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Otis Armstrong

Armstrong, Otis D.
Height: 5-10 Weight: 196
Born: November 15, 1950 Chicago, IL
Died: October 13, 2021
High School: Farragut (Chicago, IL)

Year	College	Status
1969	Purdue
1970	Purdue	Lettered
1971	Purdue	Lettered
1972	Purdue	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (9th overall) 1973 Denver Broncos

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1973 Denver Broncos (NFL)1973 DEN NFL	24	RB	14	1
1974 Denver Broncos (NFL)1974 DEN NFL	24	RB	14	14
1975 Denver Broncos (NFL)1975 DEN NFL	24	RB	4	3
1976 Denver Broncos (NFL)1976 DEN NFL	24	RB	14	14
1977 Denver Broncos (NFL)1977 DEN NFL	24	RB	10	10
1978 Denver Broncos (NFL)1978 DEN NFL	24	RB	16	9
1979 Denver Broncos (NFL)1979 DEN NFL	24	RB	15	1
1980 Denver Broncos (NFL)1980 DEN NFL	24	HB	9	6
8 Years (NFL)8 Years NFL			96	58

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/30/1973	1973 Denver Broncos (NFL)1973 DEN NFL
Signed	3/23/1973	1973 Denver Broncos (NFL)1973 DEN NFL
Injured Reserve	11/12/1980	1980 Denver Broncos (NFL)1980 DEN NFL
Retired	11/13/1980	1980 Denver Broncos (NFL)1980 DEN NFL

AWARDS
1974 Associated Press All-NFL
1974 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1974 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1974 Pro Bowl All-AFC
1974 Assoiciated Press All-AFC
1974 United Press International All-AFC
1974 The Sporting News All-AFC
1974 Pro Football Weekly All-AFC

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1973 Denver Broncos (NFL)1973 DEN NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1974 Denver Broncos (NFL)1974 DEN NFL	12	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	72
1976 Denver Broncos (NFL)1976 DEN NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1977 Denver Broncos (NFL)1977 DEN NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1978 Denver Broncos (NFL)1978 DEN NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1979 Denver Broncos (NFL)1979 DEN NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1980 Denver Broncos (NFL)1980 DEN NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	32	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	192

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1973 Denver Broncos (NFL)1973 DEN NFL	26	90	3.5	24	0			0
1974 Denver Broncos (NFL)1974 DEN NFL	263	1407	5.3	43	9
1975 Denver Broncos (NFL)1975 DEN NFL	31	155	5.0	33	0			0
1976 Denver Broncos (NFL)1976 DEN NFL	247	1008	4.1	31	5			0
1977 Denver Broncos (NFL)1977 DEN NFL	130	489	3.8	35	4			0
1978 Denver Broncos (NFL)1978 DEN NFL	112	381	3.4	20	1			0
1979 Denver Broncos (NFL)1979 DEN NFL	108	453	4.2	26	2			0
1980 Denver Broncos (NFL)1980 DEN NFL	106	470	4.4	20	4			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1023	4453	4.4	43	25			0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1973 Denver Broncos (NFL)1973 DEN NFL		2		43	21.5	36t	1		1	0
1974 Denver Broncos (NFL)1974 DEN NFL		38		405	10.7	48t	3
1975 Denver Broncos (NFL)1975 DEN NFL		1		10	10.0	10	0		0	0
1976 Denver Broncos (NFL)1976 DEN NFL		39		457	11.7	36t	1			0
1977 Denver Broncos (NFL)1977 DEN NFL		18		128	7.1	20	0			0
1978 Denver Broncos (NFL)1978 DEN NFL		12		98	8.2	19	1		0	0
1979 Denver Broncos (NFL)1979 DEN NFL		14		138	9.9	17	1		0	0
1980 Denver Broncos (NFL)1980 DEN NFL		7		23	3.3	8	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		131		1302	9.9	48t	7		1	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1973 Denver Broncos (NFL)1973 DEN NFL	20		472	23.6	50	0
1974 Denver Broncos (NFL)1974 DEN NFL	16		386	24.1	41	0
1979 Denver Broncos (NFL)1979 DEN NFL	1		21	21.0	21	0	1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	37		879	23.8	50	0	1	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1973 Denver Broncos (NFL)1973 DEN NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1974 Denver Broncos (NFL)1974 DEN NFL	6		1	0	1	0	0
1975 Denver Broncos (NFL)1975 DEN NFL	2		0	0	0	0	0
1976 Denver Broncos (NFL)1976 DEN NFL	4		0	0	0	0	0
1977 Denver Broncos (NFL)1977 DEN NFL	2		0	0	0	0	0
1978 Denver Broncos (NFL)1978 DEN NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1979 Denver Broncos (NFL)1979 DEN NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
1980 Denver Broncos (NFL)1980 DEN NFL	1		1	0	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	19		3	0	3	0	0

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