Hardy Nickerson stats

Last played for the Green Bay Packers, 2002

Linebacker · #56

Age 61 · 6' 2"

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Hardy Nickerson played 15 NFL seasons, 1988 to 2002.

Stats

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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.

Totals by season
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.
1988PIT150003.5100
1989PIT100001.0000
1990PIT160002.0000
1991PIT160001.0000
1992PIT150002.0000
1993TB16155116391.0171
1994TB1412286361.0251
1995TB1614086541.5054
1996TB1611773443.0262
1997TB16145103421.0062
1998TB106944251.0011
1999TB1610762450.5253
2000JAX6312741.0170
2001JAX1511688280.0391
2002GB168549361.5030

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.

Per game by season
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.
1988PIT150.00.000.20.10.00.0
1989PIT100.00.000.10.00.00.0
1990PIT160.00.000.10.00.00.0
1991PIT160.00.000.10.00.00.0
1992PIT150.00.000.10.00.00.0
1993TB169.77.32.40.10.10.40.1
1994TB148.76.12.60.10.10.40.1
1995TB168.85.43.40.10.00.30.3
1996TB167.34.62.80.20.10.40.1
1997TB169.16.42.60.10.00.40.1
1998TB106.94.42.50.10.00.10.1
1999TB166.73.92.80.00.10.30.2
2000JAX65.24.50.70.20.21.20.0
2001JAX157.75.91.90.00.20.60.1
2002GB165.33.12.30.10.00.20.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Bio

Age
61 yearsSep 1, 1965
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1987
Birthplace
Compton, CA
College
California

Latest performance

Hardy Nickerson

Jan 04 · vs ATL · L 27-7

TOT
11
SOLO
9
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sat, Jan 04vsATLL 27-711900
Sun, Dec 29atNYJL 42-174300
Sun, Dec 22vsBUFW 10-04100
Sun, Dec 15atSFW 20-145200
Sun, Dec 08vsMINW 26-225100
Sun, Dec 01vsCHIW 30-205310

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

  • 39th in tackles (1,087)

Among the 9,789 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.

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Playoff games

Hardy Nickerson played 5 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 3 lost.

Hardy Nickerson's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.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.
2002ATLL 27-7110.00
1999WSHW 14-1370.00
1999LARL 11-660.01
1997DETW 20-1050.00
1997GBL 21-780.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.