Ottis Anderson

Ottis Jerome Anderson (twitter: @OJAnderson24)

Position: RB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 220 lbs.

Born: January 19, 1957 in West Palm Beach, FL
College: Miami (FL) (school history)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 80 (386th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 26, 2013 4:25AM

All-Time Rank: #345. Ray Childress… #346. Arnie Weinmeister… #347. George Connor… #348. OTTIS ANDERSON… #349. Ron Mix… #350. Cliff Harris… #351. Dennis Harrah…

All-Time Rank: #345. Ray Childress… #346. Arnie Weinmeister… #347. George Connor… #348. OTTIS ANDERSON… #349. Ron Mix… #350. Cliff Harris… #351. Dennis Harrah…

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1979*+	22	STL	RB	32	16	16	331	1605	8	76	4.8	100.3	20.7	41	308	7.5	2	28	2.6	19.3	1913	10	10	13
1980*	23	STL	RB	32	16	16	301	1352	9	52	4.5	84.5	18.8	36	308	8.6	0	35	2.3	19.3	1660	9	5	11
1981	24	STL	RB	32	16	16	328	1376	9	28	4.2	86.0	20.5	51	387	7.6	0	27	3.2	24.2	1763	9	13	13
1982	25	STL	RB	32	8	8	145	587	3	64	4.0	73.4	18.1	14	106	7.6	0	19	1.8	13.3	693	3	2	8
1983	26	STL	RB	32	15	15	296	1270	5	43	4.3	84.7	19.7	54	459	8.5	1	40	3.6	30.6	1729	6	10	13
1984	27	STL	RB	32	15	15	289	1174	6	24	4.1	78.3	19.3	70	611	8.7	2	57	4.7	40.7	1785	8	8	14
1985	28	STL	RB	32	9	8	117	479	4	38	4.1	53.2	13.0	23	225	9.8	0	43	2.6	25.0	704	4	3	4
1986	29	2TM			12	3	75	237	3	16	3.2	19.8	6.3	19	137	7.2	0	19	1.6	11.4	374	3	2	3
		STL	rb	32	4	3	51	156	2	14	3.1	39.0	12.8	10	91	9.1	0	19	2.5	22.8	247	2	2	2
		NYG		24	8	0	24	81	1	16	3.4	10.1	3.0	9	46	5.1	0	12	1.1	5.8	127	1	0	1
1987	30	NYG		24	4	0	2	6	0	4	3.0	1.5	0.5	2	16	8.0	0	9	0.5	4.0	22	0	0	0
1988	31	NYG		24	16	0	65	208	8	11	3.2	13.0	4.1	9	57	6.3	0	13	0.6	3.6	265	8	0	2
1989	32	NYG	RB	24	16	16	325	1023	14	36	3.1	63.9	20.3	28	268	9.6	0	26	1.8	16.8	1291	14	2	9
1990	33	NYG	RB	24	16	11	225	784	11	28	3.5	49.0	14.1	18	139	7.7	0	18	1.1	8.7	923	11	1	6
1991	34	NYG	rb	24	10	1	53	141	1	9	2.7	14.1	5.3	11	41	3.7	0	13	1.1	4.1	182	1	0	1
1992	35	NYG		24	13	0	10	31	0	6	3.1	2.4	0.8								31	0	0	0
Career					182	125	2562	10273	81	76	4.0	56.4	14.1	376	3062	8.1	5	57	2.1	16.8	13335	86	56	97
8 yrs		STL			99	97	1858	7999	46	76	4.3	80.8	18.8	299	2495	8.3	5	57	3.0	25.2	10494	51	53	78
7 yrs		NYG			83	28	704	2274	35	36	3.2	27.4	8.5	77	567	7.4	0	26	0.9	6.8	2841	35	3	19

