Donnie Shell
Donnie Shell
Born: August 26, 1952
Whitmire, SC USA
Position: DB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190
College: South Carolina St.
High School: Whitmire (SC)
Career: 1974-1987
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020
Donnie Shell played from 1974 to 1987 during his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Shell intercepted 51 passes for 490 yards in his career.
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Receiving:
Punt Returns:
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1974 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1975 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
1976 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 20 | 0 |
1979 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
1980 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 135 | 19.3 | 67 | 0 |
1981 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 25 | 0 |
1982 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 18 | 0 |
1983 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 18 | 0 |
1984 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 52 | 1 |
1985 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 26 | 0 |
1986 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
1987 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 1 |
Totals | 51 | 490 | 9.6 | 67 | 2 |
Sacks:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1974 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1975 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1976 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
1979 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1980 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
1981 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1982 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1983 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1985 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1987 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 47 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1984 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1987 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1974 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
1975 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 2 |
1976 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
1977 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 12 |
1978 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 |
1979 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 |
1980 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 |
1981 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 14 |
1982 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 9 |
1983 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 |
1984 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 |
1985 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 |
1986 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 15 |
1987 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 13 |
Honors
1978 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1978 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1979 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1980 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1981 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1981 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1982 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1982 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1982 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)