High school: Winston-Salem (NC) Weight 107 kg Height 1.91 m | Role American football player Name Darrell Nicholson Positions Linebacker | |
Date of birth: (1959-08-23) August 23, 1959 (age 56) Place of birth: Winston-Salem, North Carolina NFL draft: 1982 / Round: 6 / Pick: 156 College North Carolina Tar Heels football | ||
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Darrell Nicholson (born August 23, 1959) is a former American football linebacker. After a career at North Carolina, where he earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 1980 when the Tar Heels finished 11–1 and won the ACC with a 6–0 record, Nicholson was selected by the New York Giants in the 1982 NFL Draft. After only one season, he joined the Toronto Argonauts and helped the team win the 71st Grey Cup.
In his junior season at UNC, where he was a teammate of Lawrence Taylor, Nicholson led the Tar Heels in tackles with 75 solos and 42 assists. He had been the ACC Rookie of the Year in 1978.
His sons A. J. Nicholson and Derek Nicholson played for the Florida State Seminoles.
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