Jim Otis
James Lloyd Otis
Born: April 29, 1948
Celina, OH USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 220
College: Ohio St.
High School: Celina (OH)
Career: 1970-1978
Drafted: 1970 in Round 9, #218 overall by the New Orleans Saints
Jim Otis played from 1970 to 1978 during his career with the Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Cardinals. Otis ran for 4,350 yards in his career on 1,160 attempts, scoring 19 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 90 passes for 549 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 71 | 211 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 49 | 184 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 29 | 92 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 55 | 234 | 4.3 | 19 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 158 | 664 | 4.2 | 23 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 269 | 1076 | 4.0 | 30 | 5 |
| 1976 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 233 | 891 | 3.8 | 23 | 2 |
| 1977 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 99 | 334 | 3.4 | 25 | 2 |
| 1978 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 197 | 664 | 3.4 | 17 | 8 |
| Totals | 1160 | 4350 | 3.8 | 30 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 20 | 124 | 6.2 | 22 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 26 | 2 |
| 1972 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 19 | 109 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 12 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 90 | 549 | 6.1 | 26 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1973 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 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 |
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1973 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1974 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1975 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1976 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1977 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1978 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Totals | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 13 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 13 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 10 |
| 1975 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 6 |
| 1978 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 0 |
