O.J. Simpson

Orenthal James Simpson (The Juice)

Position: RB

6-2, 212lb (188cm, 96kg)

Born: July 9, 1947 in San Francisco, CA

College: City College of San Francisco, USC (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 98 (155th overall since 1960)

High School: Galileo (CA)

Draft: Buffalo Bills in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1985 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

135

116

Rush

2404

Yds

11236

Y/A

4.7

FantPt

1740.2

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1969*	22	BUF	RB	32	13	13	181	697	2	32	3.9	53.6	13.9	30	343	11.4	3	55	2.3	26.4	211	4.9	1040	5	6	8
1970	23	BUF	RB	32	8	8	120	488	5	56	4.1	61.0	15.0	10	139	13.9	0	36	1.3	17.4	130	4.8	627	5	6	5
1971	24	BUF	RB	32	14	14	183	742	5	46	4.1	53.0	13.1	21	162	7.7	0	38	1.5	11.6	204	4.4	904	5	5	6
1972*+	25	BUF	RB	32	14	14	292	1251	6	94	4.3	89.4	20.9	27	198	7.3	0	25	1.9	14.1	319	4.5	1449	6	8	13
1973*+	26	BUF	RB	32	14	14	332	2003	12	80	6.0	143.1	23.7	6	70	11.7	0	24	0.4	5.0	338	6.1	2073	12	7	19
1974*+	27	BUF	RB	32	14	14	270	1125	3	41	4.2	80.4	19.3	15	189	12.6	1	29	1.1	13.5	285	4.6	1314	4	7	14
1975*+	28	BUF	RB	32	14	14	329	1817	16	88	5.5	129.8	23.5	28	426	15.2	7	64	2.0	30.4	357	6.3	2243	23	7	25
1976*+	29	BUF	RB	32	14	13	290	1503	8	75	5.2	107.4	20.7	22	259	11.8	1	43	1.6	18.5	312	5.6	1762	9	6	14
1977	30	BUF	RB	32	7	7	126	557	0	39	4.4	79.6	18.0	16	138	8.6	0	18	2.3	19.7	142	4.9	695	0	2	3
1978	31	SFO	RB	32	10	10	161	593	1	34	3.7	59.3	16.1	21	172	8.2	2	19	2.1	17.2	182	4.2	765	3	5	5
1979	32	SFO	RB	32	13	8	120	460	3	22	3.8	35.4	9.2	7	46	6.6	0	14	0.5	3.5	127	4.0	506	3	3	4
Career					135	129	2404	11236	61	94	4.7	83.2	17.8	203	2142	10.6	14	64	1.5	15.9	2607	5.1	13378	75	62	116
9 yrs		BUF			112	111	2123	10183	57	94	4.8	90.9	19.0	175	1924	11.0	12	64	1.6	17.2	2298	5.3	12107	69	54	107
2 yrs		SFO			23	18	281	1053	4	34	3.7	45.8	12.2	28	218	7.8	2	19	1.2	9.5	309	4.1	1271	6	8	9

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1974*+	27	BUF		1	1	15	49	0	11	3.3	49.0	15.0	3	37	12.3	1	25	3.0	37.0	18	4.8	86	1	0
Career				1	0	15	49	0	11	3.3	49.0	15.0	3	37	12.3	1	25	3.0	37.0	18	4.8	86	1	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1969*	22	BUF	RB	32	13	13						21	529	0	73	25.2	1569
1970	23	BUF	RB	32	8	8						7	333	1	95	47.6	960
1971	24	BUF	RB	32	14	14						4	107	0	43	26.8	1011
1972*+	25	BUF	RB	32	14	14						1	21	0	21	21.0	1470
Career					135	129						33	990	1	95	30.0	14368
9 yrs		BUF			112	111						33	990	1	95	30.0	13097
2 yrs		SFO			23	18											1271

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1970	23	BUF	RB	32	8	8	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1971	24	BUF	RB	32	14	14	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1972*+	25	BUF	RB	32	14	14	5	8	62.5	113	1	12.5	0.0	34	14.1	16.6	22.6	8.1	145.8	1	11	11.1	11.33	13.56
1973*+	26	BUF	RB	32	14	14	1	2	50.0	-3	0	0.0	0.0	-3	-1.5	-1.5	-3.0	-0.2	56.2	0	0	0.0	-1.50	-1.50
1974*+	27	BUF	RB	32	14	14	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1977	30	BUF	RB	32	7	7	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career					135	129	6	16	37.5	110	1	6.3	0.0	34	6.9	8.1	18.3	0.8	82.8	1	11	5.9	5.82	7.00
9 yrs		BUF			112	111	6	16	37.5	110	1	6.3	0.0	34	6.9	8.1	18.3	1.0	82.8	1	11	5.9	5.82	7.00
2 yrs		SFO			23	18	0	0		0	0			0				0.0		0	0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1969*	22	BUF	RB	32	13	13							6	0	0	0	0.0
1970	23	BUF	RB	32	8	8							6	0	0	0	0.0
1971	24	BUF	RB	32	14	14							5	2	0	0	0.0
1972*+	25	BUF	RB	32	14	14							8	1	0	0	0.0
1973*+	26	BUF	RB	32	14	14							7	0	0	0	0.0
1974*+	27	BUF	RB	32	14	14							7	1	0	0	0.0
1975*+	28	BUF	RB	32	14	14							7	1	0	0	0.0
1976*+	29	BUF	RB	32	14	13							6	2	0	0	0.0
1977	30	BUF	RB	32	7	7							2	0	0	0	0.0
1978	31	SFO	RB	32	10	10							5	1	0	0	0.0
1979	32	SFO	RB	32	13	8							3	0	0	0	0.0
Career					135	129							62	8	0	0	0.0
9 yrs		BUF			112	111							54	7	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		SFO			23	18							8	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	Pts
1969*	22	BUF	RB	32	13	13	2	3		5	30
1970	23	BUF	RB	32	8	8	5		1	6	36
1971	24	BUF	RB	32	14	14	5			5	30
1972*+	25	BUF	RB	32	14	14	6			6	36
1973*+	26	BUF	RB	32	14	14	12			12	72
1974*+	27	BUF	RB	32	14	14	3	1		4	24
1975*+	28	BUF	RB	32	14	14	16	7		23	138
1976*+	29	BUF	RB	32	14	13	8	1		9	54
1978	31	SFO	RB	32	10	10	1	2		3	18
1979	32	SFO	RB	32	13	8	3			3	18
Career					135	129	61	14	1	76	456
9 yrs		BUF			112	111	57	12	1	70	420
2 yrs		SFO			23	18	4	2		6	36

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1974*+	27	BUF		1	1		1						1								6
Career				1	0		1						1								6

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