Background
Nielsen grew up in Provo, Utah, and attended Provo High School, playing as the school"s quarterback.
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Nielsen grew up in Provo, Utah, and attended Provo High School, playing as the school"s quarterback.
He was the sports director of KHOU-television in Houston, Texas, until March 31, 2009. High School
After high school, he remained in Provo and began attending Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University), where he was an All-American quarterback, under head coach LaVell Edwards. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.
Nielsen was selected in the third round of the 1978 NFL draft by the Houston Oilers, the team with which he spent his entire Nielsen played six seasons as a part-time quarterback.
He served as backup to Dan Pastorini in 1978-1979 and to Ken Stabler in 1980-1981. He played the most games in his last two seasons, 1982-1983, when he shared quarterbacking duties with Archie Manning and Oliver Luck.
From 1984-1987, he served as a color commentator on Oilers radio broadcasts. Nielsen was the master of ceremonies at the "100 Years of Scouting" celebration at Minute Maid Park in Texas.
He was released as an area seventy on April 6, 2013, and called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.