Steve Owens (American football)
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 9, 1947 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Gore, Oklahoma | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Miami (OK) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Oklahoma | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1970 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19 | ||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 2,451 |
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| Rushing TDs: | 20 |
| Rush attempts: | 635 |
| Receptions: | 99 |
| Games played: | 53 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Loren Everett "Steve" Owens (born December 9, 1947) is a former football player, a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons in the early 1970s.
Owens played college football for the University of Oklahoma, and was the 1969 Heisman Trophy winner and an All-American. He was selected in the first round of the 1970 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions, 19th overall, and became the first Lion to rush for over a thousand yards in a season.
Born in Gore, Oklahoma, Owens was raised in Miami, Oklahoma. He attended Miami High School, where he was a standout high school football player for the Miami Wardogs.
Owens played college football for the University of Oklahoma in Norman from 1967 to 1969. As a senior in 1969, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, and became the second Oklahoma Sooner to win the Heisman Trophy (after Billy Vessels, and preceding Sam Bradford, Jason White and Billy Sims). He was the Sooners' all-time scorer with fifty-seven touchdowns until DeMarco Murray beat his record in 2010, and retains the third highest Sooners career rushing total with 4,041 yards.
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