Tony Dorsett

Anthony Drew Dorsett Sr.

Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 192 lbs.

Born: April 7, 1954 in Rochester, PA
College: Pittsburgh (school history)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 107 (95th overall since 1950)

Relatives: Father of Anthony Dorsett
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1994

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All-Time Rank: #94. Orlando Pace… #95. Bart Starr… #96. Clay Matthews… #97. TONY DORSETT… #98. Bobby Bell… #99. Peyton Manning… #100. Randy Moss…

All-Time Rank: #94. Orlando Pace… #95. Bart Starr… #96. Clay Matthews… #97. TONY DORSETT… #98. Bobby Bell… #99. Peyton Manning… #100. Randy Moss…

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1977	23	DAL	RB	33	14	4	208	1007	12	84	4.8	71.9	14.9	29	273	9.4	1	23	2.1	19.5	1280	13	7	16
1978*	24	DAL	RB	33	16	15	290	1325	7	63	4.6	82.8	18.1	37	378	10.2	2	91	2.3	23.6	1703	9	12	16
1979	25	DAL	RB	33	14	14	250	1107	6	41	4.4	79.1	17.9	45	375	8.3	1	32	3.2	26.8	1482	7	9	12
1980	26	DAL	RB	33	15	15	278	1185	11	56	4.3	79.0	18.5	34	263	7.7	0	27	2.3	17.5	1448	11	8	13
1981*+	27	DAL	RB	33	16	16	342	1646	4	75	4.8	102.9	21.4	32	325	10.2	2	73	2.0	20.3	1971	6	10	14
1982*	28	DAL	RB	33	9	9	177	745	5	99	4.2	82.8	19.7	24	179	7.5	0	18	2.7	19.9	924	5	6	14
1983*	29	DAL	RB	33	16	16	289	1321	8	77	4.6	82.6	18.1	40	287	7.2	1	24	2.5	17.9	1608	9	5	13
1984	30	DAL	RB	33	16	16	302	1189	6	31	3.9	74.3	18.9	51	459	9.0	1	68	3.2	28.7	1648	7	12	9
1985	31	DAL	RB	33	16	16	305	1307	7	60	4.3	81.7	19.1	46	449	9.8	3	56	2.9	28.1	1756	10	7	12
1986	32	DAL	RB	33	13	12	184	748	5	33	4.1	57.5	14.2	25	267	10.7	1	36	1.9	20.5	1015	6	5	7
1987	33	DAL	rb	33	12	6	130	456	1	24	3.5	38.0	10.8	19	177	9.3	1	33	1.6	14.8	633	2	3	5
1988	34	DEN	RB	33	16	13	181	703	5	26	3.9	43.9	11.3	16	122	7.6	0	16	1.0	7.6	825	5	6	6
Career					173	152	2936	12739	77	99	4.3	73.6	17.0	398	3554	8.9	13	91	2.3	20.5	16293	90	90	137
11 yrs		DAL			157	139	2755	12036	72	99	4.4	76.7	17.5	382	3432	9.0	13	91	2.4	21.9	15468	85	84	131
1 yr		DEN			16	13	181	703	5	26	3.9	43.9	11.3	16	122	7.6	0	16	1.0	7.6	825	5	6	6

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1977	23	DAL	RB	33	14	4							0	7	0	0	0
1978*	24	DAL	RB	33	16	15							0	12	4	54	1
1979	25	DAL	RB	33	14	14							0	9	1	0	0
1980	26	DAL	RB	33	15	15							0	8	1	0	0
1981*+	27	DAL	RB	33	16	16							0	10	2	0	0
1982*	28	DAL	RB	33	9	9							0	6	1	0	0
1983*	29	DAL	RB	33	16	16							0	5	1	0	0
1984	30	DAL	RB	33	16	16							0	12	1	-21	0
1985	31	DAL	RB	33	16	16							0	7	3	0	0
1986	32	DAL	RB	33	13	12							0	5	2	0	0
1987	33	DAL	rb	33	12	6							0	3	0	0	0
1988	34	DEN	RB	33	16	13							0	6	1	0	0
Career					173	152							0	90	17	33	1
11 yrs		DAL			157	139							0	84	16	33	1
1 yr		DEN			16	13							0	6	1	0	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1977	23	DAL	RB	33	14	4	1	1	100.0	34	0	0.0	0	0.0	34	34.0	34.0	34.0	2.4	118.7	34.00	34.00
1978*	24	DAL	RB	33	16	15	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1980	26	DAL	RB	33	15	15	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1982*	28	DAL	RB	33	9	9	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1983*	29	DAL	RB	33	16	16	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1984	30	DAL	RB	33	16	16	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
1988	34	DEN	RB	33	16	13	1	2	50.0	7	1	50.0	0	0.0	7	3.5	13.5	7.0	0.4	97.9	3.50	13.50
Career					173	152	2	8	25.0	41	1	12.5	1	12.5	34	5.1	2.0	20.5	0.2	48.4	5.13	2.00
11 yrs		DAL			157	139	1	6	16.7	34	0	0.0	1	16.7	34	5.7	-1.8	34.0	0.2	11.1	5.67	-1.83
1 yr		DEN			16	13	1	2	50.0	7	1	50.0	0	0.0	7	3.5	13.5	7.0	0.4	97.9	3.50	13.50

