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Ottis Anderson was born on 19 January, 1957 in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., is an American football player (born 1957). Discover Ottis Anderson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?
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19 January, 1957 |
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West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
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United States
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Ottis Anderson Height, Weight & Measurements
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Alex Anderson, Tristian Anderson |
Ottis Anderson Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
He had one of the greatest debut games in NFL history, rushing for 193 yards, which was just 1 yard shy of Alan Ameche's all-time record for an NFL debut (Ameche rushed for 194 yards for the Baltimore Colts in 1955).
Ottis Jerome Anderson (born January 19, 1957) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants.
He was a football and track star at Forest Hill High School in West Palm Beach, graduating in 1975.
Anderson attended the University of Miami on a full athletic scholarship and earned a degree in Physical Education.
During his college career, Anderson broke Chuck Foreman's career rushing records at the University of Miami, becoming the first player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in the school's history his senior year with 1,266 yards.
It was the franchise's first postseason appearance since 1975 and last until 1998.
Anderson rushed for 58 yards on eight carries against the Green Bay Packers in the team's lone playoff game.
Injuries drastically decreased the number of games Anderson played each season, and his explosiveness as a tailback.
He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, where he set the school record for rushing yards, and was selected eighth overall in the 1979 NFL Draft by the Cardinals.
In his first season, Anderson was named Offensive Rookie of the Year and received Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro honors when he set the Cardinals all-time record for rushing yards.
He also received a second Pro Bowl selection the following year.
He was named The Sporting News and the American Football Coaches First Team All-American and received All-American honorable mentions by both AP and UPI and graduated in 1979 as the team's all-time leading rusher with 3,331 yards.
Anderson was selected in the first round of the 1979 NFL Draft, the 8th overall pick, by the St. Louis Cardinals.
His single season 1,605 rushing yard performance was one of the few bright spots in the Cardinals' 1979 season, when they finished 5-11.
He earned the first of back-to-back Pro Bowl selections that year.
In his first six seasons, Anderson rushed for over 1,000 yards in five seasons.
The lone exception was in the 1982 strike-shortened season, when he rushed for 587 yards in eight games; a pace for well over 1,000 yards in a full 16 game season.
The Cardinals made the playoffs in 1982, thanks to an expanded field due to the brevity of the season.
Traded to the Giants in 1986 amid a production decline, Anderson won two Super Bowl titles in Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV.
Anderson was named MVP of the latter, in which he played a central part of the Giants ball-control offense that set the Super Bowl record for time of possession.
After a year and a half, Stump Mitchell emerged as the Cards' top running back, and the expendable Anderson was traded to the New York Giants in the middle of the 1986 season.
He ended up deep in the Giants' depth chart.
By this time in his career, it was clear that he was better used in goal line or short yardage situations.
Anderson would rush for only six yards on seven carries in the 1986 playoffs, but did score a rushing touchdown in the Giants' victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI.
In his first two and a half seasons with New York, Anderson did not fumble once in his 100 offensive touches.
Anderson fumbled just three times in 739 touches as a Giant, from 1987–1992.
When he retired, Anderson ranked seventh in rushing TDs and eighth in rushing yards.
In 1989, Anderson become the top running back for Bill Parcells' ball control offense and was named NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
He scored a career-high 14 rushing touchdowns and rushed for 1,023 yards on 325 carries.
He was also the top running back for the Giants the following year when they won Super Bowl XXV, and was named Super Bowl MVP for his 102 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries.
As a testament to the Giants' ball control strategy, their time of possession was double that of the Buffalo Bills, their opponents, in the first Super Bowl without a turnover.
Anderson is one of only four running backs in NFL history to score rushing touchdowns in two Super Bowls and win Super Bowl MVP (only Franco Harris and John Riggins accomplished this feat before Anderson, and only Emmitt Smith has achieved it since).
Anderson was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
His last season was 1992.
The end of Anderson's 14-year football career in 1993 marked the beginning of his career in entrepreneurship and motivational speaking.
Anderson has appeared on several major local and national radio and television shows, including The David Letterman Show and Good Morning America.
He appeared on Comedy Central's Tosh.0 during the Crying Giants' Fan Web Redemption.
At the 2014 season, Anderson was ranked 19th in career rushing touchdowns and is one of 31 running backs in the history of the NFL to rush for more than 10,000 yards (currently ranked 30th in career rushing yards at the conclusion of the 2019 NFL season).
