Otis Taylor ( American football ) Otis Taylor ( born August 11 , 1942 ) is a former American college and professional American football player , for Prairie View A & M University and the American Football League ' s Kansas City Chiefs . Standing 6 - foot - 3 and weighing 215 pounds , Taylor possessed sure hands during his career and served as a devastating upfield blocker , springing Chiefs running backs for many long runs . Professional career . Taylor was drafted by both the AFL ( Chiefs ) and NFL ( Philadelphia Eagles ) in 1965 . After a famous " baby - sitting " incident , in which Taylor " escaped " from NFL scouts , he was signed for the Chiefs by their legendary scout Lloyd Wells . Taylor caught five touchdown passes during his rookie year , and followed that up in 1966 by leading the AFL with a 22 . 4 yd / catch average and finishing second in receiving yards ( 1 , 297 ) . At season ' s end , he was voted First - team All - AFL and was selected for the 1966 AFL All - Star team . Taylor led the AFL in receiving touchdowns in 1967 with 11 and led the NFL in receiving yards in 1971 with 1 , 110 . He made the AFC - NFC Pro Bowl twice and in 1971 was named Consensus All - Pro by the Associated Press ( AP ) , the Newspaper Enterprise Association ( NEA ) , the Pro Football Writers Association ( PFWA ) and Pro Football Weekly . The PFWA also named him First - team All - Pro for the 1972 season . Taylor ranks second on the Chiefs ' all - time list in receptions ( 410 ) , receiving yards ( 7 , 306 ) , receiving touchdowns ( 57 ) and 100 - yard games ( 20 ) . Taylor combined with running back Robert Holmes for what was at the time the longest reception in Chiefs history in 1969 when he caught a pass from quarterback Mike Livingston for 79 yards , then lateraled to Holmes , who carried it another 14 yards for a touchdown . However , Taylor ' s most memorable highlight from that season came in the fourth and final AFL - NFL World Championship Game on January 11 , 1970 , when he caught a short pass , turned upfield and stiff - armed his way to a 46 - yard touchdown in the Chiefs 23 - 7 upset victory over the NFL ' s champion , the Minnesota Vikings , who , before Super Bowl IV , had been dubbed by some as " the greatest team in pro football history " . " Otis made my job easy , " former Chiefs quarterback and Hall of Famer Len Dawson said . " If you got the pass to Otis , you knew he ' d catch it . " Ben Davidson incident . On 1 November 1970 , the Chiefs led the Oakland Raiders 17 - 14 late in the fourth quarter , and a long run for a first - down run by Dawson apparently sealed victory for the Chiefs in the final minute when Dawson , as he lay on the ground , was speared by Raiders ’ defensive end Ben Davidson , who dove into Dawson with his helmet , provoking Taylor to attack Davidson . After a bench - clearing brawl , offsetting penalties were called , nullifying the first down under the rules in effect at that time . The Chiefs were obliged to punt , and the Raiders tied the game on a George Blanda field goal with eight seconds to play . Davidson ' s hit against Dawson not only cost the Chiefs a win , but Oakland helped win the AFC West with a season record of 8 - 4 - 2 , while Kansas City finished 7 - 5 - 2 and out of the playoffs . The next season , the rule for offsetting penalties was changed to separate penalties during the play , and penalties after the play .