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Otis Armstrong

Otis D. Armstrong

Position: RB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 196 lbs.

Born: November 15, 1950 in Chicago, IL
College: Purdue   (school history)
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 53 (1310th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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All-Pro

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
1973 23 DEN KR 24 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 2
1974*+ 24 DEN FB/KR/rb 24 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 21
1975 25 DEN rb 24 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 1
1976* 26 DEN RB 24 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 15
1977 27 DEN RB 24 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 7
1978 28 DEN RB 24 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 4
1979 29 DEN rb 24 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 4
1980 30 DEN rb 24 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 4
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 58

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1973 23 DEN KR 24 14 1 20 472 0 50 23.6 605
1974*+ 24 DEN FB/KR/rb 24 14 14 16 386 0 41 24.1 2198
1979 29 DEN rb 24 15 1 1 21 0 21 21.0 612
Career 96 58 37 879 0 50 23.8 6634

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
1973 23 DEN KR 24 14 1 0 1 0 0 0
1974*+ 24 DEN FB/KR/rb 24 14 14 0 6 1 0 0
1975 25 DEN rb 24 4 3 0 2 0 0 0
1976* 26 DEN RB 24 14 14 0 4 0 0 0
1977 27 DEN RB 24 10 10 0 2 0 0 0
1978 28 DEN RB 24 16 9 0 1 0 0 0
1979 29 DEN rb 24 15 1 0 2 1 0 0
1980 30 DEN rb 24 9 6 0 1 1 0 0
Career 96 58 0 19 3 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1973 23 DEN KR 24 14 1 1 1 6
1974*+ 24 DEN FB/KR/rb 24 14 14 9 3 12 72
1976* 26 DEN RB 24 14 14 5 1 6 36
1977 27 DEN RB 24 10 10 4 4 24
1978 28 DEN RB 24 16 9 1 1 2 12
1979 29 DEN rb 24 15 1 2 1 3 18
1980 30 DEN rb 24 9 6 4 4 24
Career 96 58 25 7 32 192

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1974
1976

First-Team All-Pro
1974

Approximate Value
1974 NFL 21 (1/48)

Rushing Att
1974 NFL 263 (3)
1976 NFL 247 (9)
Career 1023 (172)

Rushing Yds
1974 NFL 1407 (1)
Career 4453 (149)

Rushing TD
1974 NFL 9 (3)

Yds/Rushing Att
1974 NFL 5.3 (1)
1980 NFL 4.4 (10)
Career 4.4 (102)

Rushing Yds/Game
1974 NFL 100.5 (1/70)
Career 46.4 (161)

Touchdowns
1974 NFL 12 (3)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1974 NFL 12 (3)

Yds From Scrimmage
1974 NFL 1812 (1)
1976 NFL 1465 (7)

All-Purpose Yds
1974 NFL 2198 (2/58)
1976 NFL 1465 (8)

Touches
1974 NFL 317 (2)
1976 NFL 286 (7)
Career 1191 (198)

Yds/Touch
1974 NFL 6.9 (10)

Sacks
1973 NFL 0.0 (1)
1974 NFL 0.0 (1)
1975 NFL 0.0 (1)
1976 NFL 0.0 (1)
1977 NFL 0.0 (1)
1978 NFL 0.0 (1)
1979 NFL 0.0 (1)
1980 NFL 0.0 (1)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19741st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19741st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19741st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19741st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19741st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19741st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19742nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19741st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly

Fantasy

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 17 106
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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