bears | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 57 | 19.00 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | -0.33 | 0 | 3.0 | -1.0 | 1 | 53 | 53.00 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | -1.25 | 0 | 2.0 | -2.5 | 4 | 101 | 25.25 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 3 | 70 | 23.33 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 | 2 | 49 | 24.50 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | ||
| Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 50 | 16.67 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| Playoffs | Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 0 | |
| Wild Card | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 55 | 18.33 | 0 | ||