Ottis Anderson
Ottis Jerome Anderson
Born: January 19, 1957
West Palm Beach, FL USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 220
College: Miami (FL)
High School: Forest Hill (West Palm Beach, FL)
Career: 1979-1992
Drafted: 1979 in Round 1, #8 overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Ottis Anderson played from 1979 to 1992 during his career with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. Anderson ran for 10,273 yards in his career on 2,562 attempts, scoring 81 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 376 passes for 3,062 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 331 | 1605 | 4.8 | 76 | 8 |
| 1980 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 301 | 1352 | 4.5 | 52 | 9 |
| 1981 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 328 | 1376 | 4.2 | 28 | 9 |
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 145 | 587 | 4.0 | 64 | 3 |
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 296 | 1270 | 4.3 | 43 | 5 |
| 1984 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 289 | 1174 | 4.1 | 24 | 6 |
| 1985 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 117 | 479 | 4.1 | 38 | 4 |
| 1986 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 156 | 3.1 | 14 | 2 |
| 1986 | NFL New York Giants | 24 | 81 | 3.4 | 16 | 1 |
| 1987 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL New York Giants | 65 | 208 | 3.2 | 11 | 8 |
| 1989 | NFL New York Giants | 325 | 1023 | 3.1 | 36 | 14 |
| 1990 | NFL New York Giants | 225 | 784 | 3.5 | 28 | 11 |
| 1991 | NFL New York Giants | 53 | 141 | 2.7 | 9 | 1 |
| 1992 | NFL New York Giants | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 2562 | 10273 | 4.0 | 76 | 81 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 41 | 308 | 7.5 | 28 | 2 |
| 1980 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 36 | 308 | 8.6 | 35 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 387 | 7.6 | 27 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 54 | 459 | 8.5 | 40 | 1 |
| 1984 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 70 | 611 | 8.7 | 57 | 2 |
| 1985 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 225 | 9.8 | 43 | 0 |
| 1986 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 19 | 0 |
| 1986 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | NFL New York Giants | 28 | 268 | 9.6 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | NFL New York Giants | 18 | 139 | 7.7 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 376 | 3062 | 8.1 | 57 | 5 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1985 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1986 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1988 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1989 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1990 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 56 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1979 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| 1980 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1984 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1985 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1986 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1986 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1988 | NFL New York Giants | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1989 | NFL New York Giants | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
| 1990 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| 1991 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 516 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 16 |
| 1980 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 16 |
| 1982 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 8 |
| 1983 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 15 |
| 1984 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 15 |
| 1985 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 8 |
| 1986 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 3 |
| 1986 | NFL | New York Giants | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL | New York Giants | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 16 |
| 1990 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 11 |
| 1991 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 1 |
| 1992 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 0 |
Awards
1979 - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year
1989 - AP Comeback Player of the Year
1990 - Super Bowl MVP
Honors
1979 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1979 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1979 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1980 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1980 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
