Career
Award winning running back at Nevada. Floyd played his college football at University of Nevada, Reno. He rushed for 1066 yards in 1986, 305 of them coming in a game against Montana State University on September 27 (second highest total in school history).
Floyd had two tryouts with the NFL Seattle Seahawks 88,89.
Lucius Floyd played in 7 pre season games in the NFL, before landing a solid career in the Canadian Football League. In 1991 he rushed for 677 yards and in 1992 another 373 yards (and 1471 in total as a Green Rider), but he was traded to the Edmonton Eskimos part way thru the 1993 season. He played 2 more seasons in Edmonton, and he had a 100 yard touchdown reception on July 7, 1995 against Saskatchewan, and his 2606 all purpose yards in 1994 are second only to Gizmo Williams in team history.
Career Awards*
Valley High School Las Vegas, Nevada
All Conference
Clark County All State Team
Kodak All American
Most Athletic
Western All Star
University Nevada Reno
Most Inspirational Player 86,87
Big Sky All Conference
Voted 10th Best Running Back in Nevada History.