Otis Taylor Jr.
Position: WR-FL
Height: 6-3 Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: August 11, 1942 in Houston, TX
College: Prairie View
Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 4th round (29th overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 15th round (203rd overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 80 (386th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #354. Art Still… #355. Jake Scott… #356. O.J. Simpson… #357. OTIS TAYLOR… #358. Herman Moore… #359. Willie Buchanon… #360. Chris Spielman… |
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1965 | 23 | KAN | 89 | 14 | 26 | 446 | 17.2 | 5 | 48 | 1.9 | 31.9 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 8.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 463 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1966*+ | 24 | KAN | FL | 89 | 14 | 58 | 1297 | 22.4 | 8 | 89 | 4.1 | 92.6 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 19 | 16.5 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 1330 | 8 | 0 | 20 | |
| 1967 | 25 | KAN | FL | 89 | 14 | 59 | 958 | 16.2 | 11 | 71 | 4.2 | 68.4 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 24 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 987 | 12 | 1 | 14 | |
| 1968 | 26 | KAN | FL | 89 | 11 | 20 | 420 | 21.0 | 4 | 67 | 1.8 | 38.2 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 30 | 8.2 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 461 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1969 | 27 | KAN | FL | 89 | 11 | 41 | 696 | 17.0 | 7 | 79 | 3.7 | 63.3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 10 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 694 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1970 | 28 | KAN | WR | 89 | 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 | 8 |
| 1971*+ | 29 | KAN | WR | 89 | 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 | 14 |
| 1972* | 30 | KAN | WR | 89 | 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 | 10 |
| 1973 | 31 | KAN | WR | 89 | 14 | 34 | 565 | 16.6 | 4 | 46 | 2.4 | 40.4 | 4 | -14 | 0 | 5 | -3.5 | -1.0 | 0.3 | 551 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1974 | 32 | KAN | WR | 89 | 10 | 24 | 375 | 15.6 | 2 | 64 | 2.4 | 37.5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 381 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1975 | 33 | KAN | 89 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 95 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1965 | 23 | KAN | 89 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1967 | 25 | KAN | FL | 89 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 27 | KAN | FL | 89 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 28 | KAN | WR | 89 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1971*+ | 29 | KAN | WR | 89 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1972* | 30 | KAN | WR | 89 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1973 | 31 | KAN | WR | 89 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1974 | 32 | KAN | WR | 89 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 130 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 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.
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1965 | 23 | KAN | 89 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 1966*+ | 24 | KAN | FL | 89 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||||
| 1967 | 25 | KAN | FL | 89 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 1968 | 26 | KAN | FL | 89 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 27 | KAN | FL | 89 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||||
| 1970 | 28 | KAN | WR | 89 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1971*+ | 29 | KAN | WR | 89 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||
| 1972* | 30 | KAN | WR | 89 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1973 | 31 | KAN | WR | 89 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 1974 | 32 | KAN | WR | 89 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Career | 130 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 60 | 360 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1966 | 2nd Team | All-AFL | AFL |
| 1966 | 1st Team | All-AFL | Associated Press |
| 1966 | 1st Team | All-AFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1966 | 2nd Team | All-AFL | NY Daily News |
| 1966 | 1st Team | All-AFL | UPI |
| 1967 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 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 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1971 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1971 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1971 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1972 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1972 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |