{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1973)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = | width = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lbs = 215 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|10|12}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois | nationality = American | highschool = Corliss (Chicago, Illinois) | college = Montevallo (1991–1995) | draftyear = 1995 | career_start = | career_end = | career_position = Shooting guard | career_number = 27 | years1 = 1995–1996 | team1 = Quad City Thunder | years2 = 1996–1997 | team2 = La Crosse Bobcats | years3 = {{nbay|1996|full=y}} | team3 = Boston Celtics | highlights = * NAIA Player of the Year (1995) * Southern States Player of the Year (1995) | stat1label = Points | stat1value = 36 | stat2label = Rebounds | stat2value = 22 | stat3label = Assists | stat3value = 6 | bbr = driggna01 }} '''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<ref name=montevallo>[http://dev.montevallo.edu/athletics/Fame/2000.shtm University of Montevallo - Athletics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605054507/http://dev.montevallo.edu/athletics/Fame/2000.shtm |date=2014-06-05 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=chicagotribune>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140605063222/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-06-14/news/0906130278_1_counterfeit-ex-nba-player-charges Counterfeit Air Jordans lead to arrest of former NBA player - Chicago Tribune]</ref>
Driggers, who is the only NBA player to have played basketball for the University of Montevallo,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=University+of+Montevallo |title=NBA Players who Attended University of Montevallo - Basketballreference.com |website=www.databasebasketball.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506072247/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=University+of+Montevallo |archive-date=6 May 2006 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Celtic Nate Driggers sentenced to prison for selling stolen guns|url=http://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/20706846/former-boston-celtic-nate-driggers-sentenced-prison-selling-stolen-guns|website=ESPN.com|date=15 September 2017 |accessdate=15 September 2017|ref=espn}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA=== Source<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/driggna01.html|title=Nate Driggers NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=23 May 2026}}</ref>
====Regular season==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1996}} | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | 15 || 0 || 8.8 || .302 || .000 || .714 || 1.5 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 2.4 {{s-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Basketballstats |nba= 1041 |bbr= d/driggna01 }} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070520183318/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DRIGGNA01 Databasebasketball.com Stats]}}
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