Floyd Little

Floyd Douglas Little

Position: RB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 196 lbs.

Born: July 4, 1942 in New Haven, CT
College: Syracuse (school history)
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 70 (637th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2010

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Fine Details · Last updated May 18, 2013 12:25PM

All-Time Rank: #606. Eddie George… #607. Tobin Rote… #608. Jim Ray Smith… #609. FLOYD LITTLE… #610. Greg Lloyd… #611. George Webster… #612. Diron Talbert…

All-Time Rank: #606. Eddie George… #607. Tobin Rote… #608. Jim Ray Smith… #609. FLOYD LITTLE… #610. Greg Lloyd… #611. George Webster… #612. Diron Talbert…

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1967	25	DEN	HB/KR/PR	44	13		130	381	1	14	2.9	29.3	10.0	7	11	1.6	0	15	0.5	0.8	392	1	3	4
1968*	26	DEN	HB/KR/PR	44	11	11	158	584	3	55	3.7	53.1	14.4	19	331	17.4	1	66	1.7	30.1	915	4	6	8
1969*+	27	DEN	HB	44	9	9	146	729	6	48	5.0	81.0	16.2	19	218	11.5	1	67	2.1	24.2	947	7	2	9
1970*	28	DEN	RB	44	14	14	209	901	3	80	4.3	64.4	14.9	17	161	9.5	0	39	1.2	11.5	1062	3	6	10
1971*	29	DEN	RB	44	14	13	284	1133	6	40	4.0	80.9	20.3	26	255	9.8	0	74	1.9	18.2	1388	6	4	10
1972	30	DEN	RB	44	14	14	216	859	9	55	4.0	61.4	15.4	28	367	13.1	4	40	2.0	26.2	1226	13	4	12
1973*	31	DEN	RB	44	14	13	256	979	12	47	3.8	69.9	18.3	41	423	10.3	1	50	2.9	30.2	1402	13	3	16
1974	32	DEN	RB	44	14	9	117	312	1	22	2.7	22.3	8.4	29	344	11.9	0	72	2.1	24.6	656	1	2	8
1975	33	DEN	RB	44	14	10	125	445	2	19	3.6	31.8	8.9	29	308	10.6	2	66	2.1	22.0	753	4	2	6
Career					117	93	1641	6323	43	80	3.9	54.0	14.0	215	2418	11.2	9	74	1.8	20.7	8741	52	32	83

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1967	25	DEN	HB/KR/PR	44	13		16	270	1	72	16.9	35	942	0	60	26.9	1604
1968*	26	DEN	HB/KR/PR	44	11	11	24	261	1	67	10.9	26	649	0	89	25.0	1825
1969*+	27	DEN	HB	44	9	9	6	70	0	52	11.7	3	81	0	30	27.0	1098
1970*	28	DEN	RB	44	14	14	22	187	0	24	8.5	6	126	0	28	21.0	1375
1971*	29	DEN	RB	44	14	13						7	199	0	48	28.4	1587
1972	30	DEN	RB	44	14	14	8	64	0	29	8.0	3	48	0	22	16.0	1338
1973*	31	DEN	RB	44	14	13	1	7	0	7	7.0						1409
1974	32	DEN	RB	44	14	9	4	34	0	17	8.5	8	171	0	31	21.4	861
1975	33	DEN	RB	44	14	10						16	307	0	32	19.2	1060
Career					117	93	81	893	2	72	11.0	104	2523	0	89	24.3	12157

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1968*	26	DEN	HB/KR/PR	44	11	11	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1969*+	27	DEN	HB	44	9	9	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
1970*	28	DEN	RB	44	14	14	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	5	-1.67	-1.67	33.3
1971*	29	DEN	RB	44	14	13	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
1972	30	DEN	RB	44	14	14	2	2	100.0	43	1	50.0	35	21.5	31.5	21.5	3.1	158.3	0	0	21.50	31.50	0.0
Career					117	93	2	9	22.2	43	1	11.1	35	4.8	7.0	21.5	0.4	84.0	1	5	3.80	5.80	10.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1967	25	DEN	HB/KR/PR	44	13								0	3	5	22	0
1968*	26	DEN	HB/KR/PR	44	11	11							0	6	3	0	0
1969*+	27	DEN	HB	44	9	9							0	2	0	0	0
1970*	28	DEN	RB	44	14	14							0	6	1	0	0
1971*	29	DEN	RB	44	14	13							0	4	2	0	0
1972	30	DEN	RB	44	14	14							0	4	0	-6	0
1973*	31	DEN	RB	44	14	13							0	3	0	0	0
1974	32	DEN	RB	44	14	9							0	2	1	0	0
1975	33	DEN	RB	44	14	10							0	2	1	0	0
Career					117	93							0	32	13	16	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	Pts
1967	25	DEN	HB/KR/PR	44	13		1		1	2	12
1968*	26	DEN	HB/KR/PR	44	11	11	3	1	1	5	30
1969*+	27	DEN	HB	44	9	9	6	1		7	42
1970*	28	DEN	RB	44	14	14	3			3	18
1971*	29	DEN	RB	44	14	13	6			6	36
1972	30	DEN	RB	44	14	14	9	4		13	78
1973*	31	DEN	RB	44	14	13	12	1		13	78
1974	32	DEN	RB	44	14	9	1			1	6
1975	33	DEN	RB	44	14	10	2	2		4	24
Career					117	93	43	9	2	54	324

