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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:BillySimsWithFan_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/BillySimsWithFan_%28cropped%29.JPG/220px-BillySimsWithFan_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/BillySimsWithFan_%28cropped%29.JPG/330px-BillySimsWithFan_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/BillySimsWithFan_%28cropped%29.JPG/440px-BillySimsWithFan_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2245" data-file-height="3113" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Sims in 2010</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">No. 20</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">Running back</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1955-09-18</span>) </span>September 18, 1955<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 69)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis, Missouri</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">212 lb (96 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hooks_High_School" title="Hooks High School">Hooks</a> <br /> (<a href="/wiki/Hooks,_Texas" title="Hooks, Texas">Hooks, Texas</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma</a> (1975–1979)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1980_NFL_draft" title="1980 NFL draft">1980</a> / round: 1 / pick: <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_National_Football_League_Draft_picks" class="mw-redirect" title="List of first overall National Football League Draft picks">1</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_NFL_season" title="1980 NFL season">1980</a>–<a href="/wiki/1984_NFL_season" title="1984 NFL season">1984</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Rookie of the Year Award">Offensive Rookie of the Year</a> (1980)</li> <li>First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (<a href="/wiki/1981_All-Pro_Team" title="1981 All-Pro Team">1981</a>)</li> <li>Second-team All-Pro (<a href="/wiki/1980_All-Pro_Team" title="1980 All-Pro Team">1980</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> (<a href="/wiki/1981_Pro_Bowl" title="1981 Pro Bowl">1980</a>–<a href="/wiki/1983_Pro_Bowl" title="1983 Pro Bowl">1982</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_annual_rushing_touchdowns_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League annual rushing touchdowns leaders">NFL rushing touchdowns co-leader</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Writers_of_America_NFL_All-Rookie_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team">PFWA All-Rookie Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Writers_of_America_NFL_All-Rookie_Team#1980" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team">1980</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions_75th_Anniversary_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit Lions 75th Anniversary Team">Detroit Lions 75th Anniversary Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions#Lions_All-Time_Team" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions#Retired_numbers" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions No. 20</a> retired</li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">National champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1975_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team">1975</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPI_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="UPI College Football Player of the Year">UPI Player of the Year</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davey_O%27Brien_Memorial_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy">Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="Sporting News College Football Player of the Year"><i>SN</i> Player of the Year</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chic_Harley_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Chic Harley Award">Chic Harley Award</a> (1978)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/List_of_unanimous_All-Americans_in_college_football" title="List of unanimous All-Americans in college football">Unanimous All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1978 College Football All-America Team">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1979_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1979 College Football All-America Team">1979</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference_football#Offensive_Player_of_the_Year" title="Big Eight Conference football">Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year</a> (1978, 1979)</li> <li>2× First-team All-<a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference" title="Big Eight Conference">Big Eight</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978_All-Big_Eight_Conference_football_team" title="1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1979_All-Big_Eight_Conference_football_team" title="1979 All-Big Eight Conference football team">1979</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Rushing yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">5,106</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Rushing average:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">4.5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Rushing <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdowns</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">42</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Reception_(gridiron_football)" title="Reception (gridiron football)">Receptions</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">186</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Receiving yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">2,072</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Receiving touchdowns:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SimsBi00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2289">College Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Billy Ray Sims</b> (born September 18, 1955) is an American former <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a> who played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) for five seasons from 1980 to 1984. Sims played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma Sooners</a>, where he was a two-time consensus <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a>, and won the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> in 1978. He was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_National_Football_League_Draft_picks" class="mw-redirect" title="List of first overall National Football League Draft picks">first overall pick</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1980_NFL_draft" title="1980 NFL draft">1980 NFL draft</a>, selected by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>. After three pro-bowl selections, his career was prematurely ended by a knee injury suffered in 1984. </p><p>Sims was the last Oklahoma player taken number one overall in the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Draft">NFL Draft</a> until quarterback <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bradford" title="Sam Bradford">Sam Bradford</a> was taken first in the <a href="/wiki/2010_NFL_draft" title="2010 NFL draft">2010 NFL draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sam_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sims was nicknamed "<b>Kung Fu Billy Sims</b>" by <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chris_Berman" title="Chris Berman">Chris Berman</a>, following a game between the Lions and the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Films" title="NFL Films">NFL Films</a> highlight, rather than be tackled during a rushing attempt, Sims ran at, jumped, and, while fully airborne, kicked Oilers cornerback <a href="/wiki/Steve_Brown_(American_football)" title="Steve Brown (American football)">Steve Brown</a> in the head.<sup id="cite_ref-kungfu_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kungfu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sims was born in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>. In eighth grade, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Hooks,_Texas" title="Hooks, Texas">Hooks, Texas</a>, to live with his grandmother. Sims initially played baseball and grew up a <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> fan. He showed no interest in football until moving to Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-sam_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In three years of varsity football at <a href="/wiki/Hooks_High_School" title="Hooks High School">Hooks High School</a>, he rushed 1,128 times, setting a state record at the time that is currently second behind <a href="/wiki/Robert_Strait" title="Robert Strait">Robert Strait</a>, for 7,738 yards, including 441 carries in 1973, another state record at the time, currently tied for second behind <a href="/wiki/Ketric_Sanford" title="Ketric Sanford">Ketric Sanford</a>. Sims' 38 games with 100 yards or more rushing from 1972 to 1974 is tied for third in all-time Texas high school records with <a href="/wiki/Ken_Hall_(American_football)" title="Ken Hall (American football)">Ken Hall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Worster" title="Steve Worster">Steve Worster</a> and behind <a href="/wiki/Robert_Strait" title="Robert Strait">Robert Strait's</a> 41 games, and Wes Danaher's 43 100-yard games.