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Steve Nelson

Steven Lee Nelson

Position: LB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 230 lbs.

Born: April 26, 1951 in Farmington, MN
College: Augsburg, North Dakota St.
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 2nd round (34th overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 74 (533rd overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 21, 2013 8:25PM
All-Time Rank: #681. Bernie Kosar… #682. Ordell Braase… #683. Anthony Miller… #684. STEVE NELSON… #685. Roy Winston… #686. Joey Galloway… #687. Dwight White… 

Defense & Fumbles

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 AV
1974 23 NWE LILB 57 11 9 0 0 1 0 0 5
1975 24 NWE LILB 57 14 14 2 8 0 4 0 7
1976 25 NWE LILB 57 10 10 2 32 0 34 0 0 0 3 0 0 7
1977 26 NWE LILB 57 13 13 0 0 1 0 0 7
1978 27 NWE LILB 57 14 14 5 104 0 37 0 0 0 4 0 0 9
1979 28 NWE LILB 57 15 15 1 18 0 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
1980* 29 NWE LILB 57 16 16 3 37 0 33 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
1981 30 NWE LILB 57 12 12 5
1982 31 NWE LILB 57 9 9 7
1983 32 NWE lilb 57 8 7 1.0 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
1984* 33 NWE LILB 57 16 16 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 10
1985* 34 NWE LILB 57 15 15 2.0 0 0 3 0 0 11
1986 35 NWE LILB 57 10 10 1.0 2 21 0 17 0 5
1987 36 NWE LILB 57 11 11 0 0 1 0 0 6
Career 174 171 8.0 17 226 0 37 0 0 0 16 0 0 101

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7 Will Witherspoon, Brian Noble, Mark Arneson, Eddie Robinson, Eric Hill, Akin Ayodele, Johnny Holland, Joe Federspiel, Matt Millen, Gregg Bingham
8 Mark Arneson, Brian Noble, Joe Federspiel, Will Witherspoon, Eddie Robinson, Eric Hill, Tom Howard, Gary Spani, Robert Jones, Bill Romanowski
9 Mark Arneson, Gary Plummer, Joe Federspiel, Eric Hill, Vince Costello, Robert Jones, Sherrill Headrick, Derek Smith, Kyle Clifton, Matt Millen
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11 Derek Smith, Neal Olkewicz, Gregg Bingham, Vince Costello, Kyle Clifton, Gary Plummer, Micheal Barrow, Matt Millen, Bob Brudzinski, Greg Biekert
12 Jim Houston, Derek Smith, Matt Millen, Gregg Bingham, Darryl Talley, Larry Stallings, Robin Cole, Bill Romanowski, Neal Olkewicz, Eddie Robinson
13 Jim Houston, Larry Stallings, Darryl Talley, Matt Millen, Derek Smith, Gregg Bingham, Reggie Williams, Marvcus Patton, Scott Studwell, Bill Romanowski
14 Larry Stallings, Darryl Talley, Jim Houston, Scott Studwell, Matt Millen, Derek Smith, Bill Romanowski, Reggie Williams, Doug Buffone, Willie McGinest
Career Jim Houston, Darryl Talley, Matt Millen, Scott Studwell, Larry Stallings, Derek Smith, Doug Buffone, Marvcus Patton, Eddie Robinson, Gregg Bingham

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1980
1984
1985

Fumbles Recovered
1978 NFL 4 (10)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19782nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19792nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19801st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19802nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19801st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19801st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19841st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19842nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19852nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI