Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 5, Pk 10
- College
- California
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 5, Pk 10
- College
- California
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 213
- TOT
- 1,087
- SOLO
- 734
- AST
- 353
- SACK
- 21.0
- INT
- 12
- PD
- 54
- FF
- 15
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 |  PIT | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | PIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | PIT | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | TB | 16 | 155 | 116 | 39 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 1994 | TB | 14 | 122 | 86 | 36 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 1995 | TB | 16 | 140 | 86 | 54 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 1996 | TB | 16 | 117 | 73 | 44 | 3.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 1997 | TB | 16 | 145 | 103 | 42 | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1998 | TB | 10 | 69 | 44 | 25 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | TB | 16 | 107 | 62 | 45 | 0.5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 2000 | JAX | 6 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | JAX | 15 | 116 | 88 | 28 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | GB | 16 | 85 | 49 | 36 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- TOT
- 37
- SOLO
- 26
- AST
- 11
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 3
- FF
- 1
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 213
- TOT
- 5.1
- SOLO
- 3.4
- AST
- 1.7
- SACK
- 0.1
- INT
- 0.1
- PD
- 0.3
- FF
- 0.1
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | PIT | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | PIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | PIT | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | TB | 16 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | TB | 14 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | TB | 16 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | TB | 16 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | TB | 16 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | TB | 10 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | TB | 16 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 2000 | JAX | 6 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2001 | JAX | 15 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 2002 | GB | 16 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Hardy Nickerson's career stats?
Hardy Nickerson played 15 seasons for the Steelers, the Buccaneers, the Jaguars and the Packers. He recorded 1,087 tackles, 21 sacks and 12 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 155 tackles and 1.0 sack.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1988 to 2002
Hardy Nickerson finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
All-time career rank
- 38th in tackles (1,087)
Among the 9,029 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Hardy Nickerson
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