Maurice Turner (American football)
Appearance
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Position: | Running back | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Salt Lake City, Utah | September 10, 1960||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||
Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Layton (Layton, Utah) | ||||
College: | Utah State | ||||
NFL draft: | 1983 / Round: 12 / Pick: 325 | ||||
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Maurice Antoine Turner is a former running back in the National Football League. He was drafted in the twelfth round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings and would play with the team during the 1984 NFL season before splitting the following season between the Vikings and the Green Bay Packers.[1] After a year away from the NFL, he was a member of the New York Jets during the 1987 NFL season.
His youngest son, Billy Turner, was an All-American offensive lineman at North Dakota State, and is currently playing as an offensive tackle for the New York Jets. His oldest son, Bryan Kehl, is a former NFL linebacker.[2]
References
- ^ "Maurice Turner Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ Kinkhabwala, Aditi (September 10, 2010). "An Adopted Linebacker With an Unlikely Story". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
Categories:
- Minnesota Vikings players
- Green Bay Packers players
- New York Jets players
- American football running backs
- Players of American football from Salt Lake City
- Utah State Aggies football players
- 1960 births
- Living people
- National Football League replacement players
- American football running back, 1960s birth stubs