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	AllTD	Pts
1977	23	DAL	RB	33	14	4	12	1		13	78
1978*	24	DAL	RB	33	16	15	7	2	1	10	60
1979	25	DAL	RB	33	14	14	6	1		7	42
1980	26	DAL	RB	33	15	15	11			11	66
1981*+	27	DAL	RB	33	16	16	4	2		6	36
1982*	28	DAL	RB	33	9	9	5			5	30
1983*	29	DAL	RB	33	16	16	8	1		9	54
1984	30	DAL	RB	33	16	16	6	1		7	42
1985	31	DAL	RB	33	16	16	7	3		10	60
1986	32	DAL	RB	33	13	12	5	1		6	36
1987	33	DAL	rb	33	12	6	1	1		2	12
1988	34	DEN	RB	33	16	13	5			5	30
Career					173	152	77	13	1	91	546
11 yrs		DAL			157	139	72	13	1	86	516
1 yr		DEN			16	13	5			5	30

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, William Andrews, Billy Sims, Adrian Peterson, Terrell Davis, Alan Ameche, Clinton Portis, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell
4	Billy Sims, Barry Sanders, Jim Brown, Alan Ameche, William Andrews, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Marcus Allen*, Ricky Watters, Clinton Portis
5	Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Alan Ameche, Ricky Watters, Eddie George, Billy Sims, Marshall Faulk, Marcus Allen, Lenny Moore, Curtis Martin
6	Jim Brown, Ricky Watters, Lenny Moore, Roger Craig, Franco Harris, Alan Ameche, Barry Sanders, Eric Dickerson, Curtis Martin, Marcus Allen*
7	Jim Brown, Ricky Watters, Roger Craig, Curtis Martin, Franco Harris, Barry Sanders, Lenny Moore, Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen*, Eddie George
8	Ricky Watters, Curtis Martin, Jim Brown, Franco Harris, Roger Craig, Barry Sanders, Eric Dickerson, Walter Payton, Eddie George, Warrick Dunn
9	Ricky Watters, Curtis Martin, Jim Brown, Franco Harris, Warrick Dunn, Walter Payton, Roger Craig, Lenny Moore, Barry Sanders, Eric Dickerson*
10	Curtis Martin, Ricky Watters, Franco Harris, Walter Payton, Jim Brown, Warrick Dunn, Roger Craig, Lenny Moore*, Fred Taylor, James Brooks
11	Curtis Martin, Franco Harris, Ricky Watters, Warrick Dunn, Lenny Moore, Jim Brown, Walter Payton*, Roger Craig, Fred Taylor, James Brooks
12	Curtis Martin, Franco Harris, Warrick Dunn, Ricky Watters, Lenny Moore, Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Roger Craig, Fred Taylor, Marcus Allen
Career	Curtis Martin, Ricky Watters, Franco Harris, Jim Brown, Warrick Dunn, Lenny Moore, Roger Craig, Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Eric Dickerson*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 1977 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year	Pro Bowls 1978 1981 1982 1983	First-Team All-Pro 1981	Approximate Value 1978 NFL 16 (3) Career 137 (116)
Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 107 (95)	Rushing Att 1978 NFL 290 (4) 1979 NFL 250 (9) 1980 NFL 278 (6) 1981 NFL 342 (3/72) 1982 NFL 177 (1) 1983 NFL 289 (9) 1984 NFL 302 (6) 1985 NFL 305 (5) Career 2936 (11)	Rushing Yds 1977 NFL 1007 (9) 1978 NFL 1325 (3) 1980 NFL 1185 (6) 1981 NFL 1646 (2/42) 1982 NFL 745 (2) 1983 NFL 1321 (6) 1984 NFL 1189 (7) 1985 NFL 1307 (6) Career 12739 (8)	Rushing TD 1977 NFL 12 (2) 1980 NFL 11 (3) 1982 NFL 5 (10) Career 77 (20)
Long Rush 1977 NFL 84 (1/54) 1980 NFL 56 (8) 1981 NFL 75 (3) 1982 NFL 99 (1/1) 1983 NFL 77 (4)	Yds/Rushing Att 1977 NFL 4.8 (3) 1978 NFL 4.6 (8) 1981 NFL 4.8 (5) 1983 NFL 4.6 (10) Career 4.3 (122)	Rushing Yds/Game 1977 NFL 71.9 (10) 1978 NFL 82.8 (4) 1979 NFL 79.1 (6) 1980 NFL 79.0 (6) 1981 NFL 102.9 (2/59) 1982 NFL 82.8 (4) 1983 NFL 82.6 (9) 1984 NFL 74.3 (10) 1985 NFL 81.7 (7) Career 73.6 (27)	Long Reception 1978 NFL 91 (2/74)
Touchdowns 1977 NFL 13 (2) 1978 NFL 10 (8) 1980 NFL 11 (6) Career 91 (26)	Points Scored 1977 NFL 78 (9) Career 546 (139)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1977 NFL 13 (2) 1980 NFL 11 (6) Career 90 (29)	Non-Offensive TDs 1978 NFL 1 (6)
