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Billy Sims

Billy Ray Sims

Position: RB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 212 lbs.
Born: September 18, 1955 in St. Louis, MO
College: Oklahoma

Career AV: 58 (964th overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1980 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
1980* 25 DET RB 20 16 16 313 1303 13 52 4.2 81.4 19.6 51 621 12.2 3 87 3.2 38.8 1924 16 12 15
1981* 26 DET RB 20 14 14 296 1437 13 51 4.9 102.6 21.1 28 451 16.1 2 81 2.0 32.2 1888 15 9 16
1982* 27 DET RB 20 9 8 172 639 4 29 3.7 71.0 19.1 34 342 10.1 0 52 3.8 38.0 981 4 7 14
1983 28 DET RB 20 13 12 220 1040 7 41 4.7 80.0 16.9 42 419 10.0 0 54 3.2 32.2 1459 7 6 12
1984 29 DET RB 20 8 8 130 687 5 81 5.3 85.9 16.3 31 239 7.7 0 20 3.9 29.9 926 5 6 6
Career 60 58 1131 5106 42 81 4.5 85.1 18.9 186 2072 11.1 5 87 3.1 34.5 7178 47 40 63

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
1980* 25 DET RB 20 16 16 12 1 -17 0
1981* 26 DET RB 20 14 14 9 3 0 0
1982* 27 DET RB 20 9 8 7 1 0 0
1983 28 DET RB 20 13 12 6 4 0 0
1984 29 DET RB 20 8 8 6 2 0 0
Career 60 58 40 11 -17 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
1980* 25 DET RB 20 16 16 13 3 16 96
1981* 26 DET RB 20 14 14 13 2 15 90
1982* 27 DET RB 20 9 8 4 4 24
1983 28 DET RB 20 13 12 7 7 42
1984 29 DET RB 20 8 8 5 5 30
Career 60 58 42 5 47 282

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1980 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year

Pro Bowls

1980
1981
1982

Rushing Att

1980 NFL 313 (3)
1981 NFL 296 (6)
1982 NFL 172 (4)
Career 1131 (132)

Rushing Yds

1980 NFL 1303 (5)
1981 NFL 1437 (3)
1982 NFL 639 (5)
Career 5106 (104)

Rushing TD

1980 NFL 13 (1/82)
1981 NFL 13 (2/82)
Career 42 (85)

Long Rush

1981 NFL 51 (10)
1984 NFL 81 (2/74)

Yds/Rushing Att

1981 NFL 4.9 (2)
1983 NFL 4.7 (8)
1984 NFL 5.3 (3)
Career 4.5 (73)

Rushing Yds/Game

1980 NFL 81.4 (5)
1981 NFL 102.6 (3/59)
1982 NFL 71.0 (8)
1983 NFL 80.0 (10)
1984 NFL 85.9 (7)
Career 85.1 (9)

Long Reception

1980 NFL 87 (3)
1981 NFL 81 (7)

Touchdowns

1980 NFL 16 (1/68)
1981 NFL 15 (4/97)

Points Scored

1980 NFL 96 (9)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1980 NFL 16 (1/67)
1981 NFL 15 (4/95)

Yds From Scrimmage

1980 NFL 1924 (2/67)
1981 NFL 1888 (4/77)
1982 NFL 981 (4)

All-Purpose Yds

1980 NFL 1924 (3)
1981 NFL 1888 (7)
1982 NFL 981 (6)

Touches

1980 NFL 364 (3)
1981 NFL 324 (9)
1982 NFL 206 (1)
Career 1317 (147)

Fumbles

1980 NFL 12 (5)
1982 NFL 7 (7)
Career 40 (177)

Fumbles Recovered

1983 NFL 4 (8)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1980Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1981Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1982UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1980 25 16 RB 288 161 1 1
1981 26 14 RB 279 133 1 1
1982 27 9 RB 122 76 10 20
1983 28 13 RB 188 38 15 41
1984 29 8 RB 123 25
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