- William Floyd (American football)
Infobox NFLretired
name=William Floyd
position=Fullback
number=40
birthdate=birth date and age|1972|2|17Jacksonville, Florida
deathdate=
debutyear=1994
finalyear=2000
draftyear=1994
draftround=1
draftpick=28
college=Florida State University
teams=
*San Francisco 49ers (1994-1997)
*Carolina Panthers (1998-2000)
stat1label=Rushing yards
stat1value=1,141
stat2label=Average
stat2value=3.2
stat3label=Touchdown s
stat3value=20
pfr=FloyWi00.htm
highlights=
*First rookie in NFL history to score 3 touchdowns in a playoff game
HOF=
CollegeHOF=William Ali Floyd (born
February 17 ,1972 in Jacksonville,Florida ) is a formerAmerican football fullback in the NFL. At Lakewood High School inSt. Petersburg, Florida , he compiled a 34 - 4 record and led the Spartans to the only undefeated regular season in school history in 1988. He earned All-Sun Coast and All-Pinellas County honors and was rated as the number one running back in the state of Florida and the number two fullback in the country by "Super Prep " magazine.He enrolled at
Florida State University in 1990, and helped the football team win the national championship in 1993. He was the premier fullback of the1994 NFL Draft and was selected with the 28th pick of the first round by theSan Francisco 49ers . He helped San Francisco winSuper Bowl XXIX during his rookie year. In a 1995 divisional playoff game against theChicago Bears , he became the first rookie to score threetouchdown s in a playoff game. He also scored a touchdown in the NFC title game, assisting the 49ers to a 38-28 win over theDallas Cowboys after 2 frustrating losses to Dallas in the previous 2 NFC Championship Games. In Super Bowl XXIX, Floyd rushed for 32 yards, caught 4 passes for 26 yards, and scored a touchdown in San Francisco's 49-26 victory.Floyd's 1996 season was cut short with a torn ACL that put him on the reserve list for the balance of the season.
He finished his career playing with the
Carolina Panthers from 1998 through 2000. In his 7 NFL seasons, Floyd rushed for 1,141 yards, caught 191 passes for 1,427 yards, returned 1 kickoff for 22 yards, and scored 25 touchdowns (20 rushing and 5 receiving).Floyd recently accepted a position as Public Relations Liaison for Able Body Labor and is actively pursuing a degree in law. He lives in
Orlando, Florida with his wife Bonita and their three children William, Thai and Jaden. The family is active in his non-profit community-benefit foundation, William Floyd’s Bar None Foundation.On April 30, 2008, Florida State University and ISP Sports announced that Floyd, who helped win a national championship for the Seminoles in 1993, will join Gene Deckerhoff as color analyst on the Seminole ISP Sports Network for radio broadcasts of FSU football games. Floyd replaces former FSU quarterback Peter Tom Willis, who was critisized as being too negative in his on-air comments.
External links
*"DatabaseFootball:" [http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FLOYDWIL01 William Floyd]
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