Nick Ferguson
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Nicholas A. Ferguson (born November 27, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He spent the majority of his career with the Denver Broncos.
He was originally signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 1996. He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Ferguson was also a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Rhein Fire, Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Houston Texans.
Professional career
Denver Broncos
Playing with the Denver Broncos, Ferguson started 44 games at safety, grabbing six interceptions along the way. His most notable play came in the 2006 AFC Divisional Playoffs when he came on a safety blitz and pressured Tom Brady into throwing a 100-yard interception by Champ Bailey.
Houston Texans
On March 27, 2008, he signed a one-year contract with the Houston Texans. On March 12, 2009, he re-signed a new one-year contract with the Texans.
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2000 | NYJ | 7 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | NYJ | 16 | 1 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | NYJ | 16 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | DEN | 15 | 10 | 76 | 63 | 13 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | DEN | 16 | 1 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | DEN | 16 | 16 | 80 | 62 | 18 | 0.0 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | DEN | 10 | 10 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | DEN | 12 | 7 | 55 | 43 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 14 | 9 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | HOU | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 132 | 55 | 420 | 329 | 91 | 1.0 | 7 | 79 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2001 | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | NYJ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | DEN | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | DEN | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Post-retirement
Ferguson served as an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers in 2018, following coaching internships with the 49ers, Broncos, Seattle Seahawks and Texans. He has spent time as a sports-talk radio host with the NFL on TuneIn, NBC Sports Radio, WQXI, KFWBKKFN and Voice of America, and has written for The Players' Tribune.
Ferguson is a Scientologist.
Notes and references
External links
- 2005-12-28 at theWayback Machine
- 2008-08-15 at theWayback Machine