Born: 9/15/1957, in New York, NY.
First round draft choice from Louisville in 1980, played at Syracuse.
Linebacker for the Chicago Bears, 1980 through 1988.
Member of the famed Buddy Ryan defense that won the 1985 Super Bowl.
Playing alongside Mike Singletary and Wilbur Marshal made up one of the fastest, fiercest sets of linebackers in NFL history.
When asked for a description of Otis's play, Mike Ditka offered this when comparing Otis to the Tampa's 2002 strong side linbackers.
"Al Singleton's good, but I had this conversation with somebody the other day about Otis. He was good, period. He was strong, he played in Buddy Ryan's defense about as good as you could. He didn't get the acclaim because we had Mike Singletary in the middle and Wilber Marshall on the other side."
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