Floyd Little

Floyd Douglas Little (The Franchise)

Position: RB

5-10, 196lb (178cm, 88kg)

Born: July 4, 1942 in New Haven, CT

Died: January 1, 2021 in Henderson, NV

College: Syracuse (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 70 (644th overall since 1960)

High School: James Hillhouse (CT)

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

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2010 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

117

Rush

1641

Yds

6323

Y/A

3.9

FantPt

1171.8

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1967	25	DEN	HB	44	13	12	130	381	1	14	2.9	29.3	10.0	7	11	1.6	0	15	0.5	0.8	137	2.9	392	1	3	4	AP AFL ORoY-4
1968*	26	DEN	RB	44	11	11	158	584	3	55	3.7	53.1	14.4	19	331	17.4	1	66	1.7	30.1	177	5.2	915	4	6	8	PB
1969*+	27	DEN	RB	44	9	9	146	729	6	48	5.0	81.0	16.2	19	218	11.5	1	67	2.1	24.2	165	5.7	947	7	2	9	AP1, PB
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	226	4.7	1062	3	6	10	PB
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	310	4.5	1388	6	4	10	PB
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	244	5.0	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	297	4.7	1402	13	3	16	PB
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	146	4.5	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	154	4.9	753	4	2	6
Career					117	105	1641	6323	43	80	3.9	54.0	14.0	215	2418	11.2	9	74	1.8	20.7	1856	4.7	8741	52	32	83

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		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	12	16	270	1	72	16.9	35	942	0	60	26.9	1626
1968*	26	DEN	RB	44	11	11	24	261	1	67	10.9	26	649	0	89	25.0	1825
1969*+	27	DEN	RB	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	1332
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	105	81	893	2	72	11.0	104	2523	0	89	24.3	12173

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1968*	26	DEN	RB	44	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1969*+	27	DEN	RB	44	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1970*	28	DEN	RB	44	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	5	33.3	-1.67	-1.67
1971*	29	DEN	RB	44	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1972	30	DEN	RB	44	14	14	2	2	100	43	1	50	35	21.5	31.5	21.5	3.1	158.3	0	0	0	21.50	31.50
Career					117	105	2	9	22.2	43	1	11.1	35	4.8	7.0	21.5	0.4	84.0	1	5	10	3.80	5.80

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1967	25	DEN	HB	44	13	12							3	5	22	0	0.0
1968*	26	DEN	RB	44	11	11							6	3	0	0	0.0
1969*+	27	DEN	RB	44	9	9							2	0	0	0	0.0
1970*	28	DEN	RB	44	14	14							6	1	0	0	0.0
1971*	29	DEN	RB	44	14	13							4	2	0	0	0.0
1972	30	DEN	RB	44	14	14							4	0	-6	0	0.0
1973*	31	DEN	RB	44	14	13							3	0	0	0	0.0
1974	32	DEN	RB	44	14	9							2	1	0	0	0.0
1975	33	DEN	RB	44	14	10							2	1	0	0	0.0
Career					117	105							32	13	16	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1967	25	DEN	HB	44	13	12	1		1	2		12	0.9
1968*	26	DEN	RB	44	11	11	3	1	1	5		30	2.7
1969*+	27	DEN	RB	44	9	9	6	1		7		42	4.7
1970*	28	DEN	RB	44	14	14	3			3		18	1.3
1971*	29	DEN	RB	44	14	13	6			6		36	2.6
1972	30	DEN	RB	44	14	14	9	4		13		78	5.6
1973*	31	DEN	RB	44	14	13	12	1		13		78	5.6
1974	32	DEN	RB	44	14	9	1			1		6	0.4
1975	33	DEN	RB	44	14	10	2	2		4		24	1.7
Career					117	105	43	9	2	54	0	324	2.8

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