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1979*+	22	STL	RB	32	16	16							0	10	1	0	0
1980*	23	STL	RB	32	16	16							0	5	4	0	0
1981	24	STL	RB	32	16	16							0	13	3	0	0
1982	25	STL	RB	32	8	8							0	2	1	0	0
1983	26	STL	RB	32	15	15							0	10	3	0	0
1984	27	STL	RB	32	15	15							0	8	1	0	0
1985	28	STL	RB	32	9	8							0	3	1	0	0
1986	29	2TM			12	3							0	2	0	0	0
		STL	rb	32	4	3							0	2	0	0	0
1988	31	NYG		24	16	0							0	0	1	5	0
1989	32	NYG	RB	24	16	16							0	2	0	0	0
1990	33	NYG	RB	24	16	11							0	1	2	22	0
Career					182	125							0	56	17	27	0
8 yrs		STL			99	97							0	53	14	0	0
7 yrs		NYG			83	28							0	3	3	27	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
1979*+	22	STL	RB	32	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Career					182	125		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1979*+	22	STL	RB	32	16	16	8	2	10	60
1980*	23	STL	RB	32	16	16	9		9	54
1981	24	STL	RB	32	16	16	9		9	54
1982	25	STL	RB	32	8	8	3		3	18
1983	26	STL	RB	32	15	15	5	1	6	36
1984	27	STL	RB	32	15	15	6	2	8	48
1985	28	STL	RB	32	9	8	4		4	24
1986	29	2TM			12	3	3		3	18
		STL	rb	32	4	3	2		2	12
		NYG		24	8	0	1		1	6
1988	31	NYG		24	16	0	8		8	48
1989	32	NYG	RB	24	16	16	14		14	84
1990	33	NYG	RB	24	16	11	11		11	66
1991	34	NYG	rb	24	10	1	1		1	6
Career					182	125	81	5	86	516
8 yrs		STL			99	97	46	5	51	306
7 yrs		NYG			83	28	35		35	210

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Curtis Martin*, Maurice Jones-Drew, John Brockington, Herschel Walker, Eddie George, Joe Cribbs, Domanick Williams, Alan Ameche, Terry Metcalf, Adrian Peterson
4	Joe Cribbs, John Brockington, Maurice Jones-Drew, Sherman Smith, Curtis Martin, Herschel Walker, Terry Metcalf, Franco Harris, Marshall Faulk*, Mike Thomas
5	Earl Campbell, Herschel Walker, Franco Harris, Curtis Martin, Terry Metcalf, Shaun Alexander, Warrick Dunn, Roger Craig, John L. Williams, John Riggins
6	Curtis Martin, Alan Ameche, Earl Campbell, Franco Harris, Eddie George, Lenny Moore, John L. Williams, Shaun Alexander, Herschel Walker, Warrick Dunn
7	Earl Campbell, Fred Taylor, Larry Csonka, Alan Ameche, Eddie George, Shaun Alexander, Frank Gifford*, Clinton Portis, Herschel Walker, Brian Westbrook
8	Earl Campbell, Fred Taylor, Shaun Alexander, Earnest Byner, Brian Westbrook, Larry Csonka, Clinton Portis, Alan Ameche, John Riggins, Floyd Little
9	Earl Campbell, Shaun Alexander, Larry Csonka, Brian Westbrook, Clinton Portis, Fred Taylor, Alan Ameche, Neal Anderson, John Riggins*, Earnest Byner
10	Earl Campbell, Shaun Alexander, Larry Csonka, Brian Westbrook, John Riggins*, Clinton Portis, Alan Ameche, Mark van Eeghen, Earnest Byner, Eddie George
11	Eddie George, Earnest Byner, John Riggins, Earl Campbell, John L. Williams, Larry Csonka, Frank Gifford, Fred Taylor, Chuck Muncie, Leroy Kelly*
12	John Riggins, Earnest Byner, James Brooks, Eddie George, Fred Taylor, John L. Williams, Larry Csonka, Herschel Walker, Jim Taylor*, Freeman McNeil
13	Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Eddie George, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, John Riggins, Larry Csonka, Earnest Byner, Freeman McNeil, Jim Taylor*
14	Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Eddie George, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, Larry Csonka, Freeman McNeil, Jim Taylor, Earnest Byner, Floyd Little*
Career	Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Eddie George, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, Larry Csonka, Freeman McNeil, Jim Taylor, Earnest Byner, Floyd Little*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 1979 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year 1989 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year 1990 NFL Super Bowl MVP	Pro Bowls 1979 1980	First-Team All-Pro 1979	Rushing Att 1979 NFL 331 (4) 1980 NFL 301 (5) 1981 NFL 328 (5) 1983 NFL 296 (7) 1984 NFL 289 (9) 1989 NFL 325 (3) Career 2562 (20)
Rushing Yds 1979 NFL 1605 (3/51) 1980 NFL 1352 (3) 1981 NFL 1376 (5) 1983 NFL 1270 (8) 1984 NFL 1174 (9) Career 10273 (25)	Rushing TD 1980 NFL 9 (6) 1989 NFL 14 (2/56) 1990 NFL 11 (5) Career 81 (17)	Long Rush 1979 NFL 76 (4) 1982 NFL 64 (4)	Yds/Rushing Att 1979 NFL 4.8 (9) 1980 NFL 4.5 (8)
Rushing Yds/Game 1979 NFL 100.3 (3/76) 1980 NFL 84.5 (3) 1981 NFL 86.0 (5) 1982 NFL 73.4 (7) 1983 NFL 84.7 (8) 1984 NFL 78.3 (9) Career 56.4 (86)	Touchdowns 1989 NFL 14 (5) 1990 NFL 11 (9) Career 86 (39)	Points Scored Career 516 (159)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1989 NFL 14 (5) 1990 NFL 11 (9) Career 86 (37)
Yds From Scrimmage 1979 NFL 1913 (3/80) 1980 NFL 1660 (5) 1981 NFL 1763 (6) 1983 NFL 1729 (5) 1984 NFL 1785 (5) Career 13335 (34)	All-Purpose Yds 1979 NFL 1913 (4) 1980 NFL 1660 (7) 1981 NFL 1763 (9) 1983 NFL 1729 (5) 1984 NFL 1785 (6) Career 13335 (53)	Total Offense Career 10273 (155)	Touches 1979 NFL 372 (4) 1980 NFL 337 (5) 1981 NFL 379 (4/85) 1983 NFL 350 (6) 1984 NFL 359 (5) 1989 NFL 353 (4) Career 2938 (20)
Fumbles 1979 NFL 10 (7) 1981 NFL 13 (3/72) 1983 NFL 10 (7) Career 56 (101)	Fumbles Recovered 1980 NFL 4 (7) Career 17 (163)	Sacks 1979 NFL 0.0 (1) 1980 NFL 0.0 (1) 1981 NFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1979	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1980	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1980	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1980	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1979	22	16	RB	251	105	4	4
1980	23	16	RB	220	93	5	9
1981	24	16	RB	230	84	10	16
1982	25	8	RB	87	16	21	55
1983	26	15	RB	209	59	10	27
1984	27	15	RB	227	104	6	12
1985	28	9	RB	94		44
1986	29	12	RB	55		66
1987	30	4	RB	2		222
1988	31	16	RB	75		50
1989	32	16	RB	213	93	6	9
1990	33	16	RB	158	30	16	39
1991	34	10	RB	24		83
1992	35	13	RB	3		104
				1848	584