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_career">College career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sims attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a>, where he played for coach <a href="/wiki/Barry_Switzer" title="Barry Switzer">Barry Switzer</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma Sooners football</a> team from 1975 to 1979. After playing only one game in his freshman year of 1975, injuries kept Sims out of the lineup for most of his sophomore season, which allowed him to red-shirt to gain an extra year of eligibility. Injuries continued to plague Sims for half of his (red-shirt) sophomore season in 1977 (he rushed for only 545 yards total in two seasons in 1975 and 1977, plus one game in 1976.) In 1978, Sims rushed for 1,762 yards on 231 carries as a red-shirt junior, averaging 7.6 yards per carry. Including the postseason, Sims had 1,896 yards. Both the before and after bowl game totals led the NCAA. He also set a total yardage school record that stood until 2004, when freshman <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Peterson" title="Adrian Peterson">Adrian Peterson</a> ran for 1,925 yards. Subsequently, Sims was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> for the 1978 season, becoming only the sixth junior to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-first_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-winner_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was runner-up for the Heisman the following season in 1979, coming in second to <a href="/wiki/Charles_White_(American_football)" title="Charles White (American football)">Charles White</a> of <a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans_football" title="USC Trojans football">USC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-second_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-second-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1979, against then-unbeaten Nebraska, who had the No. 1 rushing defense in the country at the time, Sims ran for 247 yards and helped the Sooners to a 17–14 win. Including the bowl game he had 248 attempts for 1,670 yards, averaging 6.7 yards per carry, and scored 23 touchdowns. He also became the first running back in <a href="/wiki/Big_Eight_Conference" title="Big Eight Conference">Big 8 Conference</a> (now merged to form the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12 Conference</a>) history to rush for 200-yards in three consecutive games, and had four 200-yard games in a single season. </p><p>After losing to the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Razorbacks_football" title="Arkansas Razorbacks football">Arkansas Razorbacks</a> 31–6 in 1978, Sims led the Sooners to two consecutive <a href="/wiki/Orange_Bowl_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange Bowl (game)">Orange Bowl</a> titles in three straight appearances. In the Orange Bowl following the 1978 season, he rushed for 134 yards and scored two touchdowns in a 31–24 win over the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska Cornhuskers</a>. In his final game, he ran for 164 yards as Oklahoma beat the previously undefeated <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football" title="Florida State Seminoles football">Florida State Seminoles</a> by a score of 24–7. Sims ended his career at OU with 3,813 yards; most of those yards came in his final two seasons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_statistics">College statistics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: College statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Legend </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e0cef2; width:3em"> </td> <td>Big 8 record </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"> </td> <td>Led the Big 8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ff0; width:3em;"> </td> <td>NCAA Record </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"> </td> <td>Led the NCAA </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Bold</b> </td> <td>Career high </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#841617;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DDCBA4, inset -2px -2px 0 #DDCBA4;">Billy Sims </th> <th colspan="4">Rushing </th> <th colspan="4">Receiving </th></tr> <tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Team</th> <th>GP</th> <th>Att</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>Avg</th> <th>TD</th> <th>Rec</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>Avg</th> <th>TD </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1975_NCAA_Division_I_football_season" title="1975 NCAA Division I football season">1975</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1975_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>15</td> <td>95</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>0</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1976_NCAA_Division_I_football_season" title="1976 NCAA Division I football season">1976</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1976_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1976 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>44</td> <td><b>14.7</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1977_NCAA_Division_I_football_season" title="1977 NCAA Division I football season">1977</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1977_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1977 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a> </th> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>71</td> <td>413</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>6</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1978_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1978 NCAA Division I-A football season">1978</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1978_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1978 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td><b>231</b></td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>1,762</b></td> <td>7.6</td> <td style="background:#afe6ba;">20</td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>35</td> <td>35.0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1979 NCAA Division I-A football season">1979</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1979_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="1979 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">224</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">1,506</td> <td style="background:#afe6ba;">6.7</td> <td style="background:#afe6ba;"><b>22</b></td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>42</b></td> <td><b>42.0</b></td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Career<sup id="cite_ref-Billy_Sims_college_statistics_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billy_Sims_college_statistics-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>56</th> <th>544</th> <th>3,820</th> <th>7.0</th> <th>48</th> <th>2</th> <th>77</th> <th>38.5</th> <th>0 </th></tr></tbody></table><p>* Includes bowl games. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_Football_League">National Football League</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: National Football League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bob_Gregor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Bob_Gregor.jpg/220px-Bob_Gregor.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Bob_Gregor.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="243" data-file-height="324" /></a><figcaption>Sims <i>(with ball)</i> against the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> in 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>As was widely expected,<sup id="cite_ref-martz19791128_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-martz19791128-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sims was the first overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/1980_NFL_draft" title="1980 NFL draft">1980 NFL draft</a>. He spent his career with the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>, making the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> in 1980, 1981, and 1982. Sims led Detroit to the playoffs in 1982 and 1983, but they lost in their first game in both appearances. In the 1983 NFC divisional playoff game at <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a> against the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>, Sims ran for 114 yards on 20 carries, but <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a> led the 49ers to a comeback victory, as Detroit kicker <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murray_(American_football)" title="Eddie Murray (American football)">Eddie Murray</a> missed a potential game-winning field goal in the waning moments. </p><p>In 1983, Sims' agent, Jerry Argovitz, took control of a <a href="/wiki/USFL" class="mw-redirect" title="USFL">USFL</a> expansion franchise, the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Gamblers" title="Houston Gamblers">Houston Gamblers</a>. On July 1, 1983, while seeking a new pact from the Lions, Sims secretly signed a five-year, $3.5 million contract with the Gamblers; in December, he also signed a new, five-year, $4.5 million contract extension with Detroit. The matter wound up in court, and on February 10, 1984, a federal judge voided the Houston pact, sending Sims back to Detroit.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sims' career ultimately ended midway through the 1984 season when he suffered a catastrophic right knee injury in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> on October 21; in that game, Sims set the all-time Lions rushing record (now held by <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Barry Sanders</a>) with 5,106 yards on 1,131 carries, or 4.5 yards per carry.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sims also caught 186 passes for 2,072 yards (11.1 yards per catch). He spent two years attempting to rehabilitate his knee before finally retiring in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-rehab_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rehab-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sims remains a beloved sports figure in Detroit.