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OTTIS ANDERSON

Anderson, Ottis Jerome (O.J.)
Height: 6-2 Weight: 225
Born: January 19, 1957 West Palm Beach, FL
High School: Forest Hill (West Palm Beach, FL)

Year	College	Status
1975	Miami (Florida)	Lettered
1976	Miami (Florida)	Lettered
1977	Miami (Florida)	Lettered
1978	Miami (Florida)	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (8th overall) 1979 St. Louis Cardinals

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL	32	RB	16	16
1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1980 STL NFL	32	RB	16	16
1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL	32	RB	16	16
1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1982 STL NFL	32	HB	8	8
1983 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1983 STL NFL	32	RB	15	15
1984 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1984 STL NFL	32	RB	15	15
1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1985 STL NFL	32	RB	9	8
1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1986 STL NFL	32	HB	4	3
1986 New York Giants (NFL)1986 NYG NFL	24	RB	8	0
1986 Year (NFL)1986 Year NFL			12	3
1987 New York Giants (NFL)1987 NYG NFL	24	RB	4	0
1988 New York Giants (NFL)1988 NYG NFL	24	RB	16	0
1989 New York Giants (NFL)1989 NYG NFL	24	RB	16	16
1990 New York Giants (NFL)1990 NYG NFL	24	RB	16	11
1991 New York Giants (NFL)1991 NYG NFL	24	RB	10	1
1992 New York Giants (NFL)1992 NYG NFL	24	RB	13	0
14 Years (NFL)14 Years NFL			182	125

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	5/3/1979	1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL
Signed	6/29/1979	1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL
Traded	10/8/1986	1986 New York Giants (NFL)1986 NYG NFL
Exemption	9/23/1987	1987 New York Giants (NFL)1987 NYG NFL
Activated	10/20/1987	1987 New York Giants (NFL)1987 NYG NFL
Free Agent (Plan B)	2/1/1989	1988 New York Giants (NFL)1988 NYG NFL
Signed	4/21/1989	1989 New York Giants (NFL)1989 NYG NFL
Free Agent (Plan B)	2/1/1990	1989 New York Giants (NFL)1989 NYG NFL
Signed		1990 New York Giants (NFL)1990 NYG NFL
Free Agent (Plan B)	2/1/1991	1990 New York Giants (NFL)1990 NYG NFL
Signed	7/18/1991	1991 New York Giants (NFL)1991 NYG NFL
Free Agent (Plan B)	2/1/1992	1991 New York Giants (NFL)1991 NYG NFL
Released	8/31/1992	1992 New York Giants (NFL)1992 NYG NFL
Signed	9/1/1992	1992 New York Giants (NFL)1992 NYG NFL
Free Agent	3/1/1993	1992 New York Giants (NFL)1992 NYG NFL
Signed	6/7/1993	1993 New York Giants (NFL)1993 NYG NFL
Released	8/31/1993	1993 New York Giants (NFL)1993 NYG NFL

AWARDS
1979 The Sporting News NFL Player of the Year
1979 United Press International NFC Player of the Year
1979 The Sporting News NFC Player of the Year
1979 Associated Press All-NFL
1979 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1979 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1979 United Press International All-NFC
1979 The Sporting News All-NFC
1979 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1980 Pro Bowl All-NFC

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL	10	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	60
1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1980 STL NFL	9	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	54
1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL	9	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	54
1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1982 STL NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1983 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1983 STL NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1984 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1984 STL NFL	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	48
1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1985 STL NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1986 STL NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1986 New York Giants (NFL)1986 NYG NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1986 Year (NFL)1986 Year NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1988 New York Giants (NFL)1988 NYG NFL	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	48
1989 New York Giants (NFL)1989 NYG NFL	14	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	84
1990 New York Giants (NFL)1990 NYG NFL	11	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	66
1991 New York Giants (NFL)1991 NYG NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	86	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	516

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL	331	1605	4.8	76t	8
1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1980 STL NFL	301	1352	4.5	52	9
1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL	328	1376	4.2	28	9			0
1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1982 STL NFL	145	587	4.0	64	3
1983 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1983 STL NFL	296	1270	4.3	43	5
1984 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1984 STL NFL	289	1174	4.1	24	6			0
1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1985 STL NFL	117	479	4.1	38	4			0
1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1986 STL NFL	51	156	3.1	14	2		0	0
1986 New York Giants (NFL)1986 NYG NFL	24	81	3.4	16	1		0	0	0
1986 Year (NFL)1986 Year NFL	75	237	3.2	16	3		0	0
1987 New York Giants (NFL)1987 NYG NFL	2	6	3.0	4	0		0	0	0
1988 New York Giants (NFL)1988 NYG NFL	65	208	3.2	11	8		0	0	0
1989 New York Giants (NFL)1989 NYG NFL	325	1023	3.1	36t	14			0
1990 New York Giants (NFL)1990 NYG NFL	225	784	3.5	28	11			0
1991 New York Giants (NFL)1991 NYG NFL	53	141	2.7	9	1	12	0	0	0
1992 New York Giants (NFL)1992 NYG NFL	10	31	3.1	6	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2562	10273	4.0	76t	81	12	0	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL		41		308	7.5	28	2			0
1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1980 STL NFL		36		308	8.6	35	0			0
1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL		51		387	7.6	27	0			0
1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1982 STL NFL		14		106	7.6	19	0		0	0
1983 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1983 STL NFL		54		459	8.5	40	1
1984 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1984 STL NFL		70		611	8.7	57	2
1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1985 STL NFL		23		225	9.8	43	0
1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1986 STL NFL		10		91	9.1	19	0		0	0
1986 New York Giants (NFL)1986 NYG NFL		9		46	5.1	12	0		0	0	0
1986 Year (NFL)1986 Year NFL		19		137	7.2	19	0		0	0
1987 New York Giants (NFL)1987 NYG NFL		2		16	8.0	9	0		0	0	0
1988 New York Giants (NFL)1988 NYG NFL		9		57	6.3	13	0		0	0	0
1989 New York Giants (NFL)1989 NYG NFL		28		268	9.6	26	0			0
1990 New York Giants (NFL)1990 NYG NFL		18		139	7.7	18	0		0	0
1991 New York Giants (NFL)1991 NYG NFL		11		41	3.7	13	0	3	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		395		3199	8.1	57	5	3	0	0	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL	4.0
1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1980 STL NFL	2.0	12.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL	10		1	0	1	0	0
1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1980 STL NFL	5		4	0	4	0	0
1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL	13		3	0	3	0	0
1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1982 STL NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
1983 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1983 STL NFL	10		3	0	3	0	0
1984 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1984 STL NFL	8		1	0	1	0	0
1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1985 STL NFL	3		1	0	1	0	0
1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1986 STL NFL	2		0	0	0	0	0
1986 Year (NFL)1986 Year NFL	2		0	0	0	0	0
1988 New York Giants (NFL)1988 NYG NFL	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
1989 New York Giants (NFL)1989 NYG NFL	2		0	0	0	0	0
1990 New York Giants (NFL)1990 NYG NFL	1		2	0	2	22	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	56	0	17	0	17	27	0

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