Malcolm Floyd is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 wide receiver

Wide receiver

A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

 who played in the National Football League

National Football League

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 (NFL) for the Houston/Tennessee Oilers

Tennessee Titans

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 (1994–1997) and St. Louis Rams

St. Louis Rams

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 (1997).

As of 2011, Floyd was the varsity football coach for C. K. McClatchy High School

C. K. McClatchy High School

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 in Sacramento, California

Sacramento, California

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Floyd's younger brother, Malcom

Malcom Floyd

Malcom Floyd 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...

, is also a wide receiver in the NFL. Floyd was allowed to name his younger sibling, and he named him after himself—their father introduced the spelling difference.