Malcom Floyd

Malcom Maiuu Floyd He was also a First-team all-league selection in basketball.

Again playing in limited games due to injury, Floyd missed 4 games, but still put up a career-high 856 receiving yards. For the second straight year he averaged over 19 yards per catch, this year averaging 19.9. Floyd's average was also the ninth highest average in team history among players with at least 40 catches.

Floyd also performed a rather impressive feat in 2011 when 41 of his 43 catches went for first downs. The 95.3 percent clip was the second-highest in NFL history (min. 32 catches). Only Henry Ellard, who totaled 71 first downs on 74 catches (95.9%) for the Washington Redskins in 1994, posted a higher percentage.

In 2012, Floyd was on his way to a 1,000-yard season when his campaign was cut short by two games as result of an ankle injury. He still managed to lead the team with a career-high 56 catches and score five touchdowns.

In 2013, Floyd was carted off the practice field on August 12 with a potentially serious right knee injury. An MRI brought good news as Floyd avoided a ligament tear.

On September 15, 2013, during a Week 2 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Floyd was again carted off the field after an undisclosed head injury. He had feeling in all limbs and was awake and alert in the hospital, and it was announced he would fly to back to San Diego with his team, not needing to stay overnight at the hospital. He was placed on injured reserve on October 1, 2013, as a result of this neck injury.

In 2014, Floyd returned from his injury to play against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 1. He caught 4 passes for 50 yards including a six-yard touchdown reception. After missing the final 14 games the prior season, Floyd played in all 16 games for just the second time in his career. He had 52 catches and six touchdowns; his receiving yards (856) tied his career high and also led the team for the second time in three years. He and teammate Jarret Johnson were named by the Chargers as their most inspirational players.

NFL career statistics Legend Led the league Bold Career high

Year Team GP Receiving Fumbles Rec Tgt Yds Avg Lng TD FD Fum Lost 2004 SD 4 3 9 49 16.3 27 1 2 0 0 2005 SD 0 2006 SD 12 15 32 210 14.0 46 3 9 0 0 2007 SD 6 7 13 97 13.9 25 0 4 0 0 2008 SD 13 27 37 465 17.2 49 4 21 0 0 2009 SD 16 45 76 776 17.2 53 1 36 0 0 2010 SD 11 37 77 717 19.4 55 6 33 1 0 2011 SD 12 43 70 856 19.9 52 5 41 0 0 2012 SD 14 56 84 814 14.5 39 5 47 0 0 2013 SD 2 6 11 149 24.8 47 0 5 0 0 2014 SD 16 52 92 856 16.5 59 6 39 0 0 2015 SD 15 30 69 561 18.7 70 3 19 1 1 Career 121 321 570 5,550 17.3 70 34 256 2 1

Personal life Floyd's older brother, Malcolm, played wide receiver for the Houston Oilers from 1994–1997. The older brother was allowed to name his sibling, and he named him after himself—their father introduced the spelling difference.

Floyd’s mother, Leataata, resided in Sacramento where she volunteered as a mentor, tutor, counselor and ambassador, who taught Polynesian dancing after school each day at one of the poorest schools in the city. In 2012, the Sacramento School District paid tribute to Floyd by changing the name of the school where she had given so much of her time from Jedediah Smith Elementary to Leataata Floyd Elementary.

Floyd and his wife, Daphne, have two sons, Maiu and Malc. In his spare time, Malcom enjoys playing basketball, bodyboarding at Mission Beach and spending time grilling out with his family. An all-conference hoopster in high school, Floyd’s team won the school’s intramural championship while he was an undergrad at Wyoming.