Dirt Winston
Dennis Edward Winston
Born: October 25, 1955
Forrest City, PA USA
Position: LB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 228
College: Arkansas
High School: Lee (Marianna, AR)
Career: 1977-1986
Drafted: 1977 in Round 5, #132 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Dirt Winston played from 1977 to 1986 during his career with the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers. Winston accounted for 24 points in his professional career.
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Kick Returns:
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 41 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 47 | 2 |
| Totals | 13 | 165 | 12.7 | 47 | 3 |
Sacks:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| 1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1984 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1986 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 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 |
| 1979 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1980 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1984 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 4 |
| 1978 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 11 |
| 1980 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 3 |
| 1981 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 4 |
| 1982 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 16 |
| 1984 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 16 |
| 1985 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 2 | 1 |
| 1985 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 0 |
