O.J. Simpson not honored at new Buffalo Bills stadium

NFLO.J. Simpson not honored at new Buffalo Bills stadiumThe team’s president of business operations said the organization decided that Simpson “is not a fit” to include in the display honoring team legends.Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Buffalo Bills running back O.J. Simpson in 1974.Ross Lewis / Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 28, 2026, 2:03 PM EDTBy Doha Madani and Austin MullenFormer Buffalo Bills running back O.J. Simpson is one name football fans won’t be seeing at the team’s new stadium.Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscriptionGet exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading.The new facility cost $2.1 billion and took three years to build, from groundbreaking to last week’s ribbon-cutting. Highmark Stadium honors the Bills’ past with a Wall of Fame featuring team legends — but Simpson, the team’s No.1 draft pick in 1969, will be notably absent, according to NBC affiliate WGRZ.“We have made an organizational decision that he is not a fit to display inside our new stadium and family circle,” said Pete Guelli, the team’s president of business operations, in a statement to the station.The Bills were home to nine of Simpson’s 11 NFL seasons, during which he became the first NFL player in league history to rush for 2,000 or more yards in a single season. Simpson was widely regarded as the best running back of his era before retiring and transitioning to a broadcast career. O.J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills runs during a game against the New York Jets in New York, NY on December 16, 1973.Focus On Sport / Focus on Sport via Getty ImagesSimpson was celebrated for his football legacy until the 1990s, when his life took a dark turn. In the summer of 1994, Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death outside her Los Angeles home. When police arrived to speak with Simpson after discovering the bodies, he did not answer the door — and officers noticed a trail of blood leading...