Billy Ray Sims (born September 18, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for five seasons with the Detroit Lions...

operating across nine states. Billy Sims BBQ is a fast casual dining restaurant. In 2004, Sims and Jackson opened the first Billy Sims BBQ location in The Farm...

Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2010. "Billy Sims College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits". College Football at Sports-Reference...

Billy Sims (No. 20) rushing the ball against the Los Angeles Rams on September 7, 1980...

player. Seven Oklahoma players have won the Heisman Trophy: Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Billy Sims, Jason White, Sam Bradford, Baker Mayfield, and Kyler Murray...

school record for career tackles. Billy Sims became the only Sooner to post four 200-yard games in a season. Sims' 1896 yards stood as the Sooner record...

Barney (1967), Mel Farr (1967), Earl McCullouch (1968), Al Baker (1978), Billy Sims (1980), Barry Sanders (1989), and Ndamukong Suh (2010). The Lions have...

Trophy-winning Oklahoma Sooner halfback Billy Sims with the first pick in the NFL draft. In his rookie season, Sims rushed his way to the Offensive Rookie...

and Bob Trumpy All-American: Billy Sims, and George Cumby, Big 8 rushing champion: Sims NCAA DI scoring champion: Sims Big 8 Defensive Player of the...

pick four times and selected Frank Sinkwich in 1943, Leon Hart in 1950, Billy Sims in 1980, and Matthew Stafford in 2009. In the most recent draft, held...

back Billy Sims; Sims was one of the league's premier running backs in the early 1980s, and Fontes requested he wear the number in tribute to Sims. Sanders...

Minnesota Vikings, Billy Sims suffered a career ending knee injury. He spent two years trying to rehab his injury before retiring in 1986. Sims' injury would...

running back Earl Campbell won the trophy in 1977, Oklahoma running back Billy Sims won it in 1978, and Baylor linebacker Mike Singletary won it twice in...

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1977 Earl Campbell‡ Texas RB 1,547 49.11% Senior 1st Houston Oilers 1978 Billy Sims* Oklahoma (3) RB 827 26.25% Junior 1st (1980) Detroit Lions 1979 — Charles...

first overall pick of the draft, the Detroit Lions selected running back Billy Sims. This draft is notable as the first that the nascent ESPN network (which...

Oklahoma State 1977 Terry Miller (2) RB Oklahoma State 1978 Billy Sims RB Oklahoma 1979 Billy Sims (2) RB Oklahoma 1980 Phil Bradley QB Missouri 1981 Dave...

the time of the injury, Peterson needed only to gain 150 yards to pass Billy Sims as the University of Oklahoma's all-time leading rusher. He was unable...

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record despite another Pro Bowl season from Barry Sanders, who passed Billy Sims for the franchise record in rushing on November 22. The Lions were expected...

"Oklahoma's Sims Heisman winner". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. November 29, 1978. p. 18. Word, Ron (November 29, 1978). "Billy Sims". Spokesman-Review...

coach Barry Switzer sent former Oklahoma Sooner and Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims to the town by private plane to appeal to Dupree. On February 12, 1982...

Schamann kick), 11:59. Oklahoma 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards, 2:09. OKLA – Billy Sims 14-yard run (Uwe von Schamann kick), 11:05. Oklahoma 14–0. Drive: 2 plays...

Archived from the original on March 29, 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2023. "Billy Sims Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro Football Reference...

Hall of Famer — Elkhart, Indiana: Lodge 599[independent source needed] Billy Sims – 1978 Heisman Trophy Winner; Running back, University of Oklahoma (1975–79)...

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the St. Petersburg Times wrote that Switzer was the high priest of what Billy Sims, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1978, described as the church of OU football...

Sheraton Hotel. With the first pick, the Detroit Lions selected running back Billy Sims from the University of Oklahoma. The league added a 15th officiating crew...

stars Marshall Faulk (for the Indianapolis Colts in 1994, 174 yards) and Billy Sims (for the Detroit Lions in 1980, 217 yards), as the only NFL players since...

littered with numerous key injuries, the most painful was star running back Billy Sims suffering a career-ending knee injury in a game against the Minnesota...