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7	Jerome Bettis, Larry Csonka, Greg Pruitt, Jim Taylor, Mark van Eeghen, Don Perkins, Earl Campbell*, Clinton Portis, Freeman McNeil, Shaun Alexander
8	Jerome Bettis, Don Perkins, Earl Campbell, Clinton Portis, Corey Dillon, Earnest Byner, Freeman McNeil, Greg Pruitt, Jim Taylor, Tiki Barber
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973	First-Team All-Pro 1969	Rushing Att 1967 AFL 130 (7) 1968 AFL 158 (9) 1970 NFL 209 (5) 1971 NFL 284 (1) 1972 NFL 216 (10) 1973 NFL 256 (7) Career 1641 (59)	Rushing Yds 1968 AFL 584 (9) 1969 AFL 729 (5) 1970 NFL 901 (4) 1971 NFL 1133 (1) 1973 NFL 979 (9) Career 6323 (69)
Rushing TD 1969 AFL 6 (3) 1972 NFL 9 (4) 1973 NFL 12 (1) Career 43 (91)	Long Rush 1968 AFL 55 (8) 1969 AFL 48 (10) 1970 NFL 80 (2/84) 1972 NFL 55 (8)	Yds/Rushing Att 1969 AFL 5.0 (1) 1970 NFL 4.3 (8)	Rushing Yds/Game 1968 AFL 53.1 (7) 1969 AFL 81.0 (1) 1970 NFL 64.4 (4) 1971 NFL 80.9 (1) Career 54.0 (102)
Long Reception 1969 AFL 67 (10)	Touchdowns 1969 AFL 7 (8) 1972 NFL 13 (3) 1973 NFL 13 (2) Career 54 (186)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1969 AFL 7 (8) 1972 NFL 13 (3) 1973 NFL 13 (2) Career 52 (194)	Non-Offensive TDs 1967 AFL 1 (8) 1968 AFL 1 (6)
Yds From Scrimmage 1969 AFL 947 (9) 1970 NFL 1062 (9) 1971 NFL 1388 (1) 1973 NFL 1402 (3) Career 8741 (138)	All-Purpose Yds 1967 AFL 1604 (1) 1968 AFL 1825 (1) 1969 AFL 1098 (9) 1970 NFL 1375 (6) 1971 NFL 1587 (4) 1973 NFL 1409 (7) Career 12157 (79)	Touches 1967 AFL 188 (7) 1968 AFL 227 (4) 1970 NFL 254 (5) 1971 NFL 317 (1) 1972 NFL 255 (8) 1973 NFL 298 (6) Career 2041 (50)	Yds/Touch 1967 AFL 8.5 (3) 1968 AFL 8.0 (1) 1969 AFL 6.3 (6)
Kick Returns 1967 AFL 35 (2) 1968 AFL 26 (5) Career 104 (163)	Kick Return Yds 1967 AFL 942 (2) 1968 AFL 649 (5) Career 2523 (157)	Long Kick Return 1967 AFL 60 (5) 1968 AFL 89 (3)	Yds/Kick Return 1967 AFL 26.9 (3) 1968 AFL 25.0 (2) Career 24.3 (103)
Punt Returns 1967 AFL 16 (7) 1968 AFL 24 (4)	Punt Return Yds 1967 AFL 270 (3) 1968 AFL 261 (3) Career 893 (169)	Punt Return TD 1967 AFL 1 (1/97) 1968 AFL 1 (2/97) Career 2 (82)	Long Punt Return 1967 AFL 72 (2) 1968 AFL 67 (6) 1969 AFL 52 (2)
Yds/Punt Return 1967 AFL 16.9 (1/19) 1968 AFL 10.9 (4) Career 11.0 (31)	Kick & Punt Returns 1967 AFL 51 (3) 1968 AFL 50 (3) Career 185 (159)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1967 AFL 1212 (2) 1968 AFL 910 (4) Career 3416 (130)	Fumbles 1968 AFL 6 (4) 1970 NFL 6 (7)
Fumbles Recovered 1967 AFL 5 (2) 1968 AFL 3 (5)	Fumble Return Yds 1967 AFL 22 (4)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1969	2nd Team	All-AFL	Pro Football Writers
1969	2nd Team	All-AFL	Hall of Fame
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Pro Football Weekly
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Sporting News
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1970	1st Team	All-Conf.	Associated Press
1970	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1970	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1970	2nd Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1971	1st Team	All-Conf.	Associated Press
1971	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1971	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1971	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1971	2nd Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1971	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1972	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1973	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1970	28	14	RB	124	23	15	52
1971	29	14	RB	175	62	3	12
1972	30	14	RB	208	93	3	6
1973	31	14	RB	218	107	2	6
1974	32	14	RB	72		46
1975	33	14	RB	99		35
				896	285

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