O.J. Simpson will not be part of Bills’ Wall of Fame at new Highmark Stadium

The Buffalo Bills are bringing their Wall of Fame to the new Highmark Stadium, but O.J. Simpson will not be a part of it.

The late Pro Football Hall of Fame running back was the first player added to the Bills’ Wall of Fame, in 1980, but president of business operations Pete Guelli indicated in a statement Saturday that Simpson’s name will not join the rest when the team moves into its new stadium this coming season.

“We have ​made an organizational decision that he is not a fit to display inside ​our new stadium and family circle,” Guelli’s statement read.

The Bills selected the Heisman Trophy winner out of USC with the No. 1 pick in the 1969 NFL Draft. He went on to play nine of his 11 professional seasons for the Bills, racking up 10,183 yards and 57 touchdowns rushing as a five-time All-Pro. He became the first running back to top 2,000 yards rushing in a season when he ran for 2,003 in 14 games in 1973. He finished his NFL career playing two seasons with his hometown San Francisco 49ers in 1978 and ’79.

Simpson was accused of murdering his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles in 1994 but was acquitted in a jury trial. After the trial, Goldman’s father filed a civil lawsuit against Simpson, which led to the family being awarded $34 million in damages.

This story will be updated.