Floyd Little - wikipedia Floyd Little Floyd Little At his NFL Hall of Fame ceremony in 2010. No. 44 Position : Halfback Born : ( 1942 - 07 - 04 ) July 4, 1942 ( age 75 ) New Haven, Connecticut Height : 5 ft 10 in ( 1.78 m ) Weight : 196 lb ( 89 kg ) Career information High school : New Haven ( CT ) Hillhouse College : Syracuse NFL Draft : 1967 / Round : 1 / Pick : 6 Career history Denver Broncos ( 1967 -- 1975 ) Career highlights and awards 5 × Pro Bowl ( 1968 -- 1971, 1973 ) First - team All - Pro ( 1969 ) 2 × Second - team All - Pro ( 1970, 1971 ) NFL rushing yards leader ( 1971 ) NFL rushing touchdowns leader ( 1973 ) Denver Broncos No. 44 retired Denver Broncos Ring of Fame 3 × First - team All - American ( 1964 -- 1966 ) Syracuse Orange No. 44 retired Career NFL statistics Rushing yards : 6,323 Rushing average : 3.9 Rushing touchdowns : 43 Receptions : 215 Receiving yards : 2,418 Receiving touchdowns : 9 Player stats at NFL.com Player stats at PFR Pro Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame Floyd Douglas Little ( born July 4, 1942 ) is a former American football halfback, and was a three - time All - American at Syracuse University. In 1967, he was the 6th selection of the first common AFL - NFL draft. He was the first ever first - round draft pick to sign with the American Football League 's Denver Broncos, where he was known simply as `` The Franchise. '' Little was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010. Contents 1 College career 2 Professional career 3 Other 4 Awards and honors 5 Statistics 6 See also 7 References 8 External links College career Little is the only three - time All - American running back to compete for the Syracuse University Orangemen. He finished 5th in Heisman Trophy voting in both 1965 and 1966. 1964 : 157 carries for 874 yards and 9 touchdowns. 17 catches for 257 yards and 1 touchdown. 1965 : 193 carries for 1065 yards and 14 touchdowns. 21 catches for 248 yards and 1 touchdown. 1966 : 162 carries for 811 yards and 12 touchdowns. 13 catches for 86 yards and 2 touchdowns. Professional career In 1975, Little retired as the NFL 's 7th all - time leading rusher with 6,323 yards rushing and 54 total touchdowns ( rushing, receiving and returns ). He also threw a touchdown pass to receiver Jerry Simmons in a 1972 upset over the Oakland Raiders. During his rookie year, Little led the NFL in punt returns with a 16.9 - yard average. He led the NFL in combined yards in 1967 and 1968. Little was Denver Broncos team captain all 9 seasons, including his rookie season. Little was a charter member of the Broncos Ring of Fame in 1984, which included Rich Jackson, Lionel Taylor and Goose Gonsoulin. He was the first Bronco to win a rushing title, leading the AFC in rushing in 1970 with 901 yards and the following year he became the first Bronco to eclipse 1,000 yards, gaining 1,133 to lead the NFL. Little was the first player to lead his conference in rushing for a last place team and the 13th player ever in professional football to rush for at least 1,000 yards in one season. He was an American Football League All - Star in 1968. In a week 12 win over Buffalo, he caught 4 passes out of the backfield for 165 yards, including a 66 - yard