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DONNIE SHELL

Shell, Donnie
Height: 5-11 Weight: 198
Born: August 26, 1952 Whitmire, SC
High School: Whitmire (SC)

Year	College	Status
1970	South Carolina State
1971	South Carolina State
1972	South Carolina State
1973	South Carolina State	Played

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1974 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	LS-RCB	14	1
1975 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	LS	14	2
1976 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	LS-RS	14	0
1977 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	LS-RS	12	12
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	SS	16	16
1979 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	SS	16	16
1980 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	SS	16	16
1981 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	SS	14	14
1982 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	SS	9	9
1983 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	SS	16	16
1984 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	21	SS	16	16
1985 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	SS	16	16
1986 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	21	SS	15	15
1987 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	31	SS	13	13
14 Years (NFL)			201	162

AWARDS
1979 Associated Press All-NFL
1979 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1979 Pro Bowl All-AFC
1979 The Sporting News All-AFC
1980 Associated Press All-NFL
1980 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1980 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1980 The Sporting News All-NFL
1980 Pro Bowl All-AFC
1980 Pro Football Weekly All-AFC
1980 United Press International All-AFC
1981 Pro Bowl All-AFC
1982 Associated Press All-NFL
1982 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1982 Pro Bowl All-AFC
2020 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME (Centennial)
2020 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1	0	0					0	0		-	0	6
1984 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1	0	0					0	0		-	0	6
1987 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	2	0	0					0	0		-	0	12
Career Totals (NFL)	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1975 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)		2		39	19.5	20	0			0	0
Career Totals (NFL)		2		39	19.5	20	0		1	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1974 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1	0	0.0	0	0
1975 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1	29	29.0	29	0
1976 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1	4	4.0	4	0
1977 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	3	14	4.7	8	0
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	3	21	7.0	20	0
1979 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	5	10	2.0	8	0
1980 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	7	135	19.3	67	0
1981 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	5	52	10.4	25	0
1982 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	5	27	5.4	18	0
1983 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	5	18	3.6	18	0
1984 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	7	61	8.7	52t	1
1985 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	4	40	10.0	26	0
1986 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	3	29	9.7	17	0
1987 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1	50	50.0	50t	1
Career Totals (NFL)	51	490	9.6	67	2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1	0	6	6.0	6	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)	1	0	6	6.0	6	0	0	0	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
1976 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1.5
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	3.0
1979 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	4.0
1982 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	1.0
Career Totals (NFL)	9.5

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1974 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1975 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1976 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1977 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	5	5	21	1
1979 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
1980 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
1981 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
1982 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1983 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1985 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
1987 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)	0	0	0	1	1	19	1
Career Totals (NFL)	0	0	0	19	19	47	2

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