Malcom Floyd 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 is the second half Samoan , half African - American wide receiver in the NFL ( the first being his brother who played for the Oilers in the 1990s ) . Early years . Floyd played at River City High School in West Sacramento , California , where he was an All - Metro and Offensive MVP of the league . He was also a First - team all - league selection in basketball . College career . Floyd attended Wyoming from 1999 - 2004 while there he majored in health sciences . As a freshman , he redshirted in 1999 . Floyd was a First - team all - conference selection by " Football News " and " Sporting News " as a sophomore . Floyd finished his career with 186 catches for 2 , 411 yards and 14 touchdowns . He was an Honorable mention All - Mountain West Conference as senior . His parents names are Alice Floyd and Malcolm Floyd . Professional career . San Diego Chargers . As an NFL prospect in 2004 , Floyd was not invited to the NFL Scouting Combine . He was signed by the Chargers as an undrafted free agent after the 2004 NFL Draft . In 2004 , Floyd was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted rookie soon after the draft on April 30 , 2004 . He was waived on September 5 and signed to the practice squad two days later , and then re - signed to the active roster on December 11 . Floyd started against the Kansas City Chiefs on January 2 and caught his first NFL touchdown , a 13 yard pass from Philip Rivers which also happened to be Rivers ’ s own first career touchdown . Floyd helped set up a second quarter touchdown catch by Ryan Krause with a 27 yard catch down to Chiefs ’ 10 - yard line , leading to a touchdown three plays later . Floyd played as a back - up in the Wild Card Playoff game against the New York Jets . In 2005 , Floyd was released on September 3 and re - signed to the practice squad two days later . He spent the first 12 weeks of the season on the Chargers ’ practice squad . He was then signed to the main roster on December 7 but remained inactive for the rest of the season . In 2006 , Floyd caught a 31 - yard touchdown pass against Baltimore , on a play in which Samari Rolle slipped and fell in coverage . He caught a touchdown pass for second time in two weeks with a nine - yard tip - toe catch in the back corner of the end zone against Pittsburgh . Floyd caught a career - long 46 - yard touchdown pass in the third quarter of the win against Cincinnati . He was selected as the Chargers Alumni Player of Week following the game in Cincinnati , after substituting for Eric Parker who was out with a neck injury . Floyd left Cincinnati with his first - career 100 - yard game , making five catches for 109 yards and a touchdown . He was inactive for Week 13 game against Denver game with an ankle injury . Floyd was placed on injured reserve due to the ankle injury on December 14 . In 2007 , Floyd made a 25 - yard catch on a 3rd - and - 13 play during the opening drive of the second half against Green Bay that helped set up 21 - yard touchdown catch - and - run by LaDainian Tomlinson . He helped extend the Chargers ' touchdown drive on the opening series of the Week 6 game against the Raiders with a 16 - yard catch on 3rd down . In 2008 , Floyd was re - signed by the Chargers as a restricted free agent . In 2009 , following the release of Chris Chambers , Floyd became the Chargers ' number two starting receiver . . In 2010 , he played 11 games with 37 receptions for 717 yards . After the end of the 2011 NFL Lockout , Floyd was courted by the Ravens before re - signing for 2 years with the Chargers on August 5 . Personal . Floyd ' s older brother , Malcolm , played wide receiver for the Houston Oilers from 1994 – 1997 . The older brother was allowed to name his sibling , and he named him after himself — their father introduced the spelling difference . Floyd ' s hobbies include playing basketball , boogie boarding at Mission Beach and playing the newest video games . He was also an all - conference basketball player in high school and his team won an intramural championship while he was in college at Wyoming .