touchdown, setting a franchise record of 41.25 yards per reception that still stands. He was named first - team `` All - AFL '' in 1969, and made the AFC - NFC Pro Bowl in 1970, 1971 and 1973. At 5'10 '' and 195 pounds, Little was the smallest back to lead the league in rushing since World War II. He led the league in combined yards in 1967 and 1968 and was the only player to return punts for touchdowns in both seasons. During a 6 - year period, 1968 -- 1973, Little rushed for more yards and more yards from scrimmage ( rushing and receiving ) than any RB in the NFL. In 2009 Little was a finalist for induction into the Hall of Fame. He was voted in on February 6, 2010, his induction took place in Canton, OH on August 7, 2010. Other Little finished 40th in his class of 140 at the University of Denver law school, from which he received his masters in legal administration degree in 1975. Little owned automobile dealerships in Denver, the Seattle area and Santa Barbara. On May 15, 2016, Little received his honorary doctorate from Syracuse University in Humane Letters. Awards and honors The number 44 was retired by the Syracuse football program on November 12, 2005, to honor Little, Ernie Davis, and Jim Brown, and the eight other players who wore the number. Little was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983. Little was inducted into the Denver Broncos Ring of Fame on October 1, 1984. '' On August 7, 2010, Little was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame alongside Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, John Randle, and Dick LeBeau. On September 15, 2011, the New Haven Athletic Center, billed as the largest scholastic athletics facility in New England, was renamed the Floyd Little Athletic Center. Statistics Year Team Games Rushing Receiving Attempts Yards Y / A TDs Rec Yards Y / R TDs 1967 Denver Broncos 13 130 381 2.9 7 11 1.6 0 1968 Denver Broncos 11 158 584 3.7 19 331 17.4 1969 Denver Broncos 9 146 729 5.0 6 19 218 11.5 1970 Denver Broncos 14 209 901 4.3 17 161 9.5 0 1971 Denver Broncos 13 284 1133 4.0 6 26 255 9.8 0 1972 Denver Broncos 14 216 859 4.0 9 28 367 13.1 1973 Denver Broncos 14 256 979 3.8 12 41 423 10.3 Denver Broncos 14 117 312 2.7 29 344 11.9 0 Denver Broncos 14 125 445 3.6 29 308 10.6 Career Denver Broncos 117 1641 6323 3.9 43 215 2418 11.2 9 See also List of NCAA major college yearly punt and kickoff return leaders List of American Football League players References Jump up ^ Legwold, Jeff ( 24 September 2010 ). `` Floyd Little receiving Hall of Fame ring at Sunday 's Broncos game ''. Denver Post. Retrieved 6 February 2011. Jump up ^ Sports Illustrated, July 26, 2010, The Unexpected Hero by Gary Smith, p. 60, Published by Time Inc. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2015 - 05 - 18. Retrieved 2015 - 05 - 16. Jump up ^ Sports Illustrated, July 26, 2010, The Unexpected Hero by Gary Smith, p. 60, Published by Time Inc. Jump up ^ Sports Illustrated, July 26, 2010, The Unexpected Hero by Gary Smith, p. 60, Published by Time Inc. Jump up ^ Sports Illustrated, July 26, 2010, The Unexpected Hero by Gary Smith, p. 63, Published by Time Inc. Jump up ^ As of 2017 ; See box score Jump up ^ Floyd Little 's Tales from the Broncos Sideline by Floyd Little and Tom Mackie Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Jump up ^ Sports Illustrated, July 26, 2010, The Unexpected Hero by Gary Smith, p. 57, Published by Time Inc. Jump up ^ http://history.denverbroncos.com/category/ring-of-fame/ Jump up ^ Ehalt, Bob. `` Renaming of Athletic Center Means a Lot to Floyd Little. '' New Haven Register - Serving Greater New Haven, CT. 10 Sept. 