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 on April 30, 2004. He was later waived on September 5. Floyd was then signed to the
practice squad two days later. He was then signed to the active rosteron December 11.
Floyd started against the
Kansas City Chiefs on January 2, and caught first NFL
touchdown, of 13 yard pass from
Philip Rivers. That same pass happened to be Rivers’ first-career touchdown pass. He helped set up second-quarter touchdown catch by
Ryan Krause with a 27-yard catch down to Chiefs’ 10-yard line that led to touchdown three plays later. Played as a back-up in Wild Card Playoff game against the
New York Jets.
In
2005, Floyd was released on September 3. He was then re-signed to 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, however remained inactive for the rest of the season.
In
2006, Floyd caught 31-yard touchdown pass at
Baltimore, on play in which
Samari Rolle slipped and fell in coverage. He caught touchdown pass for second time in two weeks with nine-yard tiptoe catch in back corner of the end zone against
Pittsburgh. Floyd caught a career-long 46-yard touchdown pass in third quarter of the win at
Cincinnati. He was selected as the Chargers Alumni Player of Week following game in Cincinnati, after substituting for the injured
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 “Reserve-Injured” list due to the ankle injury December 14.
In
2007, Floyd made a 25-yard catch on a 3rd-and-13 play during the opening drive of second half of the game
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 16-yard catch on a 3rd down.
On March 25, 2008, Floyd was re-signed by the Chargers as a
restricted free agent.
