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Billy Ray Sims (born September 18, 1955) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons from 1980 to 1984. Sims played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners , where he was a two-time consensus All-American , and won the Heisman Trophy in 1978.
In 2004, Sims and Jackson opened the first Billy Sims BBQ location in The Farm shopping center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [5] Sims is the 1978 Heisman Trophy winner and a former running back for the Detroit Lions. [6] He partnered with Jackson, who had previously worked in sports marketing prior to meeting Sims in 1999, to launch the Billy Sims BBQ ...
Billy Sims became the only Sooner to post four 200-yard games in a season. [12] Sims' 1896 yards stood as the Sooner record until Adrian Peterson posted 1925 in 2004. [12] Billy Sims became the sixth junior to win the Heisman Trophy. Sims was the nation's leading rusher and scorer for 1978. He averaged 160.1 yards and 10.9 points.
Star halfback Billy Sims continued to play solid football, amassing 1,888 total yards in total offense while scoring a team-high 14 touchdowns. The Lions had a chance to win the division on the last day against Tampa Bay, but lost and finished in second place in the NFC Central with an 8–8 record.
He is the third Lions rookie to produce at least 700 rushing yards and 300 receiving yards in a season, joining Billy Sims (1980) and Mel Farr (1967). Whole lotta youngsters.
The 1980 Detroit Lions season was the 51st season in franchise history. As the result of their 2–14 1979 season, the Lions were able to select Heisman Trophy-winning Oklahoma Sooner halfback Billy Sims with the first pick in the NFL draft.
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The 1978 Orange Bowl was the 44th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 2.Part of the 1977–78 bowl game season, it matched the sixth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks of the Southwest Conference (SWC) against the heavily-favored #2 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference.