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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)

Career AV: 14 (5410th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round (48th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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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 PIT 38 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 1
1978 24 PIT 38 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 3
1979 25 PIT RB 38 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 6
1980 26 PIT rb 38 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 3
1981 27 PIT rb 38 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 2
1982 28 PIT 38 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 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 15

Kick & Punt Returns

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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 24 PIT 38 16 0 1 37 0 37 37.0 367
1980 26 PIT rb 38 12 5 1 15 0 15 15.0 471
1981 27 PIT rb 38 16 6 1 1 0 1 1.0 281
Career 74 21 3 53 0 37 17.7 2080

Defense & Fumbles

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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 PIT 38 13 0 1 0 0 0
1978 24 PIT 38 16 0 3 1 0 0
1979 25 PIT RB 38 13 10 7 1 0 0
1980 26 PIT rb 38 12 5 5 1 0 0
1981 27 PIT rb 38 16 6 6 1 0 0
Career 74 21 22 4 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1977 23 PIT 38 13 0 2 2 12
1978 24 PIT 38 16 0 2 1 3 18
1979 25 PIT RB 38 13 10 6 4 10 60
1980 26 PIT rb 38 12 5 3 1 4 24
1981 27 PIT rb 38 16 6 4 4 24
1982 28 PIT 38 4 0 1 1 6
Career 74 21 18 6 24 144

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Long Rush

1979 NFL 75 (5)

Yds/Rushing Att

1979 NFL 5.0 (2)

Yds/Touch

1979 NFL 6.1 (10)

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

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1977 23 13 RB 23 110
1978 24 16 RB 51 84
1979 25 13 RB 142 25
1980 26 12 RB 70 65
1981 27 16 RB 52 76
1982 28 4 RB 10 104
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