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Sidney Thornton
Sidney Thornton
Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: September 2, 1954 in New Orleans, LA
College: Northwest State (LA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round (48th overall) of the 1977 Draft
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View Details For: 24 Regular Season and 1 Playoff TDs Scored
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1977 | 23 | PIT | 13 | 0 | 27 | 103 | 2 | 18 | 3.8 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 108 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 24 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 71 | 264 | 2 | 27 | 3.7 | 16.5 | 4.4 | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 1 | 24 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 330 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1979 | 25 | PIT | RB | 13 | 10 | 118 | 585 | 6 | 75 | 5.0 | 45.0 | 9.1 | 16 | 231 | 14.4 | 4 | 32 | 1.2 | 17.8 | 816 | 10 | 7 |
| 1980 | 26 | PIT | rb | 12 | 5 | 78 | 325 | 3 | 28 | 4.2 | 27.1 | 6.5 | 15 | 131 | 8.7 | 1 | 29 | 1.3 | 10.9 | 456 | 4 | 5 |
| 1981 | 27 | PIT | rb | 16 | 6 | 56 | 202 | 4 | 17 | 3.6 | 12.6 | 3.5 | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 0 | 30 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 280 | 4 | 6 |
| 1982 | 28 | PIT | 4 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career | 74 | 21 | 356 | 1512 | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 20.4 | 4.8 | 46 | 515 | 11.2 | 6 | 32 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 2027 | 24 | 22 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1978 | 24 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 37.0 | 367 | ||||||
| 1980 | 26 | PIT | rb | 12 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 471 | |||||
| 1981 | 27 | PIT | rb | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 281 | |||||
| Career | 74 | 21 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 37 | 17.7 | 2080 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1977 | 23 | PIT | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 24 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1979 | 25 | PIT | RB | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 26 | PIT | rb | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1981 | 27 | PIT | rb | 16 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 74 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 23 | PIT | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 24 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 25 | PIT | RB | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60 | |||||||||
| 1980 | 26 | PIT | rb | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1981 | 27 | PIT | rb | 16 | 6 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1982 | 28 | PIT | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 74 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 144 |
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)