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Darrin Nelson

Regular Season

Season	TM	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM
1982	MIN	7	44	6.3	136	3.1	19.4	0	18	9	1.3	100	11.1	14.3	0	22	360	0	2
1983	MIN	15	154	10.3	642	4.2	42.8	1	56	51	3.4	618	12.1	41.2	0	68	1,705	1	5
1984	MIN	15	80	5.3	406	5.1	27.1	3	39	27	1.8	162	6.0	10.8	1	17	1,639	4	4
1985	MIN	16	200	12.5	893	4.5	55.8	5	37	43	2.7	301	7.0	18.8	1	25	1,394	6	7
1986	MIN	16	191	11.9	793	4.2	49.6	4	42	53	3.3	593	11.2	37.1	3	34	1,491	7	3
1987	MIN	10	131	13.1	642	4.9	64.2	2	72	26	2.6	129	5.0	12.9	0	13	935	2	2
1988	MIN	13	112	8.6	380	3.4	29.2	1	27	16	1.2	105	6.6	8.1	0	27	695	1	3
1989	SD	9	36	4.0	197	5.5	21.9	0	28	31	3.4	328	10.6	36.4	0	49	525	0	1
1989	MIN	5	31	6.2	124	4.0	24.8	0	24	7	1.4	52	7.4	10.4	0	11	493	0	0
1989	TOT	14	67	4.8	321	4.8	22.9	0	28	38	2.7	380	10.0	27.1	0	49	1,018	0	1
1990	SD	14	3	0.2	14	4.7	1.0	0	5	4	0.3	29	7.3	2.1	0	10	123	0	1
1991	MIN	16	28	1.8	210	7.5	13.1	2	29	19	1.2	142	7.5	8.9	0	13	1,034	2	2
1992	MIN	16	10	0.6	5	0.5	0.3	0	9	0	0.0	0		0.0	0		631	0	2
Career		152	1,020	6.7	4,442	4.4	29.2	18	72	286	1.9	2,559	8.9	16.8	5	68	11,025	23	32

Playoffs

Season	TM	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	LNG	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	LNG	TOT YDS
1982	MIN	2	5	2.5	28	5.6	14.0	14	0	0.0	0		0.0		70
1987	MIN	3	36	12.0	130	3.6	43.3	12	7	2.3	98	14.0	32.7	37	327
1988	MIN	2	5	2.5	12	2.4	6.0	7	1	0.5	6	6.0	3.0	6	55
1992	MIN	1	0	0.0	0		0.0		0	0.0	0		0.0		55
Career		8	46	5.8	170	3.7	21.3	14	8	1.0	104	13.0	13.0	37	507

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More Vikings Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,022

Murray

RUSH

474

Jones

REC

393

Jefferson

Team Rankings

PPG

18.3

27th

OPP PPG

14.5

1st

RUSH YDS/G

106.0

19th

PASS YDS/G

179.6

31st

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bears	7	2	.778
Lions	6	2	.750
Vikings	6	2	.750
Packers	6	3	.667

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	MIN	@	GB	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	MIN	@	SF	8:20 PM
Sun 11/29	ATL	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	CAR	@	MIN	4:25 PM
Thu 12/10	MIN	@	NE	8:15 PM

Last Game

Bills

7 - 1

Final

Vikings

6 - 2

Mon 9 Nov 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,618

Love

2,386

Burrow

2,381

Prescott

Rush Yards Leaders

880

Robinson

872

Walker

847

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

1,036

Smith-Njigba

904

Lamb

879

Watson

Pass TD Leaders

23

Burrow

20

Cousins

19

Love

Rush TD Leaders

10

Swift

9

Gibbs

9

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

7

Likely

7

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

114.8

Burrow

111.7

Lawrence

109.8

Purdy

Sack Leaders

9.5

Anderson

8.0

Rousseau

8.0

Young

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.0

30.0

29.4

28.6

27.8

27.3

Opp PPG Rankings

14.5

15.1

17.9

18.0

19.5

Total Yards Rankings

386.4

384.1

383.0

379.8

376.8

Rush Yards Rankings

163.9

146.6

142.0

137.8

137.2

Pass Yards Rankings

298.3

290.9

282.3

280.5

268.1

266.8

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

175.2

Gibbs

170.4

Walker

149

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

161.1

Smith-Njigba

131.8

Lamb

127.9

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

101.5

Likely

98

Bowers

89.8

McBride

Fantasy K Rankings

106

Shrader

99

McLaughlin

93

Fairbairn

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

7-2

6-2

6-3

Worst Record ATS

0-7-1

1-8

2-7

3-6

3-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	3	1	.611
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	3	5	1	.389
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	7	2	0	.778
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Buccaneers	3	6	0	.333
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	7	1	0	.875
Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	7	1	0	.875
Patriots	5	4	0	.556
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000