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2011. < http://nhregister.com/articles/2011/09/10/sports/doc4e6bba8add545752245303.txt?viewmode=fullstory >. External links Official website Floyd Little -- awards and honors 1967 NFL draft first - round selections Bubba Smith Clinton Jones Steve Spurrier Bob Griese George Webster Floyd Little Mel Farr Gene Washington Bob Hyland Loyd Phillips Cas Banaszek Paul Seiler Ray McDonald Ron Billingsley Alan Page Dave Williams Gene Upshaw Bob Matheson Harry Jones Jim Detwiler John Charles John Pitts Tom Regner Gene Trosch Don Horn Leslie Kelley Denver Broncos first - round draft picks LeClerc Gaiters Olsen Alexander Brown Shay Little Anderson Montgomery Odoms Armstrong Gradishar Wright Glassic Schindler Latimer Clark Smith Willhite Hinton Sewell Nattiel Gregory Atwater Croel Maddox Da. Williams Mobley Pryce Nash Wilson O'Neal Middlebrooks Lelie Foster D.J. Williams Cutler Moss Clady Moreno Ayers Thomas Tebow Miller S. Williams Roby Ray Lynch Bolles Chubb `` Whizzer '' White NFL Man of the Year Award winners 1967 : Starr 1968 : W. Davis 1969 : Meador 1970 : Sayers 1971 : Alexander 1972 : May 1973 : Russell 1974 : Little 1975 : Bleier 1976 : Hart 1977 : Alzado 1978 : A. Manning 1979 : Staubach 1980 : Upshaw 1981 : Houston 1982 : Harris 1983 : Dieken 1984 : Benirschke 1985 : Williams 1986 : Moore 1987 : Martin 1988 : Cherry 1989 : Singletary 1990 : Newsome 1991 : Kenn 1992 : R. White 1993 : Lowery 1994 : Kelso 1995 : Thomas 1996 : Brooks 1997 : Zorich 1998 : Nickerson 1999 : Carter 2000 : Pelfrey 2001 : McCrary 2002 : Brunell 2003 : Vincent 2004 : Brooks 2005 : P. Manning 2006 : McNair 2007 : Lynch 2008 : Dunn 2009 : Dawkins 2010 : Asomugha 2011 : Richardson 2012 : Brees 2013 : Batch 2014 : Boldin 2015 : Greenway 2016 : T. Davis 2017 : Jenkins Walter Camp Man of the Year Award winners 1967 : Fish 1968 : Blair 1969 : Rozelle 1970 : Kipke 1971 : Blanchard 1972 : Frank 1973 : Daugherty 1974 : Gaither 1975 : Dawkins 1976 : Krause 1977 : Dunlap 1978 : Little 1979 : Kemp 1980 : Sayers 1981 : Graham 1982 : Olsen 1983 : Staubach 1984 : Shula 1985 : Bleier 1986 : Davis 1987 : Jackson 1988 : Robustelli 1989 : Brown 1990 : Buoniconti 1991 : Blount 1992 : Griese 1993 : Moon 1994 : Anderson 1995 : Williams 1996 : Swann 1997 : Hill 1998 : Holtz 1999 : Brandt 2000 : Long 2001 : Singletary 2002 : Kelly 2003 : Newsome 2004 : Muñoz 2005 : Stephenson 2006 : Utley 2007 : Butkus 2008 : Andersen 2009 : Elway 2010 : Shields 2011 : Carson 2012 : Edwards 2013 : Millen 2014 : Bettis 2015 : Andruzzi & Biletnikoff 2016 : Dunn 2017 : Johnson NFL annual rushing yards leaders 1932 : Battles 1933 : Musick 1934 : Feathers 1935 : Russell 1936 : Leemans 1937 : Battles 1938 : B. White 1939 : Osmanski 1940 : B. White 1941 : Manders 1942 : Dudley 1943 : Paschal 1944 : Paschal 1945 : Van Buren 1946 : Dudley 1947 : Van Buren 1948 : Van Buren 1949 : Van Buren 1950 : Motley 1951 : Price 1952 : Towler 1953 : Perry 1954 : Perry 1955 : Ameche 1956 : Casares 1957 : J. Brown 1958 : J. Brown 1959 : J. Brown 1960 : J. Brown 1961 : J. Brown 1962 : Taylor 1963 : J. Brown 1964 : J. Brown 1965 : J. Brown 1966 : Sayers 1967 : Kelly 1968 : Kelly 1969 : Sayers 1970 : L. Brown 1971 : Little 1972 : Simpson 1973 : Simpson 1974 : Armstrong 1975 : Simpson 1976 : Simpson 1977 : Payton 1978 : Campbell 1979 : Campbell 1980 : Campbell 1981 : Rogers 1982 : McNeil 1983 : Dickerson 1984 : Dickerson 1985 : Allen 1986 : Dickerson 1987 : C. White 1988 : Dickerson 1989 : Okoye 1990 : Sanders 1991 : Smith 1992 : Smith 1993 : Smith 1994 : Sanders 1995 : Smith 1996 : Sanders 1997 : Sanders 1998 : Davis 1999 : James 2000 : James 2001 : Holmes 2002 : Williams 2003 : Lewis 2004 : Martin 2005 : Alexander 2006 : Tomlinson 2007 : Tomlinson 2008 : Peterson 2009 : Johnson 2010 : Foster 2011 : Jones - Drew 2012 : Peterson 2013 : McCoy 2014 : Murray 2015 : Peterson 2016 : Elliott 2017 : Hunt NFL annual rushing touchdowns leaders 1932 : Nagurski 1933 : Presnell 1934 : Clark & Feathers 1935 : Caddel 1936 : Clark 1937 : Battles, Clark & Hinkle 1938 : Farkas 1939 : Drake 1940 : Drake 1941 : Gallarneau 1942 : Famiglietti 1943 : Paschal 1944 : Paschal 1945 : Van Buren 1946 : Fritsch 1947 : Van Buren 1948 : Van Buren 1949 : Van Buren 1950 : Lujack 1951 : Goode 1952 : Towler 1953 : Perry 1954 : Towler 1955 : Ameche 1956 : Casares 1957 : Brown 1958 : Brown 1959 : Brown 1960 : Hornung 1961 : Taylor 1962 : Taylor 1963 : Brown 1964 : Moore 1965 : Brown 1966 : Kelly 1967 : Kelly 1968 : Kelly 1969 : Matte 1970 : Lane 1971 : Thomas 1972 : M. Morris 1973 : Little & Simpson 1974 : Sullivan 1975 : Banaszak & Simpson 1976 : Harris 1977 : Payton 1978 : D. Sims 1979 : Campbell 1980 : Campbell & B. Sims 1981 : Muncie 1982 : M. Allen 1983 : Riggins 1984 : Dickerson & Riggins 1985 : J. Morris 1986 : Rogers 1987 : Hector & White 1988 : Bell 1989 : Bell 1990 : Fenner & Gary 1991 : Sanders 1992 : Smith 1993 : M. Allen 1994 : Smith 1995 : Smith 1996 : T. Allen 1997 : Abdul - Jabbar & T. Davis 1998 : T. Davis 1999 : S. Davis 2000 : Faulk 2001 : Alexander 2002 : Holmes 2003 : Holmes 2004 : Tomlinson 2005 : Alexander 2006 : Tomlinson 2007 : Tomlinson 2008 : Williams 2009 : Peterson 2010 : Foster 2011 : McCoy 2012 : Foster 2013 : Charles & Lynch 2014 : Lynch & Murray 2015 : Freeman, Hill, Peterson & Williams 2016 : Blount 2017 : Gurley Denver Broncos 50th Anniversary Team ( 2009 ) Offense QB Elway RB Davis Little WR McCaffrey Smith TE Sharpe Lepsis Zimmerman Bishop Schlereth Nalen Defense DE Fletcher R. Jackson DT Pryce Carter LB Mecklenburg Gradishar T. Jackson CB Bailey Wright Atwater Smith Special teams Elam Rouen RS Upchurch Denver Broncos retired numbers 7 John Elway 18 Frank Tripucka 44 Floyd Little ( * ) number was unretired during Peyton Manning 's time with the Broncos Denver Broncos Ring of Honor Steve Atwater Pat Bowlen Terrell Davis Jason Elam John Elway Simon Fletcher Goose Gonsoulin Randy Gradishar Rich Jackson Tom Jackson Charley Johnson Floyd Little John Lynch Karl Mecklenburg Gene Mingo Craig Morton Haven