Darrin Nelson

Darrin Milo Nelson

Position: RB

5-9, 184lb (175cm, 83kg)

Born: January 2, 1959 in Sacramento, CA

College: Stanford (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 48 (1794th overall since 1960)

High School: Pius X (CA)

Draft: Minnesota Vikings in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

152

Rush

1020

Yds

4442

Y/A

4.4

FantPt

811.1

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving										Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1982	23	MIN	RB	20	7	4	44	136	0	18	3.1	19.4	6.3		9	100	11.1	0	22	1.3	14.3			53	4.5	236	0	2	3
1983	24	MIN	RB	20	15	10	154	642	1	56	4.2	42.8	10.3		51	618	12.1	0	68	3.4	41.2			205	6.1	1260	1	5	9
1984	25	MIN	rb	20	15	8	80	406	3	39	5.1	27.1	5.3		27	162	6.0	1	17	1.8	10.8			107	5.3	568	4	4	4
1985	26	MIN	RB	20	16	10	200	893	5	37	4.5	55.8	12.5		43	301	7.0	1	25	2.7	18.8			243	4.9	1194	6	7	9
1986	27	MIN	RB	20	16	16	191	793	4	42	4.2	49.6	11.9		53	593	11.2	3	34	3.3	37.1			244	5.7	1386	7	3	13
1987	28	MIN	RB	20	10	9	131	642	2	72	4.9	64.2	13.1		26	129	5.0	0	13	2.6	12.9			157	4.9	771	2	2	6
1988	29	MIN	RB	20	13	11	112	380	1	27	3.4	29.2	8.6		16	105	6.6	0	27	1.2	8.1			128	3.8	485	1	3	4
1989	30	2TM			14	0	67	321	0	28	4.8	22.9	4.8		38	380	10.0	0	49	2.7	27.1			105	6.7	701	0	1	5
		MIN		20	5	0	31	124	0	24	4.0	24.8	6.2		7	52	7.4	0	11	1.4	10.4			38	4.6	176	0	0	1
		SDG		20	9	0	36	197	0	28	5.5	21.9	4.0		31	328	10.6	0	49	3.4	36.4			67	7.8	525	0	1	4
1990	31	SDG		20	14	0	3	14	0	5	4.7	1.0	0.2		4	29	7.3	0	10	0.3	2.1			7	6.1	43	0	1	0
1991	32	MIN		20	16	0	28	210	2	29	7.5	13.1	1.8		19	142	7.5	0	13	1.2	8.9			47	7.5	352	2	2	3
1992	33	MIN		20	16	0	10	5	0	9	0.5	0.3	0.6	2	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	10	0.5	5	0	2	0
Career					152	68	1020	4442	18	72	4.4	29.2	6.7	2	286	2559	8.9	5	68	1.9	16.8	0%	0.0	1306	5.4	7001	23	32	56
10 yrs		MIN			129	68	981	4231	18	72	4.3	32.8	7.6	2	251	2202	8.8	5	68	1.9	17.1	0%	0.0	1232	5.2	6433	23	30	52
2 yrs		SDG			23	0	39	211	0	28	5.4	9.2	1.7		35	357	10.2	0	49	1.5	15.5	0%		74	7.7	568	0	2	4

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving										Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1982	23	MIN		2	0	5	28	0	14	5.6	14.0	2.5											5	5.6	28	0	0
1987	28	MIN	RB	3	3	36	130	0	12	3.6	43.3	12.0		7	98	14.0	0	37	2.3	32.7			43	5.3	228	0	1
1988	29	MIN		2	0	5	12	0	7	2.4	6.0	2.5		1	6	6.0	0	6	0.5	3.0			6	3.0	18	0	0
1992	33	MIN		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0											0		0	0	0
Career				8	3	46	170	0	14	3.7	21.3	5.8		8	104	13.0	0	37	1.0	13.0	0%	0.0	54	5.1	274	0	1

