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Malcom Floyd is not afraid to make the toughest of catches.

   Chargers fans found out just how tough Floyd was when he helped jump-start a late fourth-quarter comeback in Kansas City in December while playing with a collapsed lung. For the Chargers, it was a pivotal game with postseason implications as they entered the contest trailing division-leading Denver by three games with just three left to play. Down 21-10 to the Chiefs, Floyd capped a 15-play, 89-yard drive with a four-yard touchdown catch with 1:13 to play. It ended a huge series for Floyd on which he had all five of his catches in the game for 67 yards. After recovering an onside kick, the Chargers scored again and went on to win the game. While his teammates celebrated the victory in the locker room and returned to San Diego later that night, Floyd spent the night in a Kansas City hospital and missed the next couple of games.

  Floyd ended up finishing the season with career-best figures that included 27 catches, 465 yards and four touchdowns.

  At 6-5, Floyd is one of the team’s tallest receivers and he’s shown the ability to make acrobatic catches look routine. Floyd also can stretch the field and gives the Chargers a legitimate deep threat. That explosiveness in making plays downfield led one former teammate to christen him with the nickname “M-80.”

  Floyd is the second NFL wide receiver in the family. His older brother, Malcolm, played wide receiver for the Houston Oilers in the mid 1990s.

  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 and May 15, 2009.

 2009: 45-yard reception in week two vs. Baltimore and 47-yard reception in week three vs. Miami. Recorded a 3-yard touchdown reception in week 7 at Kansas City. Set up an L.T. touchdown run with a 53-yard reception down to the yard line in week 12 win over Kansas City. Played a key role in week 14 against the Cowboys on a 24-yard catch on a 3rd-and-12 play. Then three plays later, drew a 38-yard pass interference penalty to set up a LaDainian Tomlinson 1-yard touchdown run. Finished week 16 with three catches for 55-yards against the Titans. Also drew a key pass interference penalty in the end zone to set up a touchdown in the third quarter. Later on, caught a 21-yard reception that kept the Chargers drive alive and eventually led to a touchdown and a 35-10 lead. Had a career day in week 17 vs. the Washington Redskins. Hauled in a career best nine receptions for 140 yards.

  2008: Started for inj. Chris Chambers in Wk 6 NBC SNF game vs. NE and had season-long 49-yard TD catch…Oct. 19 at Buffalo, three plays after having 12-yard TD catch pulled off board for 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, Floyd had all five of his catches in game (67 yards)…diagnosed with collapsed lung following Chiefs game and INA Wks 15-16…healthy INA for Wild Card Playoffs vs. Indy Jan. 5.

 2006: Chargers Alumni POW after season-long 46-yard TD catch in 3Q of 49-41 win at Cincinnati 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 Denver (ankle)…went to “Reserve-Injured” list (ankle) Dec. 14.

 2005: Practice squad Wks 1-12 and INA Wks 13-16.

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

  COLLEGE: Honorable mention All-MWC as senior…first-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 majoy.

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