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Otis Armstrong

Otis Armstrong

Position: RB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 196 lbs.
Born: November 15, 1950 in Chicago, IL
College: Purdue

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1973 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1973 23 DEN RET 14 1 26 90 0 24 3.5 6.4 1.9 2 43 21.5 1 36 0.1 3.1 133 1 1
1974*+ 24 DEN FB/rb 14 14 263 1407 9 43 5.3 100.5 18.8 38 405 10.7 3 48 2.7 28.9 1812 12 6
1975 25 DEN 4 3 31 155 0 33 5.0 38.8 7.8 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.3 2.5 165 0 2
1976* 26 DEN RB 14 14 247 1008 5 31 4.1 72.0 17.6 39 457 11.7 1 36 2.8 32.6 1465 6 4
1977 27 DEN RB 10 10 130 489 4 35 3.8 48.9 13.0 18 128 7.1 0 20 1.8 12.8 617 4 2
1978 28 DEN RB 16 9 112 381 1 20 3.4 23.8 7.0 12 98 8.2 1 19 0.8 6.1 479 2 1
1979 29 DEN 15 1 108 453 2 26 4.2 30.2 7.2 14 138 9.9 1 17 0.9 9.2 591 3 2
1980 30 DEN rb 9 6 106 470 4 20 4.4 52.2 11.8 7 23 3.3 0 8 0.8 2.6 493 4 1
Career 96 58 1023 4453 25 43 4.4 46.4 10.7 131 1302 9.9 7 48 1.4 13.6 5755 32 19

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1973 23 DEN RET 14 1 20 472 0 50 23.6 605
1974*+ 24 DEN FB/rb 14 14 16 386 0 41 24.1 2198
1979 29 DEN 15 1 1 21 0 21 21.0 612
Career 96 58 37 879 0 50 23.8 6634

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1973 23 DEN RET 14 1 1 0 0 0
1974*+ 24 DEN FB/rb 14 14 6 1 0 0
1975 25 DEN 4 3 2 0 0 0
1976* 26 DEN RB 14 14 4 0 0 0
1977 27 DEN RB 10 10 2 0 0 0
1978 28 DEN RB 16 9 1 0 0 0
1979 29 DEN 15 1 2 1 0 0
1980 30 DEN rb 9 6 1 1 0 0
Career 96 58 19 3 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1973 23 DEN RET 14 1 1 6
1974*+ 24 DEN FB/rb 14 14 9 3 72
1976* 26 DEN RB 14 14 5 1 36
1977 27 DEN RB 10 10 4 24
1978 28 DEN RB 16 9 1 1 12
1979 29 DEN 15 1 2 1 18
1980 30 DEN rb 9 6 4 24
Career 96 58 25 7 192

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1974
1976

1st-team All-Pro

1974

Rushing Att

1974 NFL 263 (3)
1976 NFL 247 (9)
Career 1023 (155)

Rushing Yds

1974 NFL 1407 (1)
Career 4453 (133)

Rushing TD

1974 NFL 9 (3)

Yds/Rushing Att

1974 NFL 5.3 (1)
1980 NFL 4.4 (10)
Career 4.4 (88)

Rushing Yds/Game

1974 NFL 100.5 (1-- 66)
Career 46.4 (138)

Touchdowns

1974 NFL 12 (3)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1974 NFL 12 (3)

Yds From Scrimmage

1974 NFL 1812 (1-- 99)
1976 NFL 1465 (7)

All-Purpose Yds

1974 NFL 2198 (2-- 45)
1976 NFL 1465 (8)

Touches

1974 NFL 317 (2)
1976 NFL 286 (7)
Career 1191 (179)

Yds/Touch

1974 NFL 6.9 (10)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1974 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1974 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1974 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1974 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1973 23 14 RB 19 95
1974 24 14 RB 253 170 1 1
1975 25 4 RB 17 105
1976 26 14 RB 183 68 9 20
1977 27 10 RB 86 40
1978 28 16 RB 60 76
1979 29 15 RB 77 52
1980 30 9 RB 73 63
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