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1982	23	MIN	RB	20	7	4						6	132	0	33	22.0	360
1983	24	MIN	RB	20	15	10						18	445	0	50	24.7	1705
1984	25	MIN	rb	20	15	8	23	180	0	21	7.8	39	891	0	47	22.8	1639
1985	26	MIN	RB	20	16	10	16	133	0	21	8.3	3	51	0	26	17.0	1394
1986	27	MIN	RB	20	16	16						3	105	0	40	35.0	1491
1987	28	MIN	RB	20	10	9						7	164	0	42	23.4	935
1988	29	MIN	RB	20	13	11						9	210	0	30	23.3	695
1989	30	2TM			14	0						14	317	0	32	22.6	1018
		MIN		20	5	0						14	317	0	32	22.6	493
1990	31	SDG		20	14	0	3	44	0	33	14.7	4	36	0	26	9.0	123
1991	32	MIN		20	16	0						31	682	0	50	22.0	1034
1992	33	MIN		20	16	0						29	626	0	53	21.6	631
Career					152	68	42	357	0	33	8.5	163	3659	0	53	22.4	11025
10 yrs		MIN			129	68	39	313	0	21	8.0	159	3623	0	53	22.8	10377
2 yrs		SDG			23	0	3	44	0	33	14.7	4	36	0	26	9.0	648

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1982	23	MIN		2	0						2	42	0	30	21.0	70
1987	28	MIN	RB	3	3						4	99	0	34	24.8	198
1988	29	MIN		2	0						2	37	0	25	18.5	40
1992	33	MIN		1	0						3	55	0	21	18.3	55
Career				8	3						11	233	0	34	21.2	507

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1982	23	MIN	RB	20	7	4							2	0	-8	0	0.0
1983	24	MIN	RB	20	15	10							5	1	0	0	0.0
1984	25	MIN	rb	20	15	8							4	3	0	0	0.0
1985	26	MIN	RB	20	16	10							7	2	16	0	0.0
1986	27	MIN	RB	20	16	16							3	0	0	0	0.0
1987	28	MIN	RB	20	10	9							2	0	0	0	0.0
1988	29	MIN	RB	20	13	11							3	2	0	0	0.0
1989	30	2TM			14	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
		SDG		20	9	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
1990	31	SDG		20	14	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
1991	32	MIN		20	16	0							2	0	0	0	0.0
1992	33	MIN		20	16	0							2	2	0	0	0.0
Career					152	68							32	10	8	0	0.0
10 yrs		MIN			129	68							30	10	8	0	0.0
2 yrs		SDG			23	0							2	0	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1987	28	MIN	RB	3	3						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				8	3						0	1	0	0	0	0.0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1991	32	MIN	20	16	0	1	1	100	25	1	100	0	25	25.0	45.0	25.0	1.6	158.3	0	25.00	45.00
Career				152		1	1	100	25	1	100	0	25	25.0	45.0	25.0	0.2	158.3	0	25.00	45.00
10 yrs		MIN		129	68	1	1	100	25	1	100	0	25	25.0	45.0	25.0	0.2	158.3	0	25.00	45.00
2 yrs		SDG		23	0	0	0		0	0			0				0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1983	24	MIN	RB	20	15	10	1		1		6	0.4
1984	25	MIN	rb	20	15	8	3	1	4		24	1.6
1985	26	MIN	RB	20	16	10	5	1	6		36	2.3
1986	27	MIN	RB	20	16	16	4	3	7		42	2.6
1987	28	MIN	RB	20	10	9	2		2		12	1.2
1988	29	MIN	RB	20	13	11	1		1		6	0.5
1991	32	MIN		20	16	0	2		2		12	0.8
Career					152	68	18	5	23	0	138	.9
10 yrs		MIN			129	68	18	5	23	0	138	1.1
2 yrs		SDG			23	0				0	0	0.0

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