Maurice Turner | |
Number: | 24, 20, 42 |
Position: | Running back |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1960 |
Birth Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lb: | 200 |
High School: | Layton (Layton, Utah) |
College: | Utah State |
Draftyear: | 1983 |
Draftround: | 12 |
Draftpick: | 325 |
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Statlabel1: | Returns yards |
Statvalue1: | 82 |
Pfr: | TurnMa21 |
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]