Nate Driggers


Nathan Allen Driggers is a retired American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association for the Boston Celtics. After becoming the all-time leading scorer and 1995 National [Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA] Player of the Year 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.
Driggers, who is the only NBA player to have played basketball for the University of Montevallo, 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.