Nathan Poole
Nathan Lewis Poole
Born: December 17, 1956
Alexander City, AL USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 210
College: Louisville
High School: Benjamin Russell (Alexander City, AL)
Career: 1979-1987
Drafted: 1979 in Round 10, #250 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals
Nathan Poole played from 1979 to 1987 during his career with the Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos and Toronto Argonauts. Poole ran for 456 yards in his career on 132 attempts, scoring 5 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 25 passes for 183 yards.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Denver Broncos | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Denver Broncos | 81 | 246 | 3.0 | 19 | 4 |
| 1985 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL Denver Broncos | 28 | 126 | 4.5 | 15 | 1 |
| NFL | 126 | 423 | 3.4 | 20 | 5 | |
| CFL | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Totals | 132 | 456 | 3.5 | 20 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Denver Broncos | 20 | 184 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| NFL | 24 | 179 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| CFL | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Totals | 25 | 183 | 7.3 | 23 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 24 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL | 9 | 136 | 15.1 | 24 | 0 | |
| Totals | 9 | 136 | 15.1 | 24 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1983 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1987 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Totals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 1 | |
| 1982 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 16 | 10 |
| 1985 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 |
