Billy Sims

Rushing yards:	5,106
Rushing average:	4.5
Rushing touchdowns:	42
Receptions:	186
Receiving yards:	2,072
Receiving touchdowns:	5
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Billy Sims
	Sims in 2010
No. 20
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	September 18, 1955; St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
High school:	Hooks (Hooks, Texas)
College:	Oklahoma (1975–1979)
NFL draft:	1980: 1st round, 1st pick
Career history
	Detroit Lions (1980–1984);
Career highlights and awards
	NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1980); First-team All-Pro (1981); Second-team All-Pro (1980); 3× Pro Bowl (1980–1982); NFL rushing touchdowns co-leader (1980); PFWA All-Rookie Team (1980); Detroit Lions 75th Anniversary Team; Detroit Lions All-Time Team; Detroit Lions No. 20 retired; National champion (1975); Heisman Trophy (1978); UPI Player of the Year (1978); Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy (1978); SN Player of the Year (1978); Chic Harley Award (1978); 2× Unanimous All-American (1978, 1979); 2× Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year (1978, 1979); 2× First-team All-Big Eight (1978, 1979);
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:
Rushing yards:	5,106
Rushing average:	4.5
Rushing touchdowns:	42
Receptions:	186
Receiving yards:	2,072
Receiving touchdowns:	5
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
	College Football Hall of Fame

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 of the National Football League (NFL) from 1980 to 1984. Sims played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning consensus All-American honors twice, and winning the Heisman Trophy in 1978. He was selected by the Lions with first overall pick of the 1980 NFL draft. After three Pro Bowl selections, his career was prematurely ended by a knee injury suffered in 1984.

Sims was the last Oklahoma player taken number one overall in the NFL draft until quarterback Sam Bradford was taken first in the 2010 draft.

Sims was nicknamed "Kung Fu Billy Sims" by ESPN's Chris Berman, following a game between the Lions and the Houston Oilers. In the NFL Films highlight, rather than be tackled during a rushing attempt, Sims ran at, jumped, and, while fully airborne, kicked Oilers cornerback Steve Brown in the head.