Scott Dierking
Scott Edward Dierking
Born: May 24, 1955
Great Lakes Naval Base, IL USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 218
College: Purdue
High School: West Chicago (IL)
Career: 1977-1984
Drafted: 1977 in Round 4, #90 overall by the New York Jets
Scott Dierking played from 1977 to 1984 during his career with the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Dierking ran for 2,915 yards in his career on 734 attempts, scoring 18 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 124 passes for 1,028 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL New York Jets | 79 | 315 | 4.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Jets | 170 | 681 | 4.0 | 26 | 4 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Jets | 186 | 767 | 4.1 | 40 | 3 |
| 1980 | NFL New York Jets | 156 | 567 | 3.6 | 15 | 6 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Jets | 74 | 328 | 4.4 | 15 | 1 |
| 1982 | NFL New York Jets | 38 | 130 | 3.4 | 11 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL New York Jets | 28 | 113 | 4.0 | 31 | 3 |
| 1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 734 | 2915 | 4.0 | 40 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL New York Jets | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 15 | 1 |
| 1978 | NFL New York Jets | 19 | 152 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Jets | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 27 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL New York Jets | 19 | 138 | 7.3 | 22 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Jets | 26 | 228 | 8.8 | 23 | 1 |
| 1982 | NFL New York Jets | 12 | 80 | 6.7 | 13 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL New York Jets | 33 | 275 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Totals | 124 | 1028 | 8.3 | 27 | 5 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL New York Jets | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1977 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1978 | NFL New York Jets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1979 | NFL New York Jets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1980 | NFL New York Jets | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1982 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1983 | NFL New York Jets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL | New York Jets | 14 | 5 |
| 1978 | NFL | New York Jets | 15 | 13 |
| 1979 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 14 |
| 1980 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 13 |
| 1981 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 4 |
| 1982 | NFL | New York Jets | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 1 |
| 1984 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8 | 2 |
