(1957-01-19) January 19, 1957 (age 67) West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:
220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:
Forest Hill (West Palm Beach, Florida)
College:
Miami (FL) (1975–1978)
NFL draft:
1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8
Career history
St. Louis Cardinals (1979–1986)
New York Giants (1986-1992)
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (XXI, XXV)
Super Bowl MVP (XXV)
NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1979)
NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1989)
First-team All-Pro (1979)
Second-team All-Pro (1980)
2× Pro Bowl (1979, 1980)
PFWA All-Rookie Team (1979)
New York Giants Ring of Honor
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:
10,273
Rushing average:
4.0
Rushing touchdowns:
81
Receptions:
376
Receiving yards:
3,062
Receiving touchdowns:
5
Player stats at PFR
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 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. 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.
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31–3 at home in the NFC Divisional playoff game on January 13, 1991. OttisAnderson rushed for 80 yards on 21 carries, and the Giants rushed for 194 yards...
after former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, to the Super Bowl MVP. OttisAnderson was the first to win the trophy. The most recent Super Bowl MVP, from...
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and then Simms ran for a 22-yard gain. On the next play, running back OttisAnderson scored on a 2-yard touchdown run, giving the Giants a 39–13 lead after...
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Representing the New York Giants' win in Super Bowl XXV was the game's MVP, OttisAnderson, and former head coach Bill Parcells (coincidentally, tight end Howard...
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forced New York to turn the ball over on downs by tackling running back OttisAnderson for a two-yard loss on a fourth-down conversion attempt. Only a failed...
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commencement of the 1997 season, and were renamed the Titans in 1999. Anderson was traded mid-season in 1986; he played four games for the Cardinals and...
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improved by three games in Saban's second season and OttisAnderson emerged as an NFL talent. Anderson became the first University of Miami running back...
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