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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | January 19, 1957 West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Forest Hill (West Palm Beach, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Miami (FL) (1975–1978) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1979 / round: 1 / pick: 8 | ||||||||||||||
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Ottis Jerome Anderson (born January 19, 1957) is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, where he set the school record for rushing yards, and was selected eighth overall in the 1979 NFL draft by the Cardinals.
In his first season, Anderson was named Offensive Rookie of the Year and received Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro honors when he set the Cardinals all-time record for rushing yards. He also received a second Pro Bowl selection the following year. Traded to the Giants in 1986 amid a production decline, Anderson won two Super Bowl titles in Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV. Anderson was named MVP of the latter, in which he played a central part of the Giants ball-control offense that set the Super Bowl record for time of possession.