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Donnie Shell

Donnie Shell

Position: DB

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: August 26, 1952 in Whitmire, SC

College: South Carolina St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 91 (241st overall since 1960)

High School: Whitmire (SC)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2020 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

G

201

AV

118

Int

51

Yds

490

TD

2

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty	AV
1974	22	PIT		31	14	1	1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0	0.0		2
1975	23	PIT		31	14	2	1	29	0	29			0	1	0	0	0.0		3
1976	24	PIT		31	14	0	1	4	0	4			0	1	0	0	1.5		5
1977	25	PIT	SS	31	12	12	3	14	0	8			0	1	0	0	0.0		5
1978*	26	PIT	SS	31	16	16	3	21	0	20			0	5	21	1	3.0		11
1979*+	27	PIT	SS	31	16	16	5	10	0	8			0	2	0	0	4.0		14
1980*+	28	PIT	SS	31	16	16	7	135	0	67			0	1	7	0	0.0		12
1981*	29	PIT	SS	31	14	14	5	52	0	25			0	2	0	0	0.0		11
1982*+	30	PIT	SS	31	9	9	5	27	0	18			0	1	0	0	1.0		17
1983	31	PIT	SS	31	16	16	5	18	0	18			0	1	0	0	0.0		8
1984	32	PIT	SS	31	16	16	7	61	1	52							0.0		8
1985	33	PIT	SS	31	16	16	4	40	0	26			0	2	0	0	0.0		8
1986	34	PIT	SS	31	15	15	3	29	0	17							0.0		7
1987	35	PIT	SS	31	13	13	1	50	1	50			0	1	19	1	0.0		7
Career					201	162	51	490	2	67			0	19	47	2	9.5		118

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1974	22	PIT	DB	3	0
1975	23	PIT	DB	3	0
1976	24	PIT	DB	2	0
1977	25	PIT	SS	1	1											0.0
1978*	26	PIT	SS	3	3	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5
1979*+	27	PIT	SS	3	3						0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1982*+	30	PIT	SS	1	1											0.0
1983	31	PIT	SS	1	1											0.0
1984	32	PIT	SS	2	2	1	18	0	18	0						0.0
Career				19	8	2	23	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.5

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Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1975	23	PIT		31	14	2	2	39	19.5	0	20	0.1	2.8								2	19.5	39	0	0
Career					201	162	2	39	19.5	0	20	0.0	0.2								2	19.5	39	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		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						48
Career					201	162	1	6	0	6	6.0						582

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
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	162					2	2		4			0						24

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