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Floyd Little

Floyd Douglas Little

Position: RB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 196 lbs.
Born: July 4, 1942 in New Haven, CT
College: Syracuse

Career AV: 71 (553rd overall since 1950)

5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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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 44 13 0 130 381 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 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 6
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 12
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 84

Kick & Punt Returns

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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 44 13 0 16 270 1 72 16.9 35 942 0 60 26.9 1604
1968* 26 DEN HB 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

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1968* 26 DEN HB 44 11 11 0 2 0.0 0 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 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1970* 28 DEN RB 44 14 14 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 5 -1.7 -1.7 33.3
1971* 29 DEN RB 44 14 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1972 30 DEN RB 44 14 14 2 2 100.0 43 1 50.0 0 0.0 35 21.5 31.5 21.5 3.1 158.3 0 0 21.5 31.5 0.0
Career 117 93 2 9 22.2 43 1 11.1 0 0.0 35 4.8 7.0 21.5 0.4 84.0 1 5 3.8 5.8 10.0

Defense & Fumbles

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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 44 13 0 3 5 22 0
1968* 26 DEN HB 44 11 11 6 3 0 0
1969*+ 27 DEN HB 44 9 9 2 0 0 0
1970* 28 DEN RB 44 14 14 6 1 0 0
1971* 29 DEN RB 44 14 13 4 2 0 0
1972 30 DEN RB 44 14 14 4 0 -6 0
1973* 31 DEN RB 44 14 13 3 0 0 0
1974 32 DEN RB 44 14 9 2 1 0 0
1975 33 DEN RB 44 14 10 2 1 0 0
Career 117 93 32 13 16 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1967 25 DEN HB 44 13 0 1 1 2 12
1968* 26 DEN HB 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

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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 (55)

Rushing Yds

1968 AFL 584 (9)
1969 AFL 729 (5)
1970 NFL 901 (4)
1971 NFL 1133 (1)
1973 NFL 979 (9)
Career 6323 (61)

Rushing TD

1969 AFL 6 (3)
1972 NFL 9 (4)
1973 NFL 12 (1)
Career 43 (80)

Long Rush

1968 AFL 55 (8)
1969 AFL 48 (10)
1970 NFL 80 (2/77)
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 (91)

Long Reception

1969 AFL 67 (10)

Touchdowns

1969 AFL 7 (8)
1972 NFL 13 (3)
1973 NFL 13 (2)
Career 54 (165)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1969 AFL 7 (8)
1972 NFL 13 (3)
1973 NFL 13 (2)
Career 52 (174)

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 (123)

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 (67)

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 (47)

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 (151)

Kick Return Yds

1967 AFL 942 (2)
1968 AFL 649 (5)
Career 2523 (144)

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 (86)

Punt Returns

1967 AFL 16 (7)
1968 AFL 24 (4)
Career 81 (194)

Punt Return Yds

1967 AFL 270 (3)
1968 AFL 261 (3)
Career 893 (148)

Punt Return TD

1967 AFL 1 (1/89)
1968 AFL 1 (2/89)
Career 2 (74)

Long Punt Return

1967 AFL 72 (2)
1968 AFL 67 (6)
1969 AFL 52 (2)

Yds/Punt Return

1967 AFL 16.9 (1/17)
1968 AFL 10.9 (4)
Career 11.0 (28)

Kick & Punt Returns

1967 AFL 51 (3)
1968 AFL 50 (3)
Career 185 (146)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1967 AFL 1212 (2)
1968 AFL 910 (4)
Career 3416 (119)

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)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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

Fantasy

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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 3 6
1974 32 14 RB 72 46
1975 33 14 RB 99 35
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