I put this together a few years ago when I wanted to see how Otis Taylor stacked up against hall of fame receivers.  In my mind, Taylor is another AFL player who has been snubbed by the hall of fame voting committee.

Autographed 1966 Topps Otis Taylor

“Well, first of all, [Otis] deserves to be in because when you talk about an era of football players that he played in he was as good, or better than all of them. He was the first, or one of the first big men, I’m saying that he was about 6’3”, 215 or 220 pounds with sprinter’s speed and just a tremendous athlete.” – Len Dawson, Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback and Hall of Fame Member

 Born: August 11, 1942

High School: Evan E. Worthing (Houston,Texas)

College: Prarie View A&M

Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 15th round of the 1965 NFL draft, 203rd overall.

Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 4th round of the 1965 AFL draft, 29th overall.

 Member of the 1966 AFL ChampionKansas CityChiefs

Member of the 1969 AFL ChampionKansas CityChiefs

Member of the 1969 Super Bowl ChampionKansas CityChiefs

HONORS AND ACCOLADES

 

  • 1966 AFL All-Star
  • 1966 First Team All-AFL
  • 1967 Second Team All-AFL
  • 1971 AFC Pro Bowl Team
  • 1971 First Team All-Pro
  • 1972 AFC Pro Bowl Team
  • 1982 Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Had Collegiate Number 17 Retired by Prarie View A&M

CAREER STATISTICS

*bold type denotes league leader

     
Year Team REC YDS AVG TD
1965 Kansas City 26 446 17.2 5
1966 Kansas City 58 1,297 22.4 8
1967 Kansas City 59 958 16.2 11
1968 Kansas City 20 420 21 4
1969 Kansas City 41 696 17 7
1970 Kansas City 34 618 18.2 3
1971 Kansas City 57 1,110 19.5 7
1972 Kansas City 57 821 14.4 6
1973 Kansas City 34 565 16.6 4
1974 Kansas City 24 375 15.6 2
1975 Kansas City 0 0 N/A 0
Totals 410 7,306 17.8 57

MODERN ERA HALL OF FAME RECEIVERS

Games

REC

YDS

AVG

TD

Otis Taylor

130

410

7,306

17.8

57

Average per HoF Receiver

159.9

565

9,219.2

16.3

70.5

Name

Games

REC

YDS

AVG

TD

Lance  Alworth

136

542

10,266

18.9

85

Raymond Berry

154

631

9,275

14.7

68

Fred Biletnikoff

190

589

8,974

15.2

76

Tom Fears

87

400

5,397

13.5

38

Bob Hayes

132

371

7,414

20

71

Elroy Hirsch*

127

387

7,029

18.2

60

Michael Irvin

159

750

11,904

15.9

65

Charlie Joiner

239

750

12,146

16.2

65

Steve Largent

200

819

13,089

16

100

Dante Lavelli*

123

386

6,488

16.8

62

James Lofton

233

764

14,004

18.3

75

Don Maynard

186

633

11,834

18.7

88

Tommy McDonald

152

495

8,410

17

84

Bobby Mitchell

148

521

7,954

15.3

65

Art Monk

224

940

12,721

13.5

68

Pete Pihos

107

373

5,619

15.1

61

John Stallworth

165

537

8,723

16.2

63

Lynn Swann

115

336

5,462

16.3

51

Charley Taylor**

165

649

9,110

14

79

Paul Warfield

157

427

8,565

20.1

85

 

*Includes AAFC statistics

**Also played halfback