Nick Ferguson
{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Nick Ferguson
| image = Nick Ferguson.JPG
| number = 6, 33, 25
| position = Safety
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|27}}
| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 201
| high_school = Miami Jackson Senior (FL)
| college = Morris Brown
Georgia Tech
| undraftedyear = 1996
- Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|1996}})*
- Saskatchewan Roughriders ({{CFL Year|1996}})
- Winnipeg Blue Bombers ({{CFL Year|1997|1998}})
- Rhein Fire ({{RHE season|1999}})
- Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1999}})*
- Winnipeg Blue Bombers ({{CFL Year|1999}})
- Rhein Fire ({{RHE season|2000}})
- Buffalo Bills (2000)*
- New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2000|2002}})
- Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|2003|2007}})
- Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2008|2009}})
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 420
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 1.0
| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue3 = 6
| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4 = 6
| statlabel5 = Interceptions
| statvalue5 = 7
| pfr = FergNi20
}}
Nicholas A. Ferguson (born November 27, 1974) is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He spent the majority of his career with the Denver Broncos.
He was originally signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 1996. He played college football at Georgia Tech. Ferguson has also been a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Rhein Fire, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, and New York Jets in his career.
Professional career
=Denver Broncos=
Playing with the Denver Broncos, Ferguson started 44 games at safety, grabbing six interceptions along the way. His most notable play came in the 2006 AFC Divisional Playoffs when he came on a safety blitz and pressured Tom Brady into throwing a 100-yard interception by Champ Bailey.
=Houston Texans=
On March 27, 2008, he signed a one-year contract with the Houston Texans. On March 12, 2009, he re-signed a new one-year contract with the Texans.
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league |
| Bold
| Career high |
=Regular season=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 2000 | NYJ
| 7 || 0 || 12 || 8 || 4 || 0.0 || 1 || 20 || 0 || 20 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | NYJ
| 16 || 1 || 30 || 25 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | NYJ
| 16 || 0 || 28 || 21 || 7 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | DEN
| 15 || 10 || 76 || 63 || 13 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | DEN
| 16 || 1 || 34 || 23 || 11 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | DEN
| 16 || 16 || 80 || 62 || 18 || 0.0 || 5 || 59 || 0 || 30 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | DEN
| 10 || 10 || 36 || 28 || 8 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | DEN
| 12 || 7 || 55 || 43 || 12 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | HOU
| 14 || 9 || 59 || 48 || 11 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | HOU
| 10 || 1 || 10 || 8 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 132 | 55 | 420 | 329 | 91 | 1.0 | 7 | 79 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
=Playoffs=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 2001 | NYJ
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | NYJ
| 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | DEN
| 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | DEN
| 2 || 2 || 14 || 9 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Post Retirement
Ferguson served as an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers in 2018, following coaching internships with the 49ers, Broncos, Seattle Seahawks and Texans.
In addition to coaching, Ferguson has spent time as a sports-talk radio host with the NFL on TuneIn, NBC Sports Radio, WQXI, KFWB and Voice of America. He has also written for The Players' Tribune.
Ferguson hosted a sports-talk radio show on Sports Radio 104.3 The Fan in Denver, Ferguson is a member of the Church of Scientology.
Notes and references
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External links
- [http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=498&contentID=715 Denver Broncos bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228101104/http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=498&contentID=715 |date=2005-12-28 }}
- [http://www.houstontexans.com/team/player.asp?player_id=340 Houston Texans bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815221158/http://www.houstontexans.com/team/player.asp?player_id=340 |date=2008-08-15 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080309024704/http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/all_time/player/256-nick-ferguson New York Jets bio]
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