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Billy Sims
Billy Ray Sims
Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 212 lbs.
Born: September 18, 1955 in St. Louis, MO
College: Oklahoma
3-time Pro Bowler
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1980 Draft
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View Details For: 47 Regular Season and 2 Playoff TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1980* | 25 | DET | RB | 16 | 16 | 313 | 1303 | 13 | 52 | 4.2 | 81.4 | 19.6 | 51 | 621 | 12.2 | 3 | 87 | 3.2 | 38.8 | 1924 | 16 | 12 |
| 1981* | 26 | DET | RB | 14 | 14 | 296 | 1437 | 13 | 51 | 4.9 | 102.6 | 21.1 | 28 | 451 | 16.1 | 2 | 81 | 2.0 | 32.2 | 1888 | 15 | 9 |
| 1982* | 27 | DET | RB | 9 | 8 | 172 | 639 | 4 | 29 | 3.7 | 71.0 | 19.1 | 34 | 342 | 10.1 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 | 38.0 | 981 | 4 | 7 |
| 1983 | 28 | DET | RB | 13 | 12 | 220 | 1040 | 7 | 41 | 4.7 | 80.0 | 16.9 | 42 | 419 | 10.0 | 0 | 54 | 3.2 | 32.2 | 1459 | 7 | 6 |
| 1984 | 29 | DET | RB | 8 | 8 | 130 | 687 | 5 | 81 | 5.3 | 85.9 | 16.3 | 31 | 239 | 7.7 | 0 | 20 | 3.9 | 29.9 | 926 | 5 | 6 |
| Career | 60 | 58 | 1131 | 5106 | 42 | 81 | 4.5 | 85.1 | 18.9 | 186 | 2072 | 11.1 | 5 | 87 | 3.1 | 34.5 | 7178 | 47 | 40 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1980* | 25 | DET | RB | 16 | 16 | 12 | 1 | -17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1981* | 26 | DET | RB | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1982* | 27 | DET | RB | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 28 | DET | RB | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 29 | DET | RB | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 60 | 58 | 40 | 11 | -17 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1980* | 25 | DET | RB | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 96 | |||||||||
| 1981* | 26 | DET | RB | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 90 | |||||||||
| 1982* | 27 | DET | RB | 9 | 8 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 28 | DET | RB | 13 | 12 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 29 | DET | RB | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Career | 60 | 58 | 42 | 5 | 282 |
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
All-Pro Teams
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1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1980 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1980 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1980 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL 1981 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1981 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1981 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1981 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1981 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1981 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL 1982 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. |