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Player Bio   Top
Anthony Drew Dorsett Position: HB/RB Height: 5' 11''  Weight: 191 Born: 4/7/1954, in Rochester, PA, USA High School: Hopewell (Aliquippa, PA) College: University of Pittsburgh Drafted: 1977, Round 1, Pick 2 (2 Overall) by Dallas Cowboys
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) *****Hall of Fame***** Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1977 23 DAL NFL 14 1 1 100.0 34 34.00 34 0 0 0 0 118.8 194   208 1007 4.8 12 84t   29 273 9.4 1 23   7 0 0 0 0 1978 24 DAL NFL 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 61   290 1325 4.6 7 63   37 378 10.2 2 91t   12 4 0 54 1 1979 25 DAL NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   250 1107 4.4 6 41   45 375 8.3 1 32   9 1 0 0 0 1980 26 DAL NFL 15 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 54   278 1185 4.3 11 56   34 263 7.7 0 27   8 1 0 0 0 1981 27 DAL NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   342 1646 4.8 4 75t   32 325 10.2 2 73t   10 2 0 0 0 1982 28 DAL NFL 9 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 54   177 745 4.2 5 99t   24 179 7.5 0 18   6 1 0 0 0 1983 29 DAL NFL 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 52   289 1321 4.6 8 77   40 287 7.2 1 24   5 1 0 0 0 1984 30 DAL NFL 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0   302 1189 3.9 6 31t   51 459 9.0 1 68t   12 1 0 -21 0 1985 31 DAL NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   305 1307 4.3 7 60t   46 449 9.8 3 56t   7 3 0 0 0 1986 32 DAL NFL 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   184 748 4.1 5 33   25 267 10.7 1 36t   5 2 0 0 0 1987 33 DAL NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   130 456 3.5 1 24   19 177 9.3 1 33   3 0 0 0 0 1988 34 DEN NFL 16 2 1 50.0 7 3.50 7t 1 0 0 0 97.9 134   181 703 3.9 5 26   16 122 7.6 0 16   6 1 0 0 0 12 NFL Season Totals   173 8 2 25.0 41 5.13 0 1 1 0 0 48.4     2936 12739 4.3 77 0   398 3554 8.9 13 0   90 17 0 33 1 Awards 1981 - UPI NFC Player of the Year 1977 - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year - UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year 1976 - Heisman Trophy Winner
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Rush Att 1. Emmitt Smith 4409 2. Walter Payton 3838 3. Curtis Martin 3518 4. Jerome Bettis 3479 5. Barry Sanders 3062 . . . . . 10. Tony Dorsett 2936 Career Rush Yds 1. Emmitt Smith 18355 2. Walter Payton 16726 3. Barry Sanders 15269 4. Curtis Martin 14101 5. Jerome Bettis 13662 . . . . . 7. Tony Dorsett 12739 Career Rush Avg 1. Jim Brown 5.219 2. Gale Sayers 5.001 3. Barry Sanders 4.987 4. Napoleon Kaufman 4.900 5. Paul Lowe 4.868 . . . . . 49. Tony Dorsett 4.339 Minimum 800 Att. Career Rush TD 1. Emmitt Smith 164 2. Ladainian Tomlinson* 126 3. Marcus Allen 123 4. Walter Payton 110 5. Jim Brown 106 . . . . . 20. Tony Dorsett 77 Career Rec/TD 1. Ottis Anderson 75.20 2. Tony Galbreath 54.44 3. Michael Pittman* 53.13 4. Tiki Barber 48.83 5. Curtis Martin 48.40 . . . . . 18. Tony Dorsett 30.62 Minimum 350 Rec.   1981 - UPI NFC Player of the Year 1977 - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year - UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year 1976 - Heisman Trophy Winner
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