| Darrell Nicholson | |
| Number: | 29, 72 |
| Position: | Linebacker |
| Birth Date: | August 23, 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lbs: | 235 |
| High School: | North Forsyth (NC) |
| College: | North Carolina |
| Draftyear: | 1982 |
| Draftround: | 6 |
| Draftpick: | 156 |
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Darrell Nicholson (born August 23, 1959) is a former American football linebacker. After a career at North Carolina, where he earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 1980 when the Tar Heels finished 11–1 and won the ACC with a 6–0 record, Nicholson was selected by the New York Giants in the 1982 NFL draft.[1] After only one season, he joined the Toronto Argonauts and helped the team win the 71st Grey Cup.[2]
In his junior season at UNC, where he was a teammate of Lawrence Taylor, Nicholson led the Tar Heels in tackles with 75 solos and 42 assists.[3] He had been the ACC Rookie of the Year in 1978.[4]
His sons A. J. Nicholson and Derek Nicholson played for the Florida State Seminoles.