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Running back, Oklahoma, 1975–79
Billy Sims
- Born
- Sep 18, 1955, in St. Louis, Missouri
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Billy Sims played running back at Oklahoma (1975–79). He won the 1978 Heisman Trophy and the 1978 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1978 and 1979. The Detroit Lions took Sims first overall in the 1980 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
At a glance
Honors
- 1978Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 1995College Football Hall of Fame
- 1978Walter Camp Award
- 1978Chic Harley Award
- 1978Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 1978UPI College Football Player of the Year
- 1978, 1979Consensus All‑American
- 1978, 1979Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year
- 1978, 1979First-team All-Big Eight
- 1978, 1979National leader in points
- 1978, 1979National leader in points per game
- 1978, 1979National leader in rushing touchdowns
- 1979Second in the Heisman vote
Team titles: National champions, 1975; Big Eight champions, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 1975 | 15 | 95 | 6.3 | 0 | ||||
| 1976 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | ||||
| 1977 | 71 | 413 | 5.8 | 6 | ||||
| 1978 | 231 | 1,762 | 7.6 | 20 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 224 | 1,506 | 6.7 | 22 | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 |
| Career | 544 | 3,820 | 48 | 2 | 77 | 0 | ||
From the college statistics table in Sims’s Wikipedia article (Billy Sims, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
- 1975 Oklahoma11–1No. 1 in the final AP poll; national champions; Big Eight champions
- 1976 Oklahoma9–2–1No. 5 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1977 Oklahoma10–2No. 7 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1978 Oklahoma11–1No. 3 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1979 Oklahoma11–1No. 3 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
Before the draft
MVP of the 1980 Hula Bowl.
Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 3 (1980–82) · First-team All-Pro: 1981 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (1980–81)
All-Pro teams: AP second team 1980–81; Pro Football Writers first team 1981; NEA first team 1981; Pro Football Weekly first team 1981; NEA second team 1980.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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