Donnie Shell

Donnie Shell

Position: DB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 lbs.

Born: August 26, 1952 in Whitmire, SC
College: South Carolina St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 90 (249th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Hall of Fame finalist in 2002

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Fine Details · Last updated May 24, 2013 5:25AM

All-Time Rank: #308. Dave Brown… #309. Jim Langer… #310. Isaac Curtis… #311. DONNIE SHELL… #312. Ahman Green… #313. Tom Fears… #314. Steve McMichael…

All-Time Rank: #308. Dave Brown… #309. Jim Langer… #310. Isaac Curtis… #311. DONNIE SHELL… #312. Ahman Green… #313. Tom Fears… #314. Steve McMichael…

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	AV
1974	22	PIT		31	14			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				2
1975	23	PIT	db	31	14	2		1	29	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0				3
1976	24	PIT		31	14	0		1	4	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0				2
1977	25	PIT	SS	31	12	12		3	14	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0				6
1978*	26	PIT	SS	31	16	16		3	21	0	20	0	0	0	5	21	1				11
1979*+	27	PIT	SS	31	16	16		5	10	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0				14
1980*+	28	PIT	SS	31	16	16		7	135	0	67	0	0	0	1	7	0				13
1981*	29	PIT	SS	31	14	14		5	52	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0				10
1982*+	30	PIT	SS	31	9	9	1.0	5	27	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0				16
1983	31	PIT	SS	31	16	16		5	18	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0				8
1984	32	PIT	SS	31	16	16		7	61	1	52	0									9
1985	33	PIT	SS	31	16	16		4	40	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0				8
1986	34	PIT	SS	31	15	15		3	29	0	17	0									7
1987	35	PIT	SS	31	13	13		1	50	1	50	0	0	0	1	19	1				7
Career					201	161	1.0	51	490	2	67	0	0	0	19	47	2				116

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1975	23	PIT	db	31	14	2	2	39	19.5	0	20	0.1	2.8								39	0	0
Career					201	161	2	39	19.5	0	20	0.0	0.2								39	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1978*	26	PIT	SS	31	16	16	1	6	0	6	6.0						6
Career					201	161	1	6	0	6	6.0						45

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	Pts
1978*	26	PIT	SS	31	16	16	1		1	6
1984	32	PIT	SS	31	16	16		1	1	6
1987	35	PIT	SS	31	13	13	1	1	2	12
Career					201	161	2	2	4	24

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	David Tate, Lee Nelson, Gerald McBurrows, Tod McBride, Kevin Mathis, Neal Colzie, Tim Collier, Dre' Bly, Autry Beamon, Jim Leonhard
4	Kevin Mathis, Autry Beamon, Herb Christopher, Corey Chavous, Matt Darby, Dana Hall, Tim Jennings, Ken Irvin, Travis Daniels, Steve Wilson
5	Tom Janik, Larry Vargo, Darryll Lewis, Rick Byas, Jerry Azumah, John Lynch, Hagood Clarke, Fred Glick, Steve Freeman, Jeff Wright
6	Nnamdi Asomugha, Pat Thomas, Rodney Harrison, Scott Case, Pat Fischer, Bob Sanders, Robert Griffith, Dainard Paulson, Fred Marion, Rod Perry
7	Nnamdi Asomugha, Bill Bradley, Jerry Gray, Patrick Surtain, Eric Davis, Will Sherman, Pat Thomas, David Fulcher, Darren Sharper, Willie Brown*
8	Charles Woodson, Asante Samuel, Nolan Cromwell, Glen Edwards, George Saimes, Jerry Gray, Bill Bradley, Dave Duerson, Dave Grayson, John Lynch
9	Deron Cherry, John Lynch, Kenny Easley, Johnny Robinson, Charles Woodson, Joey Browner, Nolan Cromwell, LeRoy Irvin, Frank Minnifield, Don R. Paul
10	John Lynch, Deron Cherry, Joey Browner, Chris McAlister, Don R. Paul, Nolan Cromwell, Johnny Robinson, Brian Dawkins, Jerry Norton, Charles Woodson
11	John Lynch, Deron Cherry, Chris McAlister, Charles Woodson, Nolan Cromwell, Don R. Paul, Jimmy Johnson*, Cliff Harris, Darren Woodson, Brian Dawkins
12	John Lynch, Cliff Harris, Charles Woodson, Deron Cherry, Gary Fencik, Brian Dawkins, Darren Woodson, Chris McAlister, Nolan Cromwell, Carnell Lake
13	John Lynch, Cliff Harris, Carnell Lake, Charles Woodson, Brian Dawkins, Darren Woodson, Gary Fencik, Larry Wilson*, Deron Cherry, Troy Vincent
14	John Lynch, Carnell Lake, Larry Wilson*, Erich Barnes, Brian Dawkins, Ty Law, Cliff Harris, Darren Woodson, Eddie Meador, Eric Allen
Career	John Lynch, Carnell Lake, Larry Wilson*, Erich Barnes, Cliff Harris, Darren Woodson, Brian Dawkins, Eddie Meador, Darren Sharper, Ty Law

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982	First-Team All-Pro 1979 1980 1982	Non-Offensive TDs 1978 NFL 1 (6) 1987 NFL 2 (1) Career 4 (196)	Playoff Games Career 19 (75)
Fumbles Recovered 1978 NFL 5 (4) Career 19 (109)	Fumble Return TD 1978 NFL 1 (2) 1987 NFL 1 (1) Career 2 (39)	Interceptions 1980 NFL 7 (5) 1982 NFL 5 (2) 1984 NFL 7 (4) Career 51 (32)	Intercept. Ret. Yds 1980 NFL 135 (5) Career 490 (159)
Intercept. Ret. TD 1984 NFL 1 (9) 1987 NFL 1 (2)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1978	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1978	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1980	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1980	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1981	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1981	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1982	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.

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