Jim Otis

James Lloyd Otis

Position: RB

6-0, 220lb (183cm, 99kg)

Born: April 29, 1948 in Celina, OH

College: Ohio St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 34 (3125th overall since 1960)

High School: Celina (OH)

Draft: New Orleans Saints in the 9th round (218th overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.

1x Pro Bowl

+2

SUMMARY

Career

G

116

AV

39

Rush

1160

Yds

4350

Y/A

3.8

TD

19

FantPt

592.9

Rushing & Receiving

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

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	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1970	22	NOR	fb	35	13	6	71	211	0	15	3.0	16.2	5.5	20	124	6.2	0	22	1.5	9.5	91	3.7	335	0	4	2
1971	23	KAN		35	13	0	49	184	0	14	3.8	14.2	3.8	13	81	6.2	2	26	1.0	6.2	62	4.3	265	2	1	3
1972	24	KAN		35	10	0	29	92	0	12	3.2	9.2	2.9	12	76	6.3	0	13	1.2	7.6	41	4.1	168	0	1	2
1973	25	STL		35	10	2	55	234	1	19	4.3	23.4	5.5	2	19	9.5	0	14	0.2	1.9	57	4.4	253	1	3	2
1974	26	STL	FB	35	14	12	158	664	1	23	4.2	47.4	11.3	19	109	5.7	0	13	1.4	7.8	177	4.4	773	1	2	8
1975*	27	STL	FB	35	14	14	269	1076	5	30	4.0	76.9	19.2	12	69	5.8	1	12	0.9	4.9	281	4.1	1145	6	5	10
1976	28	STL	FB	35	14	11	233	891	2	23	3.8	63.6	16.6	2	15	7.5	0	8	0.1	1.1	235	3.9	906	2	7	6
1977	29	STL	fb	35	13	7	99	334	2	25	3.4	25.7	7.6	2	18	9.0	0	9	0.2	1.4	101	3.5	352	2	2	3
1978	30	STL	FB	35	15	9	197	664	8	17	3.4	44.3	13.1	8	38	4.8	0	12	0.5	2.5	205	3.4	702	8	4	3
Career					116	61	1160	4350	19	30	3.8	37.5	10.0	90	549	6.1	3	26	0.8	4.7	1250	3.9	4899	22	29	39
6 yrs		STL			80	55	1011	3863	19	30	3.8	48.3	12.6	45	268	6.0	1	14	0.6	3.4	1056	3.9	4131	20	23	32
2 yrs		KAN			23	0	78	276	0	14	3.5	12.0	3.4	25	157	6.3	2	26	1.1	6.8	103	4.2	433	2	2	5
1 yr		NOR			13	6	71	211	0	15	3.0	16.2	5.5	20	124	6.2	0	22	1.5	9.5	91	3.7	335	0	4	2

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1971	23	KAN		1	0	3	13	1	12	4.3	13.0	3.0								3	4.3	13	1	0
1974	26	STL		1	1	8	35	0	12	4.4	35.0	8.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	1.0	-1.0	9	3.8	34	0	0
1975*	27	STL		1	1	12	38	1	6	3.2	38.0	12.0	4	52	13.0	0	21	4.0	52.0	16	5.6	90	1	1
Career				3	0	23	86	2	12	3.7	28.7	7.7	5	51	10.2	0	21	1.7	17.0	28	4.9	137	2	1
2 yrs		STL		2	0	20	73	1	12	3.7	36.5	10.0	5	51	10.2	0	21	2.5	25.5	25	5.0	124	1	1
1 yr		KAN		1	0	3	13	1	12	4.3	13.0	3.0								3	4.3	13	1	0

Sign up for the free Stathead newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day.

View a sample email. It's also available for basketball, baseball and hockey.

Sign Up For Free

Compare Jim Otis to

Powered by

Player News

Defense & Fumbles

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

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
1970	22	NOR	fb	35	13	6							4	0	0	0	0.0
1971	23	KAN		35	13	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
1972	24	KAN		35	10	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
1973	25	STL		35	10	2							3	2	0	0	0.0
1974	26	STL	FB	35	14	12							2	0	0	0	0.0
1975*	27	STL	FB	35	14	14							5	1	0	0	0.0
1976	28	STL	FB	35	14	11							7	1	0	0	0.0
1977	29	STL	fb	35	13	7							2	0	0	0	0.0
1978	30	STL	FB	35	15	9							4	0	0	0	0.0
Career					116	61							29	4	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		STL			80	55							23	4	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		KAN			23	0							2	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		NOR			13	6							4	0	0	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
1974	26	STL		1	1						0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1975*	27	STL		1	1						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				3	0						0	1	1	0	0	0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1970	22	NOR	fb	35	13	6						2	22	0	19	11.0	357
1977	29	STL	fb	35	13	7						1	16	0	16	16.0	368
Career					116	61						3	38	0	19	12.7	4937
6 yrs		STL			80	55						1	16	0	16	16.0	4147
2 yrs		KAN			23	0											433
1 yr		NOR			13	6						2	22	0	19	11.0	357

Scoring Summary

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

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1971	23	KAN		35	13	0		2						2								12
1973	25	STL		35	10	2	1							1								6
1974	26	STL	FB	35	14	12	1							1								6
1975*	27	STL	FB	35	14	14	5	1						6								36
1976	28	STL	FB	35	14	11	2							2								12
1977	29	STL	fb	35	13	7	2							2								12
1978	30	STL	FB	35	15	9	8							8								48
Career					116	61	19	3						22								132
6 yrs		STL			80	55	19	1						20								120
2 yrs		KAN			23	0		2						2								12
1 yr		NOR			13	6																0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1971	23	KAN		1	0	1							1								6
1975*	27	STL		1	1	1							1								6
Career				3	0	2							2								12
2 yrs		STL		2	0	1							1								6
1 yr		KAN		1	0	1							1								6

Similar Players

Sim Score Explanation

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Monitor

PFR HOF Monitor: 17.43 (257th among RB, average HOF RB is 106.95)

Fantasy

More Otis Pages

Jim Otis Overview

Touchdowns

Gamelogs

Splits

Compare to Other Players

Player Game Finder