<sup id="cite_ref-beloved_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beloved-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His team uniform number 20 was worn five years after his retirement by <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Barry Sanders</a>, and is currently retired as an unofficial "<a href="/wiki/Triumvirate" title="Triumvirate">triumvirate</a>" of the greatest Lions in the modern era to ever wear the number, which also includes <a href="/wiki/NFL_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">defensive back</a> <a href="/wiki/Lem_Barney" title="Lem Barney">Lem Barney</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comeback_attempt">Comeback attempt</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Comeback attempt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, four years after the knee injury that forced his retirement, Sims announced he was attempting a comeback with the Lions for the <a href="/wiki/1989_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1989 Detroit Lions season">1989 season</a>, which would be Sanders' rookie year. He told <i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Free_Press" title="Detroit Free Press">Detroit Free Press</a></i> columnist <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Albom" title="Mitch Albom">Mitch Albom</a>, that he was "as fit as he was in 1983." He offered to play the season with a <a href="/wiki/Blank_check" class="mw-redirect" title="Blank check">blank check</a>, allowing Lions management to assess his value and fill in the salary amount accordingly. Sims hoped to meet with Lions general manager <a href="/wiki/Russ_Thomas" title="Russ Thomas">Russ Thomas</a> and owner <a href="/wiki/William_Clay_Ford_Sr." title="William Clay Ford Sr.">William Clay Ford Sr.</a> to discuss a spot on the team's roster.<sup id="cite_ref-comeback_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comeback-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite some interest from Lions head coach <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Fontes" title="Wayne Fontes">Wayne Fontes</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wayne_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wayne-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sims never returned to the NFL. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NFL_career_statistics">NFL career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: NFL career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Team </th> <th rowspan="2">GP </th> <th colspan="5">Rushing </th> <th colspan="5">Receiving </th></tr> <tr> <th>Att</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>Avg</th> <th>Lng</th> <th>TD</th> <th>Rec</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>Avg</th> <th>Lng</th> <th>TD </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1980_NFL_season" title="1980 NFL season">1980</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1980_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1980 Detroit Lions season">DET</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>313</td> <td>1,303</td> <td>4.2</td> <td>52</td> <td>13</td> <td>51</td> <td>621</td> <td>12.2</td> <td>87</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1981_NFL_season" title="1981 NFL season">1981</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1981_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1981 Detroit Lions season">DET</a> </th> <td>14</td> <td>296</td> <td>1,437</td> <td>4.9</td> <td>51</td> <td>13</td> <td>28</td> <td>451</td> <td>16.1</td> <td>81</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1982_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1982 Detroit Lions season">DET</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>172</td> <td>639</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>29</td> <td>4</td> <td>34</td> <td>342</td> <td>10.1</td> <td>52</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_season" title="1983 NFL season">1983</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1983_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1983 Detroit Lions season">DET</a> </th> <td>13</td> <td>220</td> <td>1,040</td> <td>4.7</td> <td>41</td> <td>7</td> <td>42</td> <td>419</td> <td>10.0</td> <td>54</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1984_NFL_season" title="1984 NFL season">1984</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1984_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1984 Detroit Lions season">DET</a> </th> <td>8</td> <td>130</td> <td>687</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>81</td> <td>5</td> <td>31</td> <td>239</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>20</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SimsBi00.htm">Career</a></th> <th>60</th> <th>1,131</th> <th>5,106</th> <th>4.5</th> <th>81</th> <th>42</th> <th>186</th> <th>2,072</th> <th>11.1</th> <th>87</th> <th>5 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-NFL_life">Post-NFL life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-NFL life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Financial_difficulties">Financial difficulties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Financial difficulties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Sims retired from the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> in 1984, he received a $1.9 million insurance settlement from <a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London" title="Lloyd's of London">Lloyd's of London</a>, in addition to several million dollars he earned during his playing career.<sup id="cite_ref-wealth_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wealth-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sims lost his accumulated wealth through a series of failed business ventures. His numerous businesses included a nightclub, a radio station, a dry cleaner, and a car parts manufacturer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Selling_the_Heisman">Selling the Heisman</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Selling the Heisman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1995, he sold his <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> to Texas businessman Bob White, who had been a father figure to Sims since he was in the ninth grade; White's son played high school football with Sims.<sup id="cite_ref-school_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-school-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trophy was sold to White with the agreement that it could be re-purchased by Sims by paying the original price plus 8.5% interest.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, a bronze statue of Sims was dedicated on the University of Oklahoma campus in Heisman Park, commemorating his 1978 award.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Life_sized_statue" class="mw-redirect" title="Life sized statue">life and one half size</a> statue was created by sculptor Jim Franklin in his studio in <a href="/wiki/Perry,_Oklahoma" title="Perry, Oklahoma">Perry, Oklahoma</a>. The bronze was cast by the Bronze Horse Foundry in <a href="/wiki/Pawhuska,_Oklahoma" title="Pawhuska, Oklahoma">Pawhuska, Oklahoma</a>. </p><p>Sims has led a <a href="/wiki/Boomer_Sooner" title="Boomer Sooner">"Boomer! Sooner!"</a> chant at the Heisman Trophy presentation whenever a Sooner wins the trophy. He has done so for the four most recent Sooner winners, <a href="/wiki/Jason_White_(American_football)" title="Jason White (American football)">Jason White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bradford" title="Sam Bradford">Sam Bradford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baker_Mayfield" title="Baker Mayfield">Baker Mayfield</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kyler_Murray" title="Kyler Murray">Kyler Murray</a>. He held up a sign reading "Boomer" during the 2009 Heisman ceremony. </p><p>In 1995, he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>. Sims is honored in <a href="/wiki/Hooks,_Texas" title="Hooks, Texas">Hooks, Texas</a> with Billy Sims Road named in his honor. The local library displays a collection of his photos;<sup id="cite_ref-library_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-library-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-road_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-road-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sims said while at Oklahoma that he preferred his home town to big cities.<sup id="cite_ref-martz19791128_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-martz19791128-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He maintains 54 <a href="/wiki/Billy_Sims_Barbecue" title="Billy Sims Barbecue">Billy Sims Barbecue</a> restaurants franchises with co-founder Jeff Jackson.<sup id="cite_ref-bbq_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbq-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burrow" title="Joe Burrow">Joe Burrow</a> was announced to win the 2019 Heisman, Sims yelled "Boomer", in hopes <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Hurts" title="Jalen Hurts">Jalen Hurts</a> would win the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_accomplishments">Career accomplishments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Career accomplishments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>High school (<a href="/wiki/Hooks_High_School" title="Hooks High School">Hooks High School</a>, 1972–74, High School Coach: Jack Coleman) <ul><li>Consecutive 100-yard games: 38 (state record)</li> <li>Total 100-yard games: 38</li> <li>Total points: 516</li> <li>Carries-season: 441 (1973; 378 in 1974)</li> <li>Rushing yards in a seasons: 3,080 (1973; 2,885 in 1974)</li> <li>Career carries: 1,128</li> <li>Total yards: 7,738</li></ul></li> <li>Collegiate <ul><li>Two-time All-American (<a href="/wiki/1978_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1978 College Football All-America Team">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1979_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1979 College Football All-America Team">1979</a>)</li> <li>1978 <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> Winner</li> <li>1978 <a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp_Award" title="Walter Camp Award">Walter Camp Award</a></li> <li>1978 AP & <a href="/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">UPI</a> College Player of the Year</li> <li>1978 <a href="/wiki/UPI_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="UPI College Football Player of the Year">UPI Player of the Year</a></li> <li>1978 <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="Sporting News College Football Player of the Year">Sporting News Player of the Year</a></li> <li>1978 <a href="/wiki/Chic_Harley_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Chic Harley Award">Harley Award Winner</a></li> <li>1979 Heisman Runner-Up</li> <li>Orange Bowl Hall of Fame Trophy</li> <li>Big Eight Player of the Year (1978, 1979)</li> <li>Career carries: 538</li> <li>Rushing yards per-carry: 7.1</li> <li>Total yards: 4,118 (4,041 rushing; 3,890 regular season; 3,813 rushing – 77 receiving)</li> <li>Touchdowns: 52 (50 rushing)</li> <li>Total points: 312 (126 in 1978, 132 in 1979)</li></ul></li> <li>NFL <ul><li>3-Time Pro-Bowl selection</li> <li>32nd – NFL All-Time Rushing Yards Per-Carry (4.515)</li> <li>75th, along with <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Hill" title="Calvin Hill">Calvin Hill</a> & <a href="/wiki/Don_Perkins" title="Don Perkins">Don Perkins</a>, – NFL All-Time Rushing Touchdowns (42)</li> <li>135th – NFL All-Time Rushing Yardage (5,106)</li> <li>1st player to score 3 touchdowns in first NFL game.