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Otis Taylor

Taylor, Otis, Jr.
Height: 6-2 Weight: 215
Born: August 11, 1942 Houston, TX
Died: March 9, 2023
High School: Evan Edward Worthing (Houston, TX)

Year	College	Participation
1961	Prairie View A&M
1962	Prairie View A&M
1963	Prairie View A&M	Played
1964	Prairie View A&M

Draft: 4th round (29th overall) 1965 Kansas City Chiefs; 15th round (203rd overall) 1965 Philadelphia Eagles

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1965 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1965 KC AFL	89	SE-FL	14	3
1966 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1966 KC AFL	89	FL	14	14
1967 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1967 KC AFL	89	FL	14	14
1968 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1968 KC AFL	89	FL	11	4
1969 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1969 KC AFL	89	WR	11	7
1970 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1970 KC NFL	89	WR	13	10
1971 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1971 KC NFL	89	WR	14	14
1972 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1972 KC NFL	89	WR	14	12
1973 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1973 KC NFL	89	WR	14	14
1974 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1974 KC NFL	89	WR	10	9
1975 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1975 KC NFL	89	WR	1	0
11 Years (NFL)11 Years NFL			130	101

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	11/28/1964	1965 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1965 KC AFL
Draft	11/28/1964	1965 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1965 PHI NFL
Signed (Future)	11/30/1964	1965 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1965 KC AFL
Traded	6/1/1976	1976 Houston Oilers (NFL)1976 HOU NFL
Released	9/7/1976	1976 Houston Oilers (NFL)1976 HOU NFL

AWARDS
1966 United Press International All-AFL
1966 Associated Press All-AFL
1966 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL
1971 Pro Football Weekly NFL Player of the Year
1971 Pro Football Weekly NFL Offensive Player of the Year
1971 United Press International AFC Player of the Year
1971 Associated Press All-NFL
1971 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1971 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1971 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1971 Assoiciated Press All-AFC
1971 United Press International All-AFC
1971 The Sporting News All-AFC
1971 Pro Football Weekly All-AFC
1972 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1972 United Press International All-AFC

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1965 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1965 KC AFL	5	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	30
1966 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1966 KC AFL	8	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	48
1967 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1967 KC AFL	12	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	72
1968 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1968 KC AFL	5	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	30
1969 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1969 KC AFL	7	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	42
1970 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1970 KC NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1971 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1971 KC NFL	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	48
1972 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1972 KC NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1973 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1973 KC NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1974 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1974 KC NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	60	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	360

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1965 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1965 KC AFL	2	17	8.5	15	0		0	0
1966 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1966 KC AFL	2	33	16.5	19	0		0	0	0
1967 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1967 KC AFL	5	29	5.8	24t	1			0
1968 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1968 KC AFL	5	41	8.2	30	1			0	0
1969 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1969 KC AFL	2	-2	-1.0	10	0		0	0
1970 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1970 KC NFL	3	13	4.3	7	0		0	0
1971 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1971 KC NFL	1	25	25.0	25t	1	1	1	0	0
1972 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1972 KC NFL	5	13	2.6	11	0		0	0
1973 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1973 KC NFL	4	-14	-3.5	5	0		0	0
1974 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1974 KC NFL	1	6	6.0	6	0		0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	30	161	5.4	30	3	1	1	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1966 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1966 KC AFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0			0	0	0	0.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0			0	0	0	0.0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1965 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1965 KC AFL		26		446	17.2	48	5
1966 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1966 KC AFL		58		1297	22.4	89t	8					0
1967 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1967 KC AFL		59		958	16.2	71t	11
1968 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1968 KC AFL		20		420	21.0	67t	4					0
1969 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1969 KC AFL		41		696	17.0	79	7
1970 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1970 KC NFL		34		618	18.2	59t	3
1971 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1971 KC NFL		57		1110	19.5	82	7					0
1972 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1972 KC NFL		57		821	14.4	44	6
1973 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1973 KC NFL		34		565	16.6	46	4
1974 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1974 KC NFL		24		375	15.6	64	2					0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		410		7306	17.8	89t	57					0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1966 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1966 KC AFL	2		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1965 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1965 KC AFL	1			1			0
1967 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1967 KC AFL	1		1	0	1	0	0
1969 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)1969 KC AFL	1		1	0	1	8	0
1970 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1970 KC NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1971 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1971 KC NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1972 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1972 KC NFL	2		0	0	0	0	0
1973 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1973 KC NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
1974 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)1974 KC NFL	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	8	0	5	2	6	8	0

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