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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

276

Wentz

RUSH

203

Jones

REC

179

Jefferson

Team Rankings

PPG

23.7

16th

OPP PPG

13.7

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

101.3

16th

PASS YDS/G

154.0

32nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	3	0	1.000
Bears	2	1	.667
Lions	2	1	.667
Packers	1	2	.333

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	MIA	@	MIN	4:05 PM
Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM

Last Game

Vikings

3 - 0

Final

Buccaneers

0 - 3

Sun 27 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

939

Young

917

Shough

872

Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Allen

6

Henry

4

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

Goff

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.0

Anderson

4.0

Graham

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

68.2

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

52.8

St. Brown

52.4

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

Kittle

35.1

Kelce

33.3

Johnson

Fantasy K Rankings

42

McPherson

39

McLaughlin

38

Shrader

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

3-0

2-0-1

2-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000