Nick Eddy
Nicholas Elwood Eddy
Born: August 23, 1944
Dunsmuir, CA USA
Deceased: December 31, 2025
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 210
College: Notre Dame
High School: Tracy (CA)
Career: 1968-1972
Drafted: 1966 in Round 2, #24 overall by the Detroit Lions
Nick Eddy played from 1968 to 1972 during his career with the Detroit Lions. Eddy ran for 523 yards in his career on 152 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 24 passes for 237 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 48 | 176 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 | 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 78 | 272 | 3.5 | 26 | 2 | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 18 | 47 | 2.6 | 9 | 1 | 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 152 | 523 | 3.4 | 26 | 3 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 28 | 0 | 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 14 | 1 | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 | 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 36 | 1 |
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| Totals | 24 | 237 | 9.9 | 36 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 11 | 0 | 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1968 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 5 | 3 | 1969 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 7 | 1970 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 | 1972 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 |
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