O. J. Simpson
Career information High school: San Francisco (CA) Galileo College: Southern California NFL Draft: 1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 Debuted in 1969 for the Buffalo Bills Last played in 1979 for the San Francisco 49ers Career history Buffalo Bills (1969–1977) San Francisco 49ers (1978–1979) Career highlights and awards NCAA Walter Camp Award (1967) 2× UPI Player of the Year (1967, 1968) Heisman Trophy (1968) Maxwell Award (1968) Pop Warner Trophy (1968) College Football Hall of Fame inductee (1983) NFL 6× Pro Bowl selection (1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) 5× AP First-Team All-Pro (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) 4× NFL Rushing champion (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976) Pro Bowl MVP (1972) 1973 NFL MVP (AP, NEA, MX) 1973 NFL Offensive Player of the Year (AP, PW) 3× UPI AFC Player of the Year (1972, 1973, 1975) Hickok Belt winner (1973) AP Man Athlete of the Year (1973) NFL 1970s All-Decade Team NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team Rated No. 40 NFL Player of all-time by NFL.com as of 2009 season Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (1985) Career NFL statistics Rushing yards 11,236 Average 4.7 Rushing TDs 61 Stats at NFL.com Pro Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947), also nicknamed "The Juice", is a retired American football player, broadcaster, actor, and convicted felon currently incarcerated in Nevada. Simpson was the first NFL football player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, a mark he set in 1973. While six other players have passed the 2,000-rush yard mark, he stands alone as the only player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a 14-game season (the NFL changed to a 16-game season in 1978). He holds the record for the single season yards-per-game average, which stands at 143.1 ypg. Simpson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. After retiring from professional football, Simpson had a career as a football broadcaster and actor. In 1995, he was acquitted of the 1994 murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman after a lengthy and internationally publicized criminal trial, the People v. Simpson. In 1997, a civil court awarded a judgment against Simpson for their wrongful deaths; as of 2007 he has paid little of the $33.5 million judgment. In September 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with numerous felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was found guilty and sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. He is serving his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada.