Billy Sims

Billy Ray Sims (twitter: @billy1978)

Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 212 lbs.

Born: September 18, 1955 in St. Louis, MO
College: Oklahoma (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 58 (1084th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

News -- May 2013

5/18 FootballPerspective.com: Longest Streaks without a 1,000-yard rusher: Two weeks ago, I looked at the longest streaks where a team failed to have a player rush for 100 yards. Richie asked me if I could...

4/25 FootballPerspective.com: Eric Fisher Would Become First #1 Pick from a MAC SchoolA recap of every #1 pick in NFL and AFL Draft History, along with their conference affiliations: Tweet...

2/24 FootballPerspective.com: Projecting Trent Richardson and Alfred Morris, a year later: In the pre-season, I wrote three pieces on Cleveland Browns rookie Trent Richardson. As part of a thought experiment, I wondered...
2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...

1/7 FootballPerspective.com: Jamaal Charles’ 2012 was one of the most inconsistent seasons in RB history: A couple of weeks ago, I heard my buddy and co-worker Sigmund Bloom say on the Footballguys Podcast that Jamaal Charles was having...

12/29 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losses: Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He’s also averaging...

10/10 FootballPerspective.com: Career Rushing Yards over 50 yards in each game: Career statistics can be very misleading, since a player can hang around for a bunch of meaningless years but really pad his totals....

4/27 SideLion Report: Detroit Lions NFL Draft Countdown: 1 Day: Join us each day as we count down towards the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. The countdown runs from 50 to zero and the number...