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 50)
Chicago, Illinois
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 and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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]

References edit

  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 6 May 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Former Celtic Nate Driggers sentenced to prison for selling stolen guns". ESPN.com. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.

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