Scott Dierking
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | May 24, 1955 Naval Station Great Lakes (IL) | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 222 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | West Chicago (IL) Community | ||||||||||||
| College: | Purdue | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1977 / Round: 4 / Pick: 90 | ||||||||||||
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Scott Dierking (born May 24, 1955) is a former running back in the National Football League. He played for the New York Jets from 1977-1983 after being drafted in Round 4 of the 1977 NFL Draft.
College career[]
Before his NFL career, he played for Purdue University. In 1976, Dierking was named First Team All-Big Ten Conference.
Statistics[]
Source:[1]
| Season | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
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| Att | Yards | Avg | Yds/G | TD | Rec | Yards | TD | ||
| 1973 | 33 | 170 | 5.2 | 15.5 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | |
| 1974 | 164 | 779 | 4.8 | 70.8 | 5 | 10 | 186 | 0 | |
| 1975 | 180 | 914 | 5.1 | 83.1 | 7 | 9 | 125 | 0 | |
| 1976 | 201 | 1,000 | 5.0 | 90.9 | 11 | 8 | 92 | 0 | |
| NCAA Career Totals | 578 | 2,863 | 5.0 | 65.1 | 25 | 29 | 436 | 0 | |
During his playing career, he was sometimes referred to as the human "coke machine" because of his build and toughness.
Personal life[]
His son, Dan Dierking, attended Wheaton Warrenville South High School in Wheaton, Illinois where he broke several of Harold "Red" Grange's records and carried his 2006 football team to a state championship. Thus he won 2006 Illinois Player of the Year Awards. He attended Purdue University on a full-ride scholarship as a running back/full back. He was the team's starting FB for the 2009 season, was Purdue's finest cover man on special teams and was voted team captain for the 2010 season.
References[]
- ^ "Scott Dierking". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
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