Background
Nettles grew up in a military family he marched with Doctor King in Albany, Georgia.
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He was a High School All-American from Rutherford High, Panama City, Florida. Once ran for 315 yards and five Territorial Decoration"s against Woodam High whose QB was David Lee, former Miami Dolphins quarterbacks coach. Nettles played college football at Vanderbilt University he was on of the two African-Americans on the team the other being Fred Cook the team that played in the 1974 Peach Bowl.
Nettles played cornerback for seven seasons for the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants of the National Football League.
Nettles lives in Silver Spring Maryland (U.S.) with daughter Asia Nettles. Asia ran track for Street John"s University and was part of the 4 x 200 team that set a school record at the Penn Relays.
He worked 18 years in medical sales.He is now a fifth grade history teacher and fifth grade football coach at Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland.