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_running_backs_with_at_least_50_career_rushing_touchdowns" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NCAA Division I FBS running backs with at least 50 career rushing touchdowns">List of NCAA Division I FBS running backs with at least 50 career rushing touchdowns</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Sims&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-sam-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sam_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sam_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Tramel, Jimmie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/distant-dreams-billy-sims-watches-as-new-sooner-generation-makes/article_81bf417b-0139-5f20-9c8e-7c103528d817.html">"Distant dreams: Billy Sims watches as new Sooner generation makes it big."</a> <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_World" title="Tulsa World">Tulsa World</a>, September 5, 2010. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 14,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=College+Football+at+Sports-Reference.com&rft.atitle=Billy+Sims+college+statistics&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sports-reference.com%2Fcfb%2Fplayers%2Fbilly-sims-1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABilly+Sims" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-martz19791128-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-martz19791128_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-martz19791128_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartz1979" class="citation news cs1">Martz, Ron (November 28, 1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OaBIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fHwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4823%2C3685846">"BIG RED: When OU fans go to games, it's like going to church"</a>. <i>St. Petersburg Times</i>. pp. 1C, 5C<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(Despite missing half the season, Sims still led the Lions with 687 rushing yards.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rehab-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rehab_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19881220&id=sqhdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S10NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5917,6596767">"A Billy Sims Comeback?"</a> <a href="/wiki/Observer-Reporter" class="mw-redirect" title="Observer-Reporter">Observer-Reporter</a>, December 20, 1988. <i>Google Books.</i> Retrieved November 16, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-beloved-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-beloved_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.detroitlions.com/team/history/gridiron-heroes/billysims.html">"Detroit Lions Gridiron Heroes: Billy Sims."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141113181618/http://www.detroitlions.com/team/history/gridiron-heroes/billysims.html">Archived</a> November 13, 2014, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>www.detroitlions.com.</i> Retrieved November 16, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-comeback-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-comeback_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-19-mn-525-story.html">"IN BRIEF : Sims Hoping for Detroit Comeback."</a> <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>, December 19, 1988. 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Retrieved November 22, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/sfc/2001-03-07-sims.htm">"Sims still getting hit hard."</a> <a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a>, March 7, 2001. 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Fame</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.heisman.com/heisman-winners/billy-sims">Heisman Trophy profile</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li>Career statistics from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/players/billy-sims">NFL.com</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SimsBi00.htm">Pro Football Reference</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Sa7Yfb7Lo"><span class="plainlinks">NFL Films Presents – Billy Sims: The Forgotten Legend</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 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href="/wiki/Brad_Budde" title="Brad Budde">Brad Budde</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">G <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunch" title="Jim Bunch">Jim Bunch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">G <a href="/wiki/Ken_Fritz" title="Ken Fritz">Ken Fritz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">C <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ritcher" title="Jim Ritcher">Jim Ritcher</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defense</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">DL <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Clark_(gridiron_football)" title="Bruce Clark (gridiron football)">Bruce Clark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">DL <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Green_(American_football)" title="Hugh Green (American football)">Hugh Green</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">DL <a href="/wiki/Steve_McMichael" title="Steve McMichael">Steve McMichael</a></span></li> <li><span 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style="width:1%">Special teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">K <a href="/wiki/Dale_Castro" title="Dale Castro">Dale Castro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">P <a href="/wiki/Jim_Miller_(punter)" title="Jim Miller (punter)">Jim Miller</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Heisman_Trophy_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Heisman_Trophy" title="Template:Heisman Trophy"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Heisman_Trophy" title="Template talk:Heisman Trophy"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Heisman_Trophy" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Heisman Trophy"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Heisman_Trophy_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Heisman_Trophy_winners" title="List of Heisman Trophy winners">winners</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Jay_Berwanger" title="Jay Berwanger">Berwanger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Kelley" title="Larry Kelley">Kelley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Clint_Frank" title="Clint Frank">Frank</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938: <a href="/wiki/Davey_O%27Brien" title="Davey O'Brien">O'Brien</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Nile_Kinnick" title="Nile Kinnick">Kinnick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Harmon" title="Tom Harmon">Harmon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Smith_(halfback)" title="Bruce Smith (halfback)">B. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinkwich" title="Frank Sinkwich">Sinkwich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Bertelli" title="Angelo Bertelli">Bertelli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Les_Horvath" title="Les Horvath">Horvath</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Doc_Blanchard" title="Doc Blanchard">Blanchard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Davis_(halfback)" title="Glenn Davis (halfback)">G. Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lujack" title="Johnny Lujack">Lujack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">D. Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Leon_Hart" title="Leon Hart">Hart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Janowicz" title="Vic Janowicz">Janowicz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Kazmaier" title="Dick Kazmaier">Kazmaier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Vessels" title="Billy Vessels">Vessels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lattner" title="Johnny Lattner">Lattner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ameche" title="Alan Ameche">Ameche</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cassady" title="Howard Cassady">Cassady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Hornung</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/John_David_Crow" title="John David Crow">Crow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Dawkins" title="Pete Dawkins">Dawkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cannon" title="Billy Cannon">Cannon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Bellino" title="Joe Bellino">Bellino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Davis" title="Ernie Davis">E. Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Baker" title="Terry Baker">Baker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/John_Huarte" title="John Huarte">Huarte</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Garrett" title="Mike Garrett">Garrett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Spurrier" title="Steve Spurrier">Spurrier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Beban" title="Gary Beban">Beban</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Owens_(American_football)" title="Steve Owens (American football)">Owens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Plunkett" title="Jim Plunkett">Plunkett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Sullivan_(American_football)" title="Pat Sullivan (American football)">Sullivan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rodgers" title="Johnny Rodgers">Rodgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/John_Cappelletti" title="John Cappelletti">Cappelletti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Griffin" title="Archie Griffin">A. Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Griffin" title="Archie Griffin">A. Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sims</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Charles_White_(American_football)" title="Charles White (American football)">C. White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/George_Rogers_(American_football)" title="George Rogers (American football)">Rogers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Herschel_Walker" title="Herschel Walker">H. Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rozier" title="Mike Rozier">Rozier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Flutie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Bo_Jackson" title="Bo Jackson">B. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Vinny_Testaverde" title="Vinny Testaverde">Testaverde</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Brown_(American_football)" title="Tim Brown (American football)">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Ware" title="Andre Ware">Ware</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Detmer" title="Ty Detmer">Detmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Howard" title="Desmond Howard">Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Gino_Torretta" title="Gino Torretta">Torretta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Ward" title="Charlie Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Rashaan_Salaam" title="Rashaan Salaam">Salaam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_George" title="Eddie George">George</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Wuerffel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Williams" title="Ricky Williams">R. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dayne" title="Ron Dayne">Dayne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Weinke" title="Chris Weinke">Weinke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Crouch" title="Eric Crouch">Crouch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Carson_Palmer" title="Carson Palmer">Palmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Jason_White_(American_football)" title="Jason White (American football)">J. White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Leinart" title="Matt Leinart">Leinart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Bush" title="Reggie Bush">Bush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Smith" title="Troy Smith">T. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tebow" title="Tim Tebow">Tebow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bradford" title="Sam Bradford">Bradford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram_II" title="Mark Ingram II">Ingram II</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Newton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Griffin_III" title="Robert Griffin III">Griffin III</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Manziel" title="Johnny Manziel">Manziel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Jameis_Winston" title="Jameis Winston">Winston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mariota" title="Marcus Mariota">Mariota</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Henry" title="Derrick Henry">Henry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">L. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Baker_Mayfield" title="Baker Mayfield">Mayfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Kyler_Murray" title="Kyler Murray">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burrow" title="Joe Burrow">Burrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/DeVonta_Smith" title="DeVonta Smith">D. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Young" title="Bryce Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Williams" title="Caleb Williams">C. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Jayden_Daniels" title="Jayden Daniels">Daniels</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Walter_Camp_Award_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Walter_Camp_Award" title="Template:Walter Camp Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Walter_Camp_Award" title="Template talk:Walter Camp Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Walter_Camp_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Walter Camp Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Walter_Camp_Award_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp_Award" title="Walter Camp Award">Walter Camp Award</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Owens_(American_football)" title="Steve Owens (American football)">Owens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Plunkett" title="Jim Plunkett">Plunkett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Sullivan_(American_football)" title="Pat Sullivan (American football)">Sullivan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rodgers" title="Johnny Rodgers">Rodgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/John_Cappelletti" title="John Cappelletti">Cappelletti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Griffin" title="Archie Griffin">Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Griffin" title="Archie Griffin">Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Ken_MacAfee" title="Ken MacAfee">MacAfee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sims</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Charles_White_(American_football)" title="Charles White (American football)">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Green_(American_football)" title="Hugh Green (American football)">Green</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Herschel_Walker" title="Herschel Walker">H. Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rozier" title="Mike Rozier">Rozier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Flutie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Bo_Jackson" title="Bo Jackson">B. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Vinny_Testaverde" title="Vinny Testaverde">Testaverde</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Brown_(American_football)" title="Tim Brown (American football)">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Thompson_(American_football)" title="Anthony Thompson (American football)">Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Raghib_Ismail" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghib Ismail">Ismail</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Howard" title="Desmond Howard">Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Gino_Torretta" title="Gino Torretta">Torretta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Ward" title="Charlie Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Rashaan_Salaam" title="Rashaan Salaam">Salaam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_George" title="Eddie George">George</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Wuerffel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Williams" title="Ricky Williams">R. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dayne" title="Ron Dayne">Dayne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Josh_Heupel" title="Josh Heupel">Heupel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Crouch" title="Eric Crouch">Crouch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(running_back)" title="Larry Johnson (running back)">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Fitzgerald" title="Larry Fitzgerald">Fitzgerald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Leinart" title="Matt Leinart">Leinart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Bush" title="Reggie Bush">Bush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Smith" title="Troy Smith">T. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Darren_McFadden" title="Darren McFadden">McFadden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Colt_McCoy" title="Colt McCoy">McCoy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Colt_McCoy" title="Colt McCoy">McCoy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Newton</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Luck" title="Andrew Luck">Luck</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Manti_Te%27o" title="Manti Te'o">Te'o</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Jameis_Winston" title="Jameis Winston">Winston</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mariota" title="Marcus Mariota">Mariota</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Henry" title="Derrick Henry">Henry</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">L. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Baker_Mayfield" title="Baker Mayfield">Mayfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Tua_Tagovailoa" title="Tua Tagovailoa">Tagovailoa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burrow" title="Joe Burrow">Burrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/DeVonta_Smith" title="DeVonta Smith">D. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Walker_III_(running_back)" title="Kenneth Walker III (running back)">K. Walker III</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Williams" title="Caleb Williams">C. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Jayden_Daniels" title="Jayden Daniels">Daniels</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sporting_News_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sporting_News_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="Template:Sporting News College Football Player of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Sporting_News_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:Sporting News College Football Player of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Sporting_News_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Sporting News College Football Player of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Sporting_News_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="Sporting News College Football Player of the Year"><i>Sporting News</i> College Football Player of the Year</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinkwich" title="Frank Sinkwich">Sinkwich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Bertelli" title="Angelo Bertelli">Bertelli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Les_Horvath" title="Les Horvath">Horvath</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Doc_Blanchard" title="Doc Blanchard">Blanchard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Davis_(halfback)" title="Glenn Davis (halfback)">G. Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lujack" title="Johnny Lujack">Lujack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">D. Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Leon_Hart" title="Leon Hart">Hart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Janowicz" title="Vic Janowicz">Janowicz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Kazmaier" title="Dick Kazmaier">Kazmaier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Vessels" title="Billy Vessels">Vessels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lattner" title="Johnny Lattner">Lattner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cassady" title="Howard Cassady">Cassady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cassady" title="Howard Cassady">Cassady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_McDonald_(American_football)" title="Tommy McDonald (American football)">McDonald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/John_David_Crow" title="John David Crow">Crow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cannon" title="Billy Cannon">Cannon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cannon" title="Billy Cannon">Cannon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Bellino" title="Joe Bellino">Bellino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Ferguson_(American_football_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Ferguson (American football player)">Ferguson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Baker" title="Terry Baker">Baker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Butkus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Donny_Anderson" title="Donny Anderson">Anderson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jim_Grabowski" title="Jim Grabowski">Grabowski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Spurrier" title="Steve Spurrier">Spurrier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Beban" title="Gary Beban">Beban</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Owens_(American_football)" title="Steve Owens (American football)">Owens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Plunkett" title="Jim Plunkett">Plunkett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Sullivan_(American_football)" title="Pat Sullivan (American football)">Sullivan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ed_Marinaro" title="Ed Marinaro">Marinaro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Bert_Jones" title="Bert Jones">B. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/John_Hicks_(American_football)" title="John Hicks (American football)">Hicks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Griffin" title="Archie Griffin">A. Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Griffin" title="Archie Griffin">A. Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sims</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Charles_White_(American_football)" title="Charles White (American football)">C. White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Green_(American_football)" title="Hugh Green (American football)">Green</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Herschel_Walker" title="Herschel Walker">H. Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rozier" title="Mike Rozier">Rozier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Flutie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Bo_Jackson" title="Bo Jackson">B. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Vinny_Testaverde" title="Vinny Testaverde">Testaverde</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Brown_(American_football)" title="Tim Brown (American football)">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Darian_Hagan" title="Darian Hagan">Hagen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Raghib_Ismail" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghib Ismail">Ismail</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Howard" title="Desmond Howard">Howard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Jones_(linebacker)" title="Marvin Jones (linebacker)">M. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Ward" title="Charlie Ward">Ward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Rashaan_Salaam" title="Rashaan Salaam">Salaam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Tommie_Frazier" title="Tommie Frazier">Frazier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Wuerffel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Williams" title="Ricky Williams">R. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dayne" title="Ron Dayne">Dayne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Weinke" title="Chris Weinke">Weinke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Crouch" title="Eric Crouch">Crouch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Carson_Palmer" title="Carson Palmer">Palmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Jason_White_(American_football)" title="Jason White (American football)">J. White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Smith" title="Alex Smith">A. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Bush" title="Reggie Bush">Bush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Smith" title="Troy Smith">T. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tebow" title="Tim Tebow">Tebow</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Graham_Harrell" title="Graham Harrell">Harrell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bradford" title="Sam Bradford">Bradford</a> & <a href="/wiki/Colt_McCoy" title="Colt McCoy">McCoy</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ingram_II" title="Mark Ingram II">Ingram II</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Newton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Griffin_III" title="Robert Griffin III">Griffin III</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Manziel" title="Johnny Manziel">Manziel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Jameis_Winston" title="Jameis Winston">Winston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mariota" title="Marcus Mariota">Mariota</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Baker_Mayfield" title="Baker Mayfield">Mayfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">L. Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Baker_Mayfield" title="Baker Mayfield">Mayfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Tua_Tagovailoa" title="Tua Tagovailoa">Tagovailoa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burrow" title="Joe Burrow">Burrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/DeVonta_Smith" title="DeVonta Smith">D. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Young" title="Bryce Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Williams" title="Caleb Williams">C. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Jayden_Daniels" title="Jayden Daniels">Daniels</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="UPI_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:UPI_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="Template:UPI College Football Player of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:UPI_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:UPI College Football Player of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:UPI_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:UPI College Football Player of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="UPI_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/UPI_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" title="UPI College Football Player of the Year">UPI College Football Player of the Year</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Vic_Janowicz" title="Vic Janowicz">Janowicz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Kazmaier" title="Dick Kazmaier">Kazmaier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Vessels" title="Billy Vessels">Vessels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Giel" title="Paul Giel">Giel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ameche" title="Alan Ameche">Ameche</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cassady" title="Howard Cassady">Cassady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Majors" title="Johnny Majors">Majors</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/John_David_Crow" title="John David Crow">Crow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cannon" title="Billy Cannon">Cannon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cannon" title="Billy Cannon">Cannon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Bellino" title="Joe Bellino">Bellino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Ferguson_(American_football_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Ferguson (American football player)">Ferguson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Baker" title="Terry Baker">Baker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/John_Huarte" title="John Huarte">Huarte</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Garrett" title="Mike Garrett">Garrett</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Spurrier" title="Steve Spurrier">Spurrier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Owens_(American_football)" title="Steve Owens (American football)">Owens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Plunkett" title="Jim Plunkett">Plunkett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Marinaro" title="Ed Marinaro">Marinaro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rodgers" title="Johnny Rodgers">Rogers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/John_Cappelletti" title="John Cappelletti">Cappelletti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Griffin" title="Archie Griffin">Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Griffin" title="Archie Griffin">Griffin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sims</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Charles_White_(American_football)" title="Charles White (American