Lucius Floyd is a former Grey Cup

Grey Cup

The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...

 champion and award winning running back in the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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Floyd played his college football at University of Nevada, Reno

University of Nevada, Reno

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. 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).

He joined the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders

Saskatchewan Roughriders

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 in 1990, and his 421 rushing yards and 73 catches for 811 yards (and 5 touchdowns) won him the Jackie Parker Trophy

Jackie Parker Trophy

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 for best rookie in the Western Conference. 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

Edmonton Eskimos

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 part way thru the 1993 season. Good fortune shined on Floyd, as he starred in the Esks' 1993 Grey Cup

81st Grey Cup

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 championship, scoring a touchdown.

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

Gizmo Williams

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 in team history.. He finished his career in 1995 with the Memphis Mad Dogs

Memphis Mad Dogs

The Memphis Mad Dogs were a Canadian football team that played the 1995 season in the Canadian Football League. The Mad Dogs were part of a failed attempt to expand the CFL into the United States....

where he rushed for 21 yards.