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Curtis Martin*, Maurice Jones-Drew, John Brockington, Herschel Walker, Eddie George, Joe Cribbs, Domanick Williams, Alan Ameche, Terry Metcalf, Adrian Peterson
4	Joe Cribbs, John Brockington, Maurice Jones-Drew, Sherman Smith, Curtis Martin, Herschel Walker, Terry Metcalf, Franco Harris, Marshall Faulk*, Mike Thomas
5	Earl Campbell, Herschel Walker, Franco Harris, Curtis Martin, Terry Metcalf, Shaun Alexander, Warrick Dunn, Roger Craig, John L. Williams, John Riggins
6	Curtis Martin, Alan Ameche, Earl Campbell, Franco Harris, Eddie George, Lenny Moore, John L. Williams, Shaun Alexander, Herschel Walker, Warrick Dunn
7	Earl Campbell, Fred Taylor, Larry Csonka, Alan Ameche, Eddie George, Shaun Alexander, Frank Gifford*, Clinton Portis, Herschel Walker, Brian Westbrook
8	Earl Campbell, Fred Taylor, Shaun Alexander, Earnest Byner, Brian Westbrook, Larry Csonka, Clinton Portis, Alan Ameche, John Riggins, Floyd Little
9	Earl Campbell, Shaun Alexander, Larry Csonka, Brian Westbrook, Clinton Portis, Fred Taylor, Alan Ameche, Neal Anderson, John Riggins*, Earnest Byner
10	Earl Campbell, Shaun Alexander, Larry Csonka, Brian Westbrook, John Riggins*, Clinton Portis, Alan Ameche, Mark van Eeghen, Earnest Byner, Eddie George
11	Eddie George, Earnest Byner, John Riggins, Earl Campbell, John L. Williams, Larry Csonka, Frank Gifford, Fred Taylor, Chuck Muncie, Leroy Kelly*
12	John Riggins, Earnest Byner, James Brooks, Eddie George, Fred Taylor, John L. Williams, Larry Csonka, Herschel Walker, Jim Taylor*, Freeman McNeil
13	Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Eddie George, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, John Riggins, Larry Csonka, Earnest Byner, Freeman McNeil, Jim Taylor*
14	Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Eddie George, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, Larry Csonka, Freeman McNeil, Jim Taylor, Earnest Byner, Floyd Little*
Career	Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Eddie George, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, Larry Csonka, Freeman McNeil, Jim Taylor, Earnest Byner, Floyd Little*