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Otis Taylor

Otis Taylor Jr.

Position: WR-FL
Height: 6-3    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: August 11, 1942 in Houston, TX
College: Prairie View

3-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 4th round (29th overall) of the AFL 1965 Draft
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 15th round (203rd overall) of the 1965 Draft

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1965 23 KAN 14 0 26 446 17.2 5 48 1.9 31.9 2 17 0 15 8.5 1.2 0.1 463 5 1
1966*+ 24 KAN FL 14 0 58 1297 22.4 8 89 4.1 92.6 2 33 0 19 16.5 2.4 0.1 1330 8 0
1967 25 KAN FL 14 0 59 958 16.2 11 71 4.2 68.4 5 29 1 24 5.8 2.1 0.4 987 12 1
1968 26 KAN FL 11 0 20 420 21.0 4 67 1.8 38.2 5 41 1 30 8.2 3.7 0.5 461 5 0
1969 27 KAN FL 11 0 41 696 17.0 7 79 3.7 63.3 2 -2 0 10 -1.0 -0.2 0.2 694 7 1
1970 28 KAN WR 13 0 34 618 18.2 3 59 2.6 47.5 3 13 0 7 4.3 1.0 0.2 631 3 1
1971*+ 29 KAN WR 14 0 57 1110 19.5 7 82 4.1 79.3 1 25 1 25 25.0 1.8 0.1 1135 8 0
1972* 30 KAN WR 14 0 57 821 14.4 6 44 4.1 58.6 5 13 0 11 2.6 0.9 0.4 834 6 2
1973 31 KAN WR 14 0 34 565 16.6 4 46 2.4 40.4 4 -14 0 5 -3.5 -1.0 0.3 551 4 2
1974 32 KAN WR 10 0 24 375 15.6 2 64 2.4 37.5 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.6 0.1 381 2 0
1975 33 KAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Career 130 0 410 7306 17.8 57 89 3.2 56.2 30 161 3 30 5.4 1.2 0.2 7467 60 8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1965 23 KAN 14 0 1 0 0 0
1967 25 KAN FL 14 0 1 1 0 0
1969 27 KAN FL 11 0 1 1 8 0
1970 28 KAN WR 13 0 1 0 0 0
1971*+ 29 KAN WR 14 0 0 1 0 0
1972* 30 KAN WR 14 0 2 0 0 0
1973 31 KAN WR 14 0 2 1 0 0
1974 32 KAN WR 10 0 0 2 0 0
Career 130 0 8 6 8 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1966*+ 24 KAN FL 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1330
Career 130 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 7467

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1966*+ 24 KAN FL 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Career 130 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1965 23 KAN 14 0 5 30
1966*+ 24 KAN FL 14 0 8 48
1967 25 KAN FL 14 0 1 11 72
1968 26 KAN FL 11 0 1 4 30
1969 27 KAN FL 11 0 7 42
1970 28 KAN WR 13 0 3 18
1971*+ 29 KAN WR 14 0 1 7 48
1972* 30 KAN WR 14 0 6 36
1973 31 KAN WR 14 0 4 24
1974 32 KAN WR 10 0 2 12
Career 130 0 3 57 360

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1966
1971
1972

1st-team All-Pro

1966
1971

Receptions

1966 AFL 58 (3)
1967 AFL 59 (4)
1971 NFL 57 (3)
1972 NFL 57 (3)
Career 410 (164)

Receiving Yds

1966 AFL 1297 (2)
1967 AFL 958 (4)
1971 NFL 1110 (1)
1972 NFL 821 (5)
Career 7306 (89)

Receiving TD

1965 AFL 5 (10)
1966 AFL 8 (4)
1967 AFL 11 (1)
1969 AFL 7 (6)
1971 NFL 7 (5)
Career 57 (68)

Long Reception

1966 AFL 89 (1-- 92)
1967 AFL 71 (7)
1969 AFL 79 (4)
1971 NFL 82 (6)

Yds/Reception

1966 AFL 22.4 (1-- 58)
1967 AFL 16.2 (10)
1969 AFL 17.0 (8)
1971 NFL 19.5 (7)
Career 17.8 (47)

Receiving Yds/Game

1966 AFL 92.6 (2-- 64)
1967 AFL 68.4 (4)
1969 AFL 63.3 (5)
1971 NFL 79.3 (1)
1972 NFL 58.6 (5)
Career 56.2 (69)

Touchdowns

1967 AFL 12 (2)
1969 AFL 7 (8)
Career 60 (123)

Points Scored

1967 AFL 72 (8)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1966 AFL 8 (10)
1967 AFL 12 (2)
1969 AFL 7 (8)
Career 60 (121)

Yds From Scrimmage

1966 AFL 1330 (4)
1967 AFL 987 (9)
1971 NFL 1135 (6)
Career 7467 (178)

All-Purpose Yds

1966 AFL 1330 (6)

Yds/Touch

Career 16.9 (28)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1966 - AFL: 2nd team all-AFL
1966 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL
1966 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-AFL
1966 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-AFL
1966 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL
1967 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-conf.
1971 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1971 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1971 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1971 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 28 13 WR 81 19 26 57
1971 29 14 WR 162 104 2 3
1972 30 14 WR 119 60 5 19
1973 31 14 WR 79 18 17 45
1974 32 10 WR 50 41
491 201