football)">C. White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Green_(American_football)" title="Hugh Green (American football)">Green</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Herschel_Walker" title="Herschel Walker">H. Walker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rozier" title="Mike Rozier">Rozier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Flutie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Bo_Jackson" title="Bo Jackson">Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Vinny_Testaverde" title="Vinny Testaverde">Testaverde</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Brown_(American_football)" title="Tim Brown (American football)">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Ware" title="Andre Ware">Ware</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Detmer" title="Ty Detmer">Detmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Howard" title="Desmond Howard">Howard</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="First_overall_NFL_draft_picks" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:First_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="Template:First overall NFL draft picks"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:First_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="Template talk:First overall NFL draft picks"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:First_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="Special:EditPage/Template:First overall NFL draft picks"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="First_overall_NFL_draft_picks" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NFL draft picks">First overall NFL draft picks</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1936: <a href="/wiki/Jay_Berwanger" title="Jay Berwanger">Berwanger</a></li> <li>1937: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Francis_(American_football)" title="Sam Francis (American football)">Francis</a></li> <li>1938: <a href="/wiki/Corbett_Davis" title="Corbett Davis">C. Davis</a></li> <li>1939: <a href="/wiki/Ki_Aldrich" title="Ki Aldrich">Aldrich</a></li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/George_Cafego" title="George Cafego">Cafego</a></li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Harmon" title="Tom Harmon">Harmon</a></li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Dudley" title="Bill Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinkwich" title="Frank Sinkwich">Sinkwich</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Bertelli" title="Angelo Bertelli">Bertelli</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/Charley_Trippi" title="Charley Trippi">Trippi</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Dancewicz" title="Frank Dancewicz">Dancewicz</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Fenimore" title="Bob Fenimore">Fenimore</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Gilmer" title="Harry Gilmer">Gilmer</a></li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Bednarik" title="Chuck Bednarik">Bednarik</a></li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Leon_Hart" title="Leon Hart">Hart</a></li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Rote" title="Kyle Rote">Rote</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Wade" title="Bill Wade">Wade</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Babcock_(American_football)" title="Harry Babcock (American football)">Babcock</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Garrett" title="Bobby Garrett">B. 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Brown</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doug_English" title="Doug English">English</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Karras</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Robert_Porcher" title="Robert Porcher">Porcher</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">DE</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Linebackers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lucci" title="Mike Lucci">Lucci</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)" title="Joe Schmidt (American football)">Schmidt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chris_Spielman" title="Chris Spielman">Spielman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive Backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Lem_Barney" title="Lem Barney">Barney</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Blades" title="Bennie Blades">Blades</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jack_Christiansen" title="Jack Christiansen">Christiansen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jim_David_(American_football)" title="Jim David (American football)">David</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Don_Doll" title="Don Doll">Doll</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dick_%22Night_Train%22_Lane" class="mw-redirect" title="Dick "Night Train" Lane">Lane</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dick_LeBeau" title="Dick LeBeau">LeBeau</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special Teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Mel_Gray_(return_specialist)" title="Mel Gray (return specialist)">Gray</a> (<a href="/wiki/Return_specialist" title="Return specialist">KR</a>/<a href="/wiki/Return_specialist" title="Return specialist">PR</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jason_Hanson" title="Jason Hanson">Hanson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">K</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Don_Muhlbach" title="Don Muhlbach">Muhlbach</a> (<a href="/wiki/Long_snapper" title="Long snapper">LS</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2-Way Players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ox_Emerson" title="Ox Emerson">Emerson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Guard_(gridiron_football)" title="Guard (gridiron football)">G</a>, <a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Yale_Lary" title="Yale Lary">Lary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punter_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punter (football)">P</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Alex_Wojciechowicz" title="Alex Wojciechowicz">Wojciechowicz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Detroit_Lions_first-round_draft_picks" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #0076B6 !important; 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Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Williams_(wide_receiver,_born_1984)" title="Mike Williams (wide receiver, born 1984)">M. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Sims" title="Ernie Sims">E. 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Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ragnow" title="Frank Ragnow">Ragnow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._J._Hockenson" title="T. J. Hockenson">Hockenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Okudah" title="Jeff Okudah">Okudah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penei_Sewell" title="Penei Sewell">P. Sewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aidan_Hutchinson" title="Aidan Hutchinson">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameson_Williams" title="Jameson Williams">Ja. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahmyr_Gibbs" title="Jahmyr Gibbs">Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Campbell_(American_football)" title="Jack Campbell (American football)">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrion_Arnold" title="Terrion Arnold">Arnold</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="AP_NFL_Offensive_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:AP_Offensive_Rookies_of_the_Year" title="Template:AP Offensive Rookies of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:AP_Offensive_Rookies_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:AP Offensive Rookies of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:AP_Offensive_Rookies_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:AP Offensive Rookies of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="AP_NFL_Offensive_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="AP NFL Rookie of the Year Award">AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Mel_Farr" title="Mel Farr">Farr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Earl_McCullouch" title="Earl McCullouch">McCullouch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Hill" title="Calvin Hill">Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Shaw" title="Dennis Shaw">Shaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/John_Brockington" title="John Brockington">Brockington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Foreman" title="Chuck Foreman">Foreman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Don_Woods_(American_football)" title="Don Woods (American football)">Woods</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Thomas_(running_back)" title="Mike Thomas (running back)">M. Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_White_(American_football)" title="Sammy White (American football)">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Ottis_Anderson" title="Ottis Anderson">O. Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sims</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/George_Rogers_(American_football)" title="George Rogers (American football)">Rogers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Dickerson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Louis_Lipps" title="Louis Lipps">Lipps</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Brown_(wide_receiver)" title="Eddie Brown (wide receiver)">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Rueben_Mayes" title="Rueben Mayes">Mayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Stradford" title="Troy Stradford">Stradford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/John_Stephens_(American_football)" title="John Stephens (American football)">Stephens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Russell_(American_football)" title="Leonard Russell (American football)">Russell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Pickens" title="Carl Pickens">Pickens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Bettis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Martin" title="Curtis Martin">Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_George" title="Eddie George">George</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Warrick_Dunn" title="Warrick Dunn">Dunn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Moss" title="Randy Moss">Moss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Edgerrin_James" title="Edgerrin James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Anderson_(running_back)" title="Mike Anderson (running back)">M. Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Anthony Thomas (American football)">A. Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Clinton_Portis" title="Clinton Portis">Portis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Anquan_Boldin" title="Anquan Boldin">Boldin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Roethlisberger" title="Ben Roethlisberger">Roethlisberger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Williams" title="Cadillac Williams">Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Young" title="Vince Young">Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Peterson" title="Adrian Peterson">Peterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Ryan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Percy_Harvin" title="Percy Harvin">Harvin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bradford" title="Sam Bradford">Bradford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Newton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Griffin_III" title="Robert Griffin III">Griffin III</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Lacy" title="Eddie Lacy">Lacy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Odell_Beckham_Jr." title="Odell Beckham Jr.">Beckham Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Gurley" title="Todd Gurley">Gurley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Dak_Prescott" title="Dak Prescott">Prescott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Kamara" title="Alvin Kamara">Kamara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Saquon_Barkley" title="Saquon Barkley">Barkley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Kyler_Murray" title="Kyler Murray">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Herbert" title="Justin Herbert">Herbert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Ja%27Marr_Chase" title="Ja'Marr Chase">Chase</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Garrett_Wilson" title="Garrett Wilson">Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/C._J._Stroud" title="C. J. Stroud">Stroud</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NFL_annual_rushing_touchdowns_leaders" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NFL_annual_rushing_touchdowns_leaders" title="Template:NFL annual rushing touchdowns leaders"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li 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Presnell">Presnell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Clark" title="Dutch Clark">Clark</a> & <a href="/wiki/Beattie_Feathers" title="Beattie Feathers">Feathers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Caddel" title="Ernie Caddel">Caddel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Clark" title="Dutch Clark">Clark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Battles" title="Cliff Battles">Battles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Clark" title="Dutch Clark">Clark</a> & <a href="/wiki/Clarke_Hinkle" title="Clarke Hinkle">Hinkle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Farkas" title="Andy Farkas">Farkas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Drake" title="Johnny Drake">Drake</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Drake" title="Johnny Drake">Drake</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gallarneau" title="Hugh Gallarneau">Gallarneau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Famiglietti" title="Gary Famiglietti">Famiglietti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Paschal" title="Bill Paschal">Paschal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Paschal" title="Bill Paschal">Paschal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Van_Buren" title="Steve Van Buren">Van Buren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Fritsch" title="Ted Fritsch">Fritsch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Van_Buren" title="Steve Van Buren">Van Buren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Van_Buren" title="Steve Van Buren">Van Buren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Van_Buren" title="Steve Van Buren">Van Buren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lujack" title="Johnny Lujack">Lujack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Rob_Goode" title="Rob Goode">Goode</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Towler" title="Dan Towler">Towler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Perry_(American_football)" title="Joe Perry (American football)">Perry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Towler" title="Dan Towler">Towler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ameche" title="Alan Ameche">Ameche</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Casares" title="Rick Casares">Casares</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Hornung</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Taylor_(fullback)" title="Jim Taylor (fullback)">Ji. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Taylor_(fullback)" title="Jim Taylor (fullback)">Ji. Taylor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Moore" title="Lenny Moore">Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Kelly" title="Leroy Kelly">Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Kelly" title="Leroy Kelly">Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Kelly" title="Leroy Kelly">Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Matte" title="Tom Matte">Matte</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Lane" title="MacArthur Lane">Lane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Duane_Thomas" title="Duane Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Morris" title="Mercury Morris">M. Morris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Little" title="Floyd Little">Little</a> & <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Sullivan_(American_football)" title="Tom Sullivan (American football)">Sullivan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Banaszak" title="Pete Banaszak">Banaszak</a> & <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Payton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/David_Sims_(running_back)" title="David Sims (running back)">D. Sims</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a> & <a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Sims</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Muncie" title="Chuck Muncie">Muncie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">M. Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/John_Riggins" title="John Riggins">Riggins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Dickerson</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Riggins" title="John Riggins">Riggins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morris_(American_football)" title="Joe Morris (American football)">J. Morris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/George_Rogers_(American_football)" title="George Rogers (American football)">Rogers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hector" title="Johnny Hector">Hector</a> & <a href="/wiki/Charles_White_(American_football)" title="Charles White (American football)">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Bell_(running_back,_born_1962)" title="Greg Bell (running back, born 1962)">Bell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Bell_(running_back,_born_1962)" title="Greg Bell (running back, born 1962)">Bell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Fenner" title="Derrick Fenner">Fenner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Gary" title="Cleveland Gary">Gary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">M. Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Allen_(running_back)" title="Terry Allen (running back)">T. Allen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Abdul-Karim_al-Jabbar" title="Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a> & <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Davis" title="Terrell Davis">T. Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Davis" title="Terrell Davis">T. Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Davis_(American_football)" title="Stephen Davis (American football)">S. Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Alexander" title="Shaun Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Priest_Holmes" title="Priest Holmes">Holmes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Priest_Holmes" title="Priest Holmes">Holmes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Alexander" title="Shaun Alexander">Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/DeAngelo_Williams" title="DeAngelo Williams">D. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Peterson" title="Adrian Peterson">Peterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Arian_Foster" title="Arian Foster">Foster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/LeSean_McCoy" title="LeSean McCoy">McCoy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Arian_Foster" title="Arian Foster">Foster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Charles" title="Jamaal Charles">Charles</a> & <a href="/wiki/Marshawn_Lynch" title="Marshawn Lynch">Lynch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Marshawn_Lynch" title="Marshawn Lynch">Lynch</a> & <a href="/wiki/DeMarco_Murray" title="DeMarco Murray">Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Devonta_Freeman" title="Devonta Freeman">Freeman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hill" title="Jeremy Hill">Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Peterson" title="Adrian Peterson">Peterson</a> & <a href="/wiki/DeAngelo_Williams" title="DeAngelo Williams">D. 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