Editing Billy Sims (section)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1955)}}
{{for|the American blues musician|Bill Sims}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Billy Sims
| image       = BillySimsWithFan (cropped).JPG
| alt         =
| caption     = Sims in 2010
| number      = 20
| position    = [[Running back]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1955|9|18}}
| birth_place = [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 0
| weight_lb   = 212
| high_school = [[Hooks High School|Hooks]] {{avoid wrap|([[Hooks, Texas]])}}
| college     = [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]] (1975–1979)
| draftyear   = 1980
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 1
| pastteams   =
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|1980|1984}})
| highlights  =
* [[NFL Rookie of the Year Award|NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year]] (1980)
* First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1981 All-Pro Team|1981]])
* Second-team All-Pro ([[1980 All-Pro Team|1980]])
* 3× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1981 Pro Bowl|1980]]–[[1983 Pro Bowl|1982]])
* [[List of National Football League annual rushing touchdowns leaders|NFL rushing touchdowns co-leader]] (1980)
* [[Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team|PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team#1980|1980]])
* [[Detroit Lions 75th Anniversary Team]]
* [[Detroit Lions#Lions All-Time Team|Detroit Lions All-Time Team]]
* [[Detroit Lions#Retired numbers|Detroit Lions No. 20]] retired
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team|1975]])
* [[Heisman Trophy]] (1978)
* [[UPI College Football Player of the Year|UPI Player of the Year]] (1978)
* [[Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy]] (1978)
* [[Sporting News College Football Player of the Year|''SN'' Player of the Year]] (1978)
* [[Chic Harley Award]] (1978)
* 2× [[List of unanimous All-Americans in college football|Unanimous All-American]] ([[1978 College Football All-America Team|1978]], [[1979 College Football All-America Team|1979]])
* 2× [[Big Eight Conference football#Offensive Player of the Year|Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year]] (1978, 1979)
* 2× First-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]] ([[1978 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1978]], [[1979 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1979]])
| statlabel1  = Rushing yards
| statvalue1  = 5,106
| statlabel2  = Rushing average
| statvalue2  = 4.5
| statlabel3  = Rushing [[touchdown]]s
| statvalue3  = 42
| statlabel4  = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receptions]]
| statvalue4  = 186
| statlabel5  = Receiving yards
| statvalue5  = 2,072
| statlabel6  = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue6  = 5
| pfr         = S/SimsBi00
| CollegeHOF  = 2289 
}}

'''Billy Ray Sims''' (born September 18, 1955) is an American former professional [[American football|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 football|Oklahoma Sooners]], earning consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] honors twice, and winning the [[Heisman Trophy]] in 1978. He was selected by the Lions with [[List of first overall National Football League Draft picks|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 NFL draft|2010 draft]].<ref name=sam>Tramel, Jimmie. [http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/distant-dreams-billy-sims-watches-as-new-sooner-generation-makes/article_81bf417b-0139-5f20-9c8e-7c103528d817.html "Distant dreams: Billy Sims watches as new Sooner generation makes it big."] [[Tulsa World]], September 5, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/alltimeno1 "All Time Number 1 Draft Picks."] ''www.nfl.com.'' Retrieved November 16, 2014.</ref>

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 (American football)|Steve Brown]] in the head.<ref name=kungfu>Hailey, Gary. [http://naptimehuddle.blogspot.com/2012/10/billy-sims-man-fro-bbq.html "Billy Sims: The Man, the 'Fro, the BBQ."] ''Naptime Huddle'', October 23, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2014.</ref>