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Ottis Anderson

Ottis Jerome Anderson

Position: RB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: January 19, 1957 in West Palm Beach, FL
College: Miami (FL)

Career AV: 80 (345th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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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
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
STL 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
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 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 CRD 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

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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 10 1 0 0
1980* 23 STL RB 32 16 16 5 4 0 0
1981 24 STL RB 32 16 16 13 3 0 0
1982 25 STL RB 32 8 8 2 1 0 0
1983 26 STL RB 32 15 15 10 3 0 0
1984 27 STL RB 32 15 15 8 1 0 0
1985 28 STL RB 32 9 8 3 1 0 0
1986 29 2TM 12 3 2 0 0 0
STL 32 4 3 2 0 0 0
1988 31 NYG 24 16 0 0 1 5 0
1989 32 NYG RB 24 16 16 2 0 0 0
1990 33 NYG RB 24 16 11 1 2 22 0
Career 182 125 56 17 27 0
8 yrs CRD 99 97 53 14 0 0
7 yrs NYG 83 28 3 3 27 0

Passing

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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%
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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty 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 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 24 10 1 1 1 6
Career 182 125 81 5 86 516
8 yrs CRD 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, John Brockington, Herschel Walker, Eddie George, Joe Cribbs, Domanick Williams, Alan Ameche, Terry Metcalf, Mike Thomas, Franco Harris*
4 Joe Cribbs, John Brockington, Sherman Smith, Curtis Martin, Herschel Walker, Terry Metcalf, Franco Harris*, Marshall Faulk, Mike Thomas, Rodney Hampton
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, Larry Csonka*, Alan Ameche, John Riggins*, Clinton Portis, Floyd Little, Brian Westbrook
9 Earl Campbell*, Shaun Alexander, Larry Csonka*, Fred Taylor, Alan Ameche, Clinton Portis, Brian Westbrook, Neal Anderson, John Riggins*, Earnest Byner
10 Earl Campbell*, Shaun Alexander, Larry Csonka*, John Riggins*, Alan Ameche, Mark van Eeghen, Earnest Byner, Clinton Portis, Eddie George, Brian Westbrook
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 James Brooks, Fred Taylor, Eddie George, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, John Riggins*, Larry Csonka*, Earnest Byner, Freeman McNeil, Jim Taylor*
14 James Brooks, Fred Taylor, Eddie George, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, Larry Csonka*, Freeman McNeil, Jim Taylor*, Earnest Byner, Floyd Little
Career James Brooks, Fred Taylor, Eddie George, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, Larry Csonka*, Freeman McNeil, Jim Taylor*, Earnest Byner, Floyd Little

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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 (4/97)
1980 NFL 301 (5)
1981 NFL 328 (5)
1983 NFL 296 (7)
1984 NFL 289 (9)
1989 NFL 325 (3)
Career 2562 (19)

Rushing Yds

1979 NFL 1605 (3/46)
1980 NFL 1352 (3)
1981 NFL 1376 (5)
1983 NFL 1270 (8)
1984 NFL 1174 (9)
Career 10273 (23)

Rushing TD

1980 NFL 9 (6)
1989 NFL 14 (2/51)
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 (3/71)
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 (78)

Touchdowns

1989 NFL 14 (5)
1990 NFL 11 (9)
Career 86 (38)

Points Scored

Career 516 (145)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1989 NFL 14 (5)
1990 NFL 11 (9)
Career 86 (36)

Yds From Scrimmage

1979 NFL 1913 (3/71)
1980 NFL 1660 (5)
1981 NFL 1763 (6)
1983 NFL 1729 (5)
1984 NFL 1785 (5)
Career 13335 (31)

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 (46)

Touches

1979 NFL 372 (4/100)
1980 NFL 337 (5)
1981 NFL 379 (4/80)
1983 NFL 350 (6)
1984 NFL 359 (5)
1989 NFL 353 (4)
Career 2938 (19)

Fumbles

1979 NFL 10 (7)
1981 NFL 13 (3/65)
1983 NFL 10 (7)
Career 56 (92)

Fumbles Recovered

1980 NFL 4 (7)
Career 17 (149)

     
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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

Fantasy

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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 14 21 57
1983 26 15 RB 209 59 10 27
1984 27 15 RB 227 101 6 13
1985 28 9 RB 94 45
1986 29 12 RB 55 69
1987 30 4 RB 2 231
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 88
1992 35 13 RB 3 116
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