Ottis Anderson

Ottis Jerome Anderson (O.J.)

Position: RB

6-2, 220lb (188cm, 99kg)

Born: January 19, 1957 in West Palm Beach, FL

College: Miami (FL) (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 80 (410th overall since 1960)

High School: Forest Hill (FL)

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

Twitter: @OJAnderson24

SUMMARY

Career

182

Rush

2562

Yds

10273

Y/A

4.0

FantPt

1793.5

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving										Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	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			372	5.1	1913	10	10	12
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			337	4.9	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			379	4.7	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			159	4.4	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			350	4.9	1729	6	10	14
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			359	5.0	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			140	5.0	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			94	4.0	374	3	2	3
		STL		32	4	3	51	156	2	14	3.1	39.0	12.8		10	91	9.1	0	19	2.5	22.8			61	4.0	247	2	2	2
		NYG		24	8	0	24	81	1	16	3.4	10.1	3.0		9	46	5.1	0	12	1.1	5.8			33	3.8	127	1	0	1
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			4	5.5	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			74	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			353	3.7	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			243	3.8	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			64	2.8	182	1	0	2
1992	35	NYG		24	13	0	10	31	0	6	3.1	2.4	0.8											10	3.1	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	0%		2938	4.5	13335	86	56	98
8 yrs		STL			99	97	1858	7999	46	76	4.3	80.8	18.8		299	2495	8.3	5	57	3.0	25.2	0%		2157	4.9	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	0%		781	3.6	2841	35	3	20

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving										Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1982	25	STL	RB	1	1	8	58	0	13	7.3	58.0	8.0											8	7.3	58	0	0
1986	29	NYG		3	0	7	6	1	3	0.9	2.0	2.3											7	0.9	6	1	0
1989	32	NYG	RB	1	1	24	120	1	13	5.0	120.0	24.0		3	-2	-0.7	0	6	3.0	-2.0			27	4.4	118	1	1
1990	33	NYG	RB	3	3	62	249	1	27	4.0	83.0	20.7		3	16	5.3	0	7	1.0	5.3		16.0	65	4.1	265	1	0
Career				8	5	101	433	3	27	4.3	54.1	12.6		6	14	2.3	0	7	0.8	1.8	600.0%	14.0	107	4.2	447	3	1
3 yrs		NYG		7	4	93	375	3	27	4.0	53.6	13.3	1	6	14	2.3	0	7	0.9	2.0	0%		99	3.9	389	3	1
1 yr		STL		1	1	8	58	0	13	7.3	58.0	8.0											8	7.3	58	0	0

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* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

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Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1979*+	22	STL	RB	32	16	16							10	1	0	0	0.0
1980*	23	STL	RB	32	16	16							5	4	0	0	0.0
1981	24	STL	RB	32	16	16							13	3	0	0	0.0
1982	25	STL	RB	32	8	8							2	1	0	0	0.0
1983	26	STL	RB	32	15	15							10	3	0	0	0.0
1984	27	STL	RB	32	15	15							8	1	0	0	0.0
1985	28	STL	RB	32	9	8							3	1	0	0	0.0
1986	29	2TM			12	3							2	0	0	0	0.0
		STL		32	4	3							2	0	0	0	0.0
1988	31	NYG		24	16	0							0	1	5	0	0.0
1989	32	NYG	RB	24	16	16							2	0	0	0	0.0
1990	33	NYG	RB	24	16	11							1	2	22	0	0.0
Career					182	125							56	17	27	0	0.0
8 yrs		STL			99	97							53	14	0	0	0.0
7 yrs		NYG			83	28							3	3	27	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1982	25	STL	RB	1	1						0	0	1	3	0	0.0
1989	32	NYG	RB	1	1						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career				8	5						0	1	2	3	0	0.0
3 yrs		NYG		7	4						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		STL		1	1						0	0	1	3	0	0.0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Cmp%	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1979*+	22	STL	RB	32	16	16	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0.00	0.00
Career					182	125	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0.00	0.00
8 yrs		STL			99	97	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0.00	0.00
7 yrs		NYG			83	28	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	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	0	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	0	516
8 yrs		STL			99	97	46	5	51	0	306
7 yrs		NYG			83	28	35		35	0	210

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1986	29	NYG		3	0	1	1	6
1989	32	NYG	RB	1	1	1	1	6
1990	33	NYG	RB	3	3	1	1	6
Career				8	5	3	3	18

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