Ottis Anderson had one of the best rookie seasons ever for a Running Back gaining over 1,600 yards on the ground. Too bad he did for a bad St. Louis Cardinals team that was barely on the National radar.
Anderson would prove he was not a one-season wonder. Although he would never again equal his rookie numbers he still posted decent ground numbers and was the highlight of a poor Cardinals team. As it does in football, injuries piled up and he lost his explosiveness. Anderson was however reinvented as a short-yardage specialist by the New York Giants and he again accumulated impressive tallies. He was a natural leader and as he rarely fumbled he was a strong key to the Giants ability to control the ball for extended periods of time. As a Giant, Ottis Anderson twice won the Super Bowl, capped with an MVP performance in Super Bowl XXV.