Floyd Little
Floyd Douglas Little
Born: July 4, 1942
New Haven, CT USA
Deceased: January 1, 2021
Position: RB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 196
College: Syracuse
High School: James Hillhouse (New Haven, CT); Bordentown Military Institute (Bordentown, NJ)
Career: 1967-1975
Drafted: 1967 in Round 1, #6 overall by the Denver Broncos
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010
Floyd Little played from 1967 to 1975 during his career with the Denver Broncos. Little ran for 6,323 yards in his career on 1,641 attempts, scoring 43 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 215 passes for 2,418 yards and 9 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1968 | AFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
1969 | AFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 39.6 |
1971 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
AFL | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 43 | 8.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 1 | 5 | ||
Totals | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 43 | 4.8 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 1 | 5 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 130 | 381 | 2.9 | 14 | 1 |
1968 | AFL Denver Broncos | 158 | 584 | 3.7 | 55 | 3 |
1969 | AFL Denver Broncos | 146 | 729 | 5.0 | 48 | 6 |
1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 209 | 901 | 4.3 | 80 | 3 |
1971 | NFL Denver Broncos | 284 | 1133 | 4.0 | 40 | 6 |
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 216 | 859 | 4.0 | 55 | 9 |
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 256 | 979 | 3.8 | 47 | 12 |
1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 117 | 312 | 2.7 | 22 | 1 |
1975 | NFL Denver Broncos | 125 | 445 | 3.6 | 19 | 2 |
AFL | 434 | 1694 | 3.9 | 55 | 10 | |
NFL | 1207 | 4629 | 3.8 | 80 | 33 | |
Totals | 1641 | 6323 | 3.9 | 80 | 43 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 15 | 0 |
1968 | AFL Denver Broncos | 19 | 331 | 17.4 | 66 | 1 |
1969 | AFL Denver Broncos | 19 | 218 | 11.5 | 67 | 1 |
1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 17 | 161 | 9.5 | 39 | 0 |
1971 | NFL Denver Broncos | 26 | 255 | 9.8 | 74 | 0 |
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 28 | 367 | 13.1 | 40 | 4 |
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 41 | 423 | 10.3 | 50 | 1 |
1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 29 | 344 | 11.9 | 72 | 0 |
1975 | NFL Denver Broncos | 29 | 308 | 10.6 | 66 | 2 |
AFL | 45 | 560 | 12.4 | 67 | 2 | |
NFL | 170 | 1858 | 10.9 | 74 | 7 | |
Totals | 215 | 2418 | 11.2 | 74 | 9 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 16 | 270 | 16.9 | 72 | 1 |
1968 | AFL Denver Broncos | 24 | 261 | 10.9 | 67 | 1 |
1969 | AFL Denver Broncos | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 52 | 0 |
1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 22 | 187 | 8.5 | 24 | 0 |
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 29 | 0 |
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
AFL | 46 | 601 | 13.1 | 72 | 2 | |
NFL | 35 | 292 | 8.3 | 29 | 0 | |
Totals | 81 | 893 | 11.0 | 72 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 35 | 942 | 26.9 | 60 | 0 |
1968 | AFL Denver Broncos | 26 | 649 | 25.0 | 89 | 0 |
1969 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 30 | 0 |
1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 |
1971 | NFL Denver Broncos | 7 | 199 | 28.4 | 48 | 0 |
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 |
1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 8 | 171 | 21.4 | 31 | 0 |
1975 | NFL Denver Broncos | 16 | 307 | 19.2 | 32 | 0 |
AFL | 64 | 1672 | 26.1 | 89 | 0 | |
NFL | 40 | 851 | 21.3 | 48 | 0 | |
Totals | 104 | 2523 | 24.3 | 89 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 5 | 22 | 0 | |||
1968 | AFL Denver Broncos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1969 | AFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1971 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 0 | -6 | 0 | |||
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1975 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
AFL | 0 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | 21 | 5 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
1968 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
1969 | AFL Denver Broncos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
1971 | NFL Denver Broncos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||||||
1974 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
1975 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
AFL | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
NFL | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 | |
Totals | 43 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 324 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 13 | 0 |
1968 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 11 | 11 |
1969 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 9 | 9 |
1970 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 |
1971 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 13 |
1972 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 |
1973 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 13 |
1974 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 9 |
1975 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 10 |
Honors
1969 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (1st Team)
1969 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (1st Team)
1969 - AFL The Sporting News All-AFL (1st Team)
1969 - AFL Pro Football Writers Association All-AFL (2nd Team)
1969 - AFL Pro Football Weekly All-AFL (1st Team)
1969 - AFL New York Daily News All-AFL (1st Team)
1969 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (1st Team)
1969 - AFL Hall of Fame All-AFL (2nd Team)
1970 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1970 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
1970 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1970 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1971 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1971 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1972 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1973 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)