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American basketball player (born 1973)

Nate Driggers

Personal information
Born (1973-10-12) October 12, 1973 (age 50)Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school Corliss (Chicago, Illinois)
College Montevallo (1991–1995)
NBA draft 1995: undrafted
Position Shooting guard
Number 27
Career history
1995–1996 Quad City Thunder
1996–1997 La Crosse Bobcats
1996–1997 Boston Celtics
Career highlights and awards
NAIA Player of the Year (1995) Southern States Player of the Year (1995)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Nathan Allen Driggers (born October 12, 1973) is a retired American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics. After becoming the all-time leading scorer and 1995 NAIA Player of the Year[1] at the University of Montevallo in Alabama, Driggers appeared in 15 games for the NBA's Boston Celtics in the mid-1990s. He also played professionally in Australia, Belgium and France.[2]

Driggers, who is the only NBA player to have played basketball for the University of Montevallo,[3] scored a total of 36 points for a 1996–97 Celtics team that went 15–67.

Driggers was convicted of selling stolen guns in September 2017. He was sentenced to eight years in prison.[4]

  1. ^ University of Montevallo - Athletics Archived 2014-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Counterfeit Air Jordans lead to arrest of former NBA player - Chicago Tribune
  3. ^ "NBA Players who Attended University of Montevallo - Basketballreference.com". www.databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Former Celtic Nate Driggers sentenced to prison for selling stolen guns". ESPN.com. September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.