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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

458

Jones

REC

335

Jefferson

Team Rankings

PPG

20.0

27th

OPP PPG

13.3

1st

RUSH YDS/G

113.9

17th

PASS YDS/G

185.4

29th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	6	1	.857
Bears	6	2	.750
Lions	5	2	.714
Packers	5	3	.625

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM
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

Last Game

Vikings

6 - 1

Final

Lions

5 - 2

Sun 1 Nov 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,246

Love

2,146

Stafford

2,124

Cousins

Rush Yards Leaders

780

Robinson

773

Gibbs

770

Walker

Rec Yards Leaders

985

Smith-Njigba

726

Higgins

709

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

20

Burrow

19

Cousins

17

Lawrence

Rush TD Leaders

10

Swift

9

Allen

8

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

6

Chase

QB Rating Leaders

112.6

Lawrence

111.6

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.5

Watt

7.0

Rousseau

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.3

29.4

29.0

28.1

28.0

27.6

Opp PPG Rankings

13.3

15.9

18.0

18.7

18.9

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

395.4

393.1

387.3

384.4

383.1

371.4

Rush Yards Rankings

168.6

150.8

148.4

134.8

134.1

133.5

Pass Yards Rankings

302.1

281.1

280.8

280.6

273.1

269.9

Sack Leaders

26.0

25.0

24.0

23.0

22.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

161.8

Gibbs

138.1

Walker

128.3

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

156

Smith-Njigba

108.3

Lamb

104.8

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

84.4

McBride

82.7

Bowers

71.5

Likely

Fantasy K Rankings

90

Shrader

89

McLaughlin

83

Gay

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

6-2

5-2

Worst Record ATS

0-6-1

1-7

2-6

2-5

2-4-1

3-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	5	0	.375
Commanders	2	4	1	.357
Eagles	2	6	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	5	0	.375
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	4	0	.500
Rams	4	4	0	.500
Cardinals	3	5	0	.375

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	6	1	0	.857
Patriots	5	3	0	.625
Jets	2	6	0	.250
Dolphins	1	6	0	.143
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	5	2	0	.714
Browns	5	3	0	.625
Ravens	4	4	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	5	2	0	.714
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Colts	2	6	0	.250
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	6	2	0	.750
Chiefs	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	4	4	0	.500
Chargers	0	7	0	.000