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]

Nate Driggers
Personal information
Born (1973-10-12) October 12, 1973 (age 52)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolCorliss (Chicago, Illinois)
CollegeMontevallo (1991–1995)
NBA draft1995: undrafted
PositionShooting guard
Number27
Career history
1995–1996Quad City Thunder
1996–1997La Crosse Bobcats
1996–1997Boston Celtics
Career highlights
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

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]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Source[5]

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1996–97 Boston 1508.8.302.000.7141.5.4.2.12.4

References

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  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.
  5. "Nate Driggers NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
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