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Hardy Nickerson
Hardy Otto Nickerson
Position: LB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: September 1, 1965 in Compton, CA
College: California
5-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 5th round (122nd overall) of the 1987 Draft
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1987 | 22 | PIT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||
| 1988 | 23 | PIT | RILB | 15 | 10 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99 | |||
| 1989 | 24 | PIT | RILB | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | 25 | PIT | LILB | 16 | 14 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |||||||
| 1991 | 26 | PIT | LILB | 16 | 14 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | |||||||
| 1992 | 27 | PIT | LILB | 15 | 15 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 114 | |||||||
| 1993*+ | 28 | TAM | MLB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 214 | |||
| 1994 | 29 | TAM | MLB | 14 | 14 | 1.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 36 | ||
| 1995 | 30 | TAM | MLB | 16 | 16 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 54 | ||||||
| 1996* | 31 | TAM | MLB | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 44 | ||
| 1997*+ | 32 | TAM | MLB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 42 | ||||||
| 1998* | 33 | TAM | MLB | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 25 | ||||||
| 1999* | 34 | TAM | MLB | 16 | 16 | 0.5 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 45 | ||
| 2000 | 35 | JAX | mlb | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 4 | |||||||
| 2001 | 36 | JAX | MLB | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 28 | ||
| 2002 | 37 | GNB | MLB | 16 | 15 | 1.5 | 49 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Career | 225 | 200 | 21.0 | 12 | 71 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 1271 | 314 | ||||
| 7 yrs | TAM | 104 | 104 | 9.0 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 680 | 246 | ||||
| 6 yrs | PIT | 84 | 61 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 426 | |||||
| 2 yrs | JAX | 21 | 20 | 1.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 32 | |||
| 1 yr | GNB | 16 | 15 | 1.5 | 49 | 36 | |||||||||||||
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
All-Pro Teams
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1993 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1993 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1993 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1993 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1996 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1996 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1997 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1997 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1999 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1999 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL |