Otis Armstrong
Otis D. Armstrong
Born: November 15, 1950
Chicago, IL USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 196
College: Purdue
High School: Farragut (Chicago, IL)
Career: 1973-1980
Drafted: 1973 in Round 1, #9 overall by the Denver Broncos
Otis Armstrong played from 1973 to 1980 during his career with the Denver Broncos. Armstrong ran for 4,453 yards in his career on 1,023 attempts, scoring 25 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 131 passes for 1,302 yards and 7 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 26 | 90 | 3.5 | 24 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 263 | 1407 | 5.3 | 43 | 9 |
| 1975 | NFL Denver Broncos | 31 | 155 | 5.0 | 33 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Denver Broncos | 247 | 1008 | 4.1 | 31 | 5 |
| 1977 | NFL Denver Broncos | 130 | 489 | 3.8 | 35 | 4 |
| 1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 112 | 381 | 3.4 | 20 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 108 | 453 | 4.2 | 26 | 2 |
| 1980 | NFL Denver Broncos | 106 | 470 | 4.4 | 20 | 4 |
| Totals | 1023 | 4453 | 4.4 | 43 | 25 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 36 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 38 | 405 | 10.7 | 48 | 3 |
| 1975 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Denver Broncos | 39 | 457 | 11.7 | 36 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL Denver Broncos | 18 | 128 | 7.1 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 12 | 98 | 8.2 | 19 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 14 | 138 | 9.9 | 17 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL Denver Broncos | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 131 | 1302 | 9.9 | 48 | 7 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 20 | 472 | 23.6 | 50 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 16 | 386 | 24.1 | 41 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 879 | 23.8 | 50 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
| 1976 | NFL Denver Broncos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1977 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1980 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Totals | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 |
| 1975 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 4 | 3 |
| 1976 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 |
| 1977 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 10 | 10 |
| 1978 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 16 | 9 |
| 1979 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 15 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 9 | 6 |
Honors
1974 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
1974 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1974 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1974 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1974 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1974 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1974 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1974 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