Yds From Scrimmage 1977 NFL 1280 (8) 1978 NFL 1703 (2) 1979 NFL 1482 (9) 1980 NFL 1448 (9) 1981 NFL 1971 (2/66) 1982 NFL 924 (7) 1983 NFL 1608 (7) 1984 NFL 1648 (7) 1985 NFL 1756 (6) Career 16293 (10)	All-Purpose Yds 1978 NFL 1703 (4) 1981 NFL 1971 (3) 1982 NFL 924 (10) 1983 NFL 1608 (8) 1984 NFL 1648 (8) 1985 NFL 1756 (10) Career 16293 (16)	Total Offense Career 12780 (126)	Touches 1978 NFL 327 (3) 1979 NFL 295 (9) 1980 NFL 312 (7) 1981 NFL 374 (5/98) 1982 NFL 201 (2) 1983 NFL 329 (9) 1984 NFL 353 (6) 1985 NFL 351 (5) Career 3334 (11)
Playoff Games Career 17 (140)	Playoff Games Started Career 17 (63)	Fumbles 1978 NFL 12 (1) 1981 NFL 10 (9) 1982 NFL 6 (10) 1984 NFL 12 (7) Career 90 (21)	Fumbles Recovered 1978 NFL 4 (10) Career 17 (163)
Fumble Return Yds 1978 NFL 54 (5)	Fumble Return TD 1978 NFL 1 (2/41)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1977	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1978	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1981	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1981	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1981	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1981	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1981	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1981	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1981	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1982	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1982	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1982	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1983	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1983	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1977	23	14	RB	207	101	3	4
1978	24	16	RB	224	83	3	6
1979	25	14	RB	190	44	14	33
1980	26	15	RB	211	83	7	11
1981	27	16	RB	233	87	9	15
1982	28	9	RB	122	78	9	19
1983	29	16	RB	215	64	9	26
1984	30	16	RB	205	82	8	18
1985	31	16	RB	236	85	6	8
1986	32	13	RB	138		26
1987	33	12	RB	75		43
1988	34	16	RB	119		30
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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, William Andrews, Billy Sims, Adrian Peterson, Terrell Davis, Alan Ameche, Clinton Portis, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell
4	Billy Sims, Barry Sanders, Jim Brown, Alan Ameche, William Andrews, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Marcus Allen*, Ricky Watters, Clinton Portis
5	Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Alan Ameche, Ricky Watters, Eddie George, Billy Sims, Marshall Faulk, Marcus Allen, Lenny Moore, Curtis Martin
6	Jim Brown, Ricky Watters, Lenny Moore, Roger Craig, Franco Harris, Alan Ameche, Barry Sanders, Eric Dickerson, Curtis Martin, Marcus Allen*
7	Jim Brown, Ricky Watters, Roger Craig, Curtis Martin, Franco Harris, Barry Sanders, Lenny Moore, Eric Dickerson, Marcus Allen*, Eddie George
8	Ricky Watters, Curtis Martin, Jim Brown, Franco Harris, Roger Craig, Barry Sanders, Eric Dickerson, Walter Payton, Eddie George, Warrick Dunn
9	Ricky Watters, Curtis Martin, Jim Brown, Franco Harris, Warrick Dunn, Walter Payton, Roger Craig, Lenny Moore, Barry Sanders, Eric Dickerson*
10	Curtis Martin, Ricky Watters, Franco Harris, Walter Payton, Jim Brown, Warrick Dunn, Roger Craig, Lenny Moore*, Fred Taylor, James Brooks
11	Curtis Martin, Franco Harris, Ricky Watters, Warrick Dunn, Lenny Moore, Jim Brown, Walter Payton*, Roger Craig, Fred Taylor, James Brooks
12	Curtis Martin, Franco Harris, Warrick Dunn, Ricky Watters, Lenny Moore, Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Roger Craig, Fred Taylor, Marcus Allen
Career	Curtis Martin, Ricky Watters, Franco Harris, Jim Brown, Warrick Dunn, Lenny Moore, Roger Craig, Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Eric Dickerson*