# Nate Driggers

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{{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](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois)
| nationality = American
| highschool = [Corliss](/source/Corliss_High_School) (Chicago, Illinois)
| college    = [Montevallo](/source/Montevallo_Falcons_men's_basketball) (1991–1995)
| draftyear  = 1995
| career_start  = 
| career_end  = 
| career_position = [Shooting guard](/source/Shooting_guard)
| career_number = 27
| years1 = 1995–1996
| team1 = [Quad City Thunder](/source/Quad_City_Thunder)
| years2 = 1996–1997
| team2 = [La Crosse Bobcats](/source/La_Crosse_Bobcats)
| years3 = {{nbay|1996|full=y}}
| team3 =  [Boston Celtics](/source/Boston_Celtics)
| highlights =
* [NAIA](/source/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics) Player of the Year (1995)
* [Southern States](/source/Southern_States_Athletic_Conference) Player of the Year (1995)
| stat1label = [Point](/source/Point_(basketball))s
| stat1value = 36
| stat2label = [Rebound](/source/Rebound_(basketball))s
| stat2value = 22
| stat3label = [Assist](/source/Assist_(basketball))s
| stat3value = 6
| bbr        = driggna01
}}
'''Nathan Allen Driggers''' (born October 12, 1973) is a retired American [basketball](/source/basketball) player who played in the [National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) (NBA) for the [Boston Celtics](/source/Boston_Celtics).  After becoming the all-time leading scorer and 1995 [NAIA](/source/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics) 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](/source/University_of_Montevallo) in [Alabama](/source/Alabama), Driggers appeared in 15 games for the [NBA](/source/NBA)'s [Boston Celtics](/source/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](/source/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season) 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](/source/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](/source/1996%E2%80%9397_Boston_Celtics_season)
| 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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Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Australia
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
Category:American expatriate basketball people in France
Category:American men's basketball players
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Category:Basketball players from Chicago
Category:Boston Celtics players
Category:La Crosse Bobcats players
Category:Montevallo Falcons men's basketball players
Category:North Melbourne Giants players
Category:Quad City Thunder players
Category:Shooting guards
Category:Undrafted NBA players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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