Moses Tom Nalen Gerald Phipps Dan Reeves Shannon Sharpe Dennis Smith Paul Smith Rod Smith Lionel Taylor Billy Thompson Frank Tripucka Jim Turner Rick Upchurch Louis Wright Gary Zimmerman Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010 Russ Grimm Rickey Jackson Dick LeBeau Floyd Little John Randle Jerry Rice Emmitt Smith Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Quarterbacks Pre-modern era Baugh Clark Conzelman Driscoll Friedman Herber Luckman A. Parker Modern era Aikman Blanda Bradshaw L. Dawson Elway Favre Fouts Graham Griese Jurgensen J. Kelly Layne Marino Montana Moon Namath Stabler Starr Staubach Tarkenton Tittle Unitas Van Brocklin Warner Waterfield Young Running backs Pre-modern era Battles Canadeo Dudley Grange Guyon Hinkle Lambeau Leemans McAfee McNally Nagurski Nevers Pollard Strong Thorpe Van Buren Modern era M. Allen Bettis J. Brown Campbell Csonka T. Davis Dickerson Dorsett Faulk Gifford Harris Hornung J.H. Johnson L. Kelly F. Little Martin Matson McElhenny Moore Motley Payton Perry Riggins B. Sanders Sayers Simpson E. Smith Jim Taylor T. Thomas Tomlinson Trippi Walker Wide receivers / ends Pre-modern era Badgro Chamberlin Flaherty Halas Hewitt Hutson Millner Modern era Alworth Berry Biletnikoff T. Brown Carter Fears Harrison Hayes Hirsch Irvin Joiner Largent Lavelli Lofton Maynard McDonald Mitchell Monk Moss Owens Pihos Reed Rice Stallworth Swann C. Taylor Warfield Tight ends Casper Ditka Mackey Newsome C. Sanders Sharpe J. Smith Winslow Offensive linemen L. Allen B. Brown R. Brown Creekmur D. Dawson DeLamielleure Dierdorf Gatski Gregg Grimm Hannah Hickerson S. Jones W. Jones Kramer Langer L. Little Mack Matthews McCormack McDaniel Mix Munchak Muñoz Ogden Otto Pace J. Parker Ringo Roaf Shaw Shell Shields Slater St. Clair Stanfel Stephenson Tingelhoff Upshaw Webster Wright Yary Zimmerman Pre-modern era two - way players Edwards Fortmann Healey Hein Henry Hubbard Kiesling Kinard Lyman Michalske Musso Owen Stydahar Trafton Turner Wojciechowicz Defensive linemen Atkins Bethea Buchanan Culp W. Davis Dean Dent Doleman Donovan Eller Ford J. Greene Haley Hampton Humphrey D. Jones Jordan Kennedy Lilly Long Marchetti Nomellini Olsen Page Randle Robustelli Sapp Selmon B. Smith Stautner Strahan Ja. Taylor Weinmeister Ra. White Re. White Willis Youngblood Linebackers Bednarik Bo. Bell Brazile Brooks Buoniconti Butkus Carson Connor George K. Greene Ham Hanburger Hendricks Huff Jackson Lambert Lanier Lewis Nitschke Richter Robinson Schmidt Seau Singletary L. Taylor D. Thomas Tippett Urlacher Wilcox Defensive backs Adderley Barney Blount W. Brown Butler Christiansen Dawkins Easley Green Haynes Houston J. Johnson Krause Lane Lary LeBeau Lott Renfro D. Sanders E. Thomas Tunnell Wehrli Williams L. Wilson Wood Woodson Placekickers and punters Andersen Groza Guy Stenerud Coaches G. Allen P. Brown Chamberlin Conzelman Dungy Ewbank Flaherty Gibbs Gillman Grant Halas Lambeau Landry Levy Lombardi Madden Neale Noll Owen Parcells Shula Stram Walsh Contributors Beathard Be. Bell Bidwill Carr A. Davis DeBartolo Finks Halas Hunt J. Jones Lambeau T. Mara W. Mara Marshall Polian Ray Reeves A. Rooney D. Rooney Rozelle Sabol Schramm R. 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