Malcom Floyd life and biography

Malcom Floyd born September 8, 1981 in Sacramento, California is an American football wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Wyoming.

Floyd's career

It took a while, but Malcom Floyd finally earned a chance to start for the Chargers in 2009 and his future looks as bright as his smile. At 6-5, he is one of the league’s tallest receivers and is able to make acrobatic catches look routine. His ability to make plays downfield led one former teammate to christen him with the nickname "M-80."

Floyd set career-highs in catches and yards in ’09 as he averaged a whopping 17.2 yards per catch, tied with teammate Vincent Jackson for the second-highest average in the NFL.

Floyd is the second NFL wide receiver in the family. His older brother, Malcolm, played wide receiver for the Houston Oilers in the mid '90s.

Floyd's hobbies include playing basketball, riding jet skis and spending time with family, friends and teammates. He was an all-conference basketball player in high school and his team won an intramural championship while he was in college at Wyoming.

TRANSACTION HISTORY: Signed with Chargers, April 30, 2004…waived Sept. 5 and signed to practice squad Sept. 7, 2004…signed to active roster Dec. 11, 2004…waived Sept. 3, 2005 and re-signed to practice squad Sept. 5, 2005…signed to active roster Dec. 7, 2005... signed one-year contracts March 7, 2007, March 25, 2008, May 15, 2009 and June 8, 2010.

2009: 24-yard catch on 3rd-and-12 and 38-yard PI penalty drawn three plays later helps Chargers to 7-3 lead in key win Dec. 13 at DAL...Game Ball from coaches after performance Christmas Night in TEN...52-yard TD catch in 2Q called back by penalty away from play...in 3Q drew PI in end zone that set up TD on next play...later in 3Q, 21-yard catch on 3rd-and-13 led to another TD for 35-10 lead...another Game Ball after career-highs of 140 yards and nine catches vs. WAS Jan. 3...included six-yard catch on 4th down to sustain TD drive and 50-yarder during FG march.

2008: Season-long 49-yd TD catch in Wk 6 NBC SNF game vs. NE…Oct. 19 at BUF, three plays after 12-yard TD catch taken away due to offensive PI, bounced back with 14-yard TD catch on 3rd-down…Chargers Alumni Offensive POM for November…Dec. 14 at KC, helped Chargers overcome 21-10 4Q deficit by starting comeback with four-yard TD catch with 1:13 remaining…during drive, had all five of his catches in game (67 yards)…diagnosed with collapsed lung following game and spent night in hospital before being INA Wks 15-16…healthy INA for Wild Card Playoffs vs. IND Jan. 5.

2007: 25-yard catch on 3rd-and-13 play during opening drive of second half in Sept. 23 game at Green Bay helped set up 21-yard touchdown catch-and-run by LT...helped extend Chargers touchdown drive on opening series of Week 6 game vs. Oakland with 16-yeard catch on 3rd-and-y play.

2006: Chargers Alumni POW after season-long 46-yard TD catch in 3Q of 49-41 win at CIN Nov. 12...left “Queen City” with first-career 100-yard game (109)…late 4Q 12-yard tiptoe catch along boundary on 3rd-and-9 kept TD drive alive for final points in win…INA Wk 13 at DEN (ankle) …“Reserve-Injured” (ankle) Dec. 14.

2005: On PS Wks 1-12 and INA Wks 13-16.

2004: First-career TD catch (13 yards) from Philip Rivers Jan. 2 vs. KC…also Rivers’
first TD pass.

COLLEGE: Honorable mention All-MWC as senior…firs-team all-conference as soph…finished career with 186 catches for 2,411 yards and 14 TDs…redshirted in 1999…played at Wyoming from 1999-03…health sciences major.

PERSONAL: Born in Sacramento, California…all metro and offensive MVP of league at River City HS in Sacramento…first-team all-league in basket ball.

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