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Don Shy

Donald Fredric Shy

Position: RB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: November 15, 1945 in Cleveland, OH
College: San Diego State

Career AV: 20 (4334th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round (35th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

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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
1967 22 PIT HB 25 14 0 99 341 4 33 3.4 24.4 7.1 12 152 12.7 1 55 0.9 10.9 493 5 5 6
1968 23 PIT 25 13 0 35 106 1 39 3.0 8.2 2.7 13 106 8.2 0 21 1.0 8.2 212 1 1 1
1969 24 NOR 28 14 0 21 75 1 22 3.6 5.4 1.5 9 141 15.7 1 70 0.6 10.1 216 2 2 1
1970 25 CHI 24 8 0 79 227 1 45 2.9 28.4 9.9 10 149 14.9 0 64 1.3 18.6 376 1 3 4
1971 26 CHI RB 24 11 0 116 420 2 21 3.6 38.2 10.5 19 163 8.6 0 25 1.7 14.8 583 2 3 4
1972 27 CHI rb 24 13 0 91 342 1 22 3.8 26.3 7.0 10 109 10.9 0 28 0.8 8.4 451 1 5 4
1973 28 STL RET 31 11 0 16 66 0 18 4.1 6.0 1.5 3 15 5.0 1 6 0.3 1.4 81 1 1 2
Career 84 0 457 1577 10 45 3.5 18.8 5.4 76 835 11.0 3 70 0.9 9.9 2412 13 20 22
3 yrs CHI 32 0 286 989 4 45 3.5 30.9 8.9 39 421 10.8 0 64 1.2 13.2 1410 4 11 12
2 yrs PIT 27 0 134 447 5 39 3.3 16.6 5.0 25 258 10.3 1 55 0.9 9.6 705 6 6 7
1 yr CRD 11 0 16 66 0 18 4.1 6.0 1.5 3 15 5.0 1 6 0.3 1.4 81 1 1 2
1 yr NOR 14 0 21 75 1 22 3.6 5.4 1.5 9 141 15.7 1 70 0.6 10.1 216 2 2 1

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
1967 22 PIT HB 25 14 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 21 473 0 45 22.5 961
1968 23 PIT 25 13 0 28 682 0 90 24.4 894
1969 24 NOR 28 14 0 16 447 0 57 27.9 663
1973 28 STL RET 31 11 0 16 445 1 97 27.8 526
Career 84 0 1 -5 0 0 -5.0 81 2047 1 97 25.3 4454
2 yrs PIT 27 0 1 -5 0 0 -5.0 49 1155 0 90 23.6 1855
1 yr CRD 11 0 16 445 1 97 27.8 526
1 yr NOR 14 0 16 447 0 57 27.9 663

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
1967 22 PIT HB 25 14 0 5 2 0 0
1968 23 PIT 25 13 0 1 1 0 0
1969 24 NOR 28 14 0 2 2 0 0
1970 25 CHI 24 8 0 3 0 0 0
1971 26 CHI RB 24 11 0 3 0 0 0
1972 27 CHI rb 24 13 0 5 0 0 0
1973 28 STL RET 31 11 0 1 0 0 0
Career 84 0 20 5 0 0
3 yrs CHI 32 0 11 0 0 0
2 yrs PIT 27 0 6 3 0 0
1 yr CRD 11 0 1 0 0 0
1 yr NOR 14 0 2 2 0 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1971 26 CHI RB 24 11 0 1 1 100.0 23 1 100.0 0 0.0 23 23.0 43.0 23.0 2.1 158.3 1 5 9.0 19.0 50.0
Career 84 0 1 1 100.0 23 1 100.0 0 0.0 23 23.0 43.0 23.0 0.3 158.3 1 5 9.0 19.0 50.0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1967 22 PIT HB 25 14 0 4 1 5 30
1968 23 PIT 25 13 0 1 1 6
1969 24 NOR 28 14 0 1 1 2 12
1970 25 CHI 24 8 0 1 1 6
1971 26 CHI RB 24 11 0 2 2 12
1972 27 CHI rb 24 13 0 1 1 6
1973 28 STL RET 31 11 0 1 1 2 12
Career 84 0 10 3 1 14 84
3 yrs CHI 32 0 4 4 24
2 yrs PIT 27 0 5 1 6 36
1 yr CRD 11 0 1 1 2 12
1 yr NOR 14 0 1 1 2 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Yds/Touch

1967 NFL 7.2 (7)

Kick Returns

1968 NFL 28 (5)

Kick Return Yds

1968 NFL 682 (5)

Kick Return TD

1973 NFL 1 (2/58)
Career 1 (108)

Long Kick Return

1968 NFL 90 (5)
1973 NFL 97 (4)

Yds/Kick Return

1968 NFL 24.4 (9)
1969 NFL 27.9 (4)
1973 NFL 27.8 (7)
Career 25.3 (50)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1968 NFL 682 (9)

Fumbles

1967 NFL 5 (10)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 25 8 RB 44 62
1971 26 11 RB 77 46
1972 27 13 RB 51 59
1973 28 11 RB 14 101
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