James Otero
Otero with the Detroit Lions in 2020 | |||||||||||||
No. 33 Retired | |||||||||||||
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Running Back | |||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Date of birth: April 22, 1992 (age 28) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth: Minot, ND | |||||||||||||
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Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: Langdon Area High School, Langdon, ND | |||||||||||||
College: Kansas | |||||||||||||
NFL Draft: 2015 / Round: 3 / Pick: 58 | |||||||||||||
Debuted in 2015 for the Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||||
Career history
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Roster status: Active | |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2023 | |||||||||||||
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James Otero (born April 22, 1992) is an American football Running Back for the Indianapolis Colts. He played college football at Kansas. The Miami Dolphins selected him with the 58th overall pick in the 2015 NFLHC Draft.
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College Career
James Otero attended Kansas for 3 years, declaring early for the NFL Draft his junior year.
College Career
Otero received an athletic scholarship to attend Kansas University, where he played for the Kansas Jayhawks football team from 2013 to 2014.
Statistics
Season | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | TD | |||||
2014 | 14 | 14 | 249 | 1,693 | 6.8 | 30 | 8 | 113 | 0 | ||||
NCAA Career Totals | 14 | 14 | 249 | 1,693 | 6.8 | 30 | 8 | 113 | 0 |
Professional Career
Pre-draft
Measurables
Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | Shuttle | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
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5 ft 8 in | 191 lb | 4.59 s | 30 in | 24 reps | ||||
Draft
Otero was selected in the 3rd round of the 2015 NFLHC Draft by the Miami Dolphins.
Miami Dolphins
James Otero won the starting job from Mario Rattay in the 2015 NFL preseason. He won Super Bowl II his rookie season, rushing for over 1000 yards.
He was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2017 offseason in a package deal that included Ron Mobley for Marcus Barry and Jason Bryant
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Otero started for three seasons with the Buccaneers. He experienced a major resurgence in 2017, but struggled to stay on the field afterward. In 2018 and 2019 combined, he played just 18 of 32 possible regular-season games. He performed well despite his injury in 2018, but recorded his lowest yards-per-carry average of his career before a season-ending Achilles injury in 2019. After the season, he was traded to the Detroit Lions for a third-round pick.
Detroit Lions
Entering the 2020 season, Otero is the presumptive starter in Detroit. He was joined in the backfield by rookie Logan Pruitt from North Carolina and second-year Calvin Jones from Georgia Tech.
Indianapolis Colts
Halfway through the 2021 season, the Indianapolis Colts traded for Otero in hopes of a deep playoff push. He started for the whole 2022 Season, rushing for one of his career lows (620 Yards). He was named the starter prior to the 2023 Season before the Colts traded for J.B. Blacknall. After which Otero was made the #2 RB on the Roster and had very limited carries the rest of the season.
Retirement
Following the 2023 Season, Otero decided to retire 9 Seasons. He finished his career with over 8,000 Rushing Yards and 77 Touchdowns.
Regular Season Statistics
Year Team Games Starts Rushing Receiving Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD 2015 MIA 11 11 211 1,169 5.54 17 3 39 13.00 1 2016 MIA 12 12 164 800 4.88 5 4 72 18.00 2 2017 TB 16 16 268 1,337 4.99 14 7 100 14.29 2 2018 TB 10 10 213 1,101 5.17 9 5 66 13.20 2 2019 TB 8 8 142 609 4.29 4 0 0 0 0 2020 DET 16 16 321 1,306 4.07 13 2 15 7.5 1 2021 DET/IND 15 15 217 911 4.19 6 0 0 0 0 2022 IND 16 16 148 620 4.19 6 0 0 0 0 2023 IND 16 4 56 223 3.98 3 0 0 0 0 Career 120 108 1,740 8,076 4.64 77 21 292 13.90 8