Brandon Matthew Lloyd (born July 5, 1981) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Illinois. Lloyd has also played for the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, and St. Louis Rams. Contents 1 Early years 2 College career 3 Professional career 3.1 San Francisco 49ers 3.2 Washington Redskins 3.3 Chicago Bears 3.4 Denver Broncos 3.5 St. Louis Rams 3.6 Career Stats 4 Music career 5 References 6 External links [edit] Early years Lloyd attended Blue Springs High School in Blue Springs, Missouri and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In track he still holds a school record 7'2 high jump. In football, he was a three-time All-Suburban Big Eight honoree, and as a senior, he was also awarded All-Region by the Mo-Kan Magazine and was named an All-State honoree b! y the St.Louis Post-Dispatch . [edit] College career Lloyd attended the University of Illinois beginning in 1999. After a promising freshman season, Lloyd missed all of the 2000 season with a broken femur. He returned healthy and had outstanding seasons in both 2001 and 2002. He was a consensus First-Team All-Big Ten performer after his sophomore season in 2001, helping lead the Fighting Illini to a 10-2 record and a BCS berth in the Sugar Bowl. After his junior season in 2002, Lloyd declared his eligibility for the NFL Draft. He finished his college career having the second-most receiving yards (2,583) and touchdown catches (21) in Illinois history, and ranking third in all-time receptions (160). [edit] Professional career [edit] San Francisco 49ers Lloyd was drafted in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. In his first game he blocked a punt against the Chicago Bears on September 7, 2003. On November 2, 2003, he caught his first to! uchdown pass against the St. Louis Rams. He finished the seaso! n with 14 receptions for 212 yards and two touchdowns. In 2004, Lloyd started and appeared in 13 games and finished the season with 43 catches for 565 yards and six touchdowns. During the 2005 season Lloyd started 16 games and posted NFL career-highs and team-highs in receptions (48) and receiving yards (733) and had five touchdown catches. In Week 3 vs. the Dallas Cowboys, he recorded four catches for 142 yards and two touchdowns, including a 89-yard touchdown catch. [edit] Washington Redskins On Saturday March 11, 2006, the San Francisco 49ers traded Lloyd to Washington Redskins in exchange for a third-round draft pick in the 2006 NFL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. His first season is widely considered a failure, as he caught 23 passes for no touchdowns. According to Howard Bryant of the Washington Post, citing NFL.com, "Lloyd suffered through the worst season for a starting receiver in the Super Bowl era... No starting No. 2 wide receiver in the NFL! started more games (12) while producing less (23 catches, 365 yards)." Lloyd never made it out of Joe Gibbs doghouse, due to a questionable attitude and alleged poor work ethic. On Sunday, November 4, 2007, Lloyd was listed among Redskins inactives as the team traveled to play against the New York Jets. Citing the reason behind the move, Gibbs said that Lloyd had been told to remain behind in Washington as disciplinary action for missing important team meetings. Lloyd would spend the latter part of the 2007 season on injured reserve after having snapped his collar bone while making a diving touchdown catch during team practice. On February 26, 2008, the Redskins released Lloyd, who caught only two passes for 14 yards for the 2007 season. [edit] Chicago Bears On March 7, 2008, Lloyd signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears after the release of Muhsin Muhammad and the loss of Bernard Berrian to free agency. The move reunited him with Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turn! er, who was Lloyd's head coach at Illinois. Lloyd had a successful star! t to his career in Chicago, establishing himself as a favorite target of quarterback Kyle Orton, with 15 catches in his first four games. An injury forced him to miss several weeks, and he fell out of favor with the coaching staff as a result.[1] He returned to the field in week 11, though did not approach his early-season productivity until the Bears' final game of the season, where he caught four passes from Orton for 34.[2] [edit] Denver Broncos Lloyd catching a pass for a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs on 11-14-2010. Lloyd's contract with the Chicago Bears expired after the end of the 2008 season. In early April, Bears quarterback Kyle Orton was traded to the Denver Broncos in a deal involving Jay Cutler. As the offseason progressed, the Bears did not make any efforts to resign Lloyd. Being one of Kyle Orton's favorite targets during the 2008 campaign, Brandon Lloyd was once again reunited with Orton when he signed with the Denver Broncos on June 15, 2009. Llo! yd re-signed with the Broncos on March 15, 2010.[3] During the Broncos' 24-20 loss to the Jets on 17 October, Lloyd was subjected to a helmet-to-helmet tackle/hit by New York safety Jim Leonhard, resulting in a 15-yard penalty. This hit, along with several other helmet-to-helmet hits during NFL games that weekend, led the league to announce such future 'devastating hits' or 'head shots' will be met with possible suspensions even for first-time offenders, a significant change in league policy, especially during an on-going season.[4] He led the NFL in receiving yards with 1,448 yards for the 2010 season.[5] and was named 2nd Team All-Pro and was invited to the 2011 Pro Bowl. [edit] St. Louis Rams On October 17, 2011, Lloyd was traded to the St. Louis Rams for a conditional pick, the pick is a sixth-round pick in the 2012 draft that would become a fifth-round pick if Lloyd catches 30 passes for the Rams in the 2011 season. [edit] Career Stats Year Team G GS Rec Yards AVG LG T! D 2003 SF 16 1 14 212 15.1 44 2 2004 SF 13 13 43 565 13.1 52 6 2005 SF ! 16 15 48 733 15.3 89 5 2006 WAS 15 12 23 365 15.9 52 0 2007 WAS 8 1 2 14 7.0 9 0 2008 CHI 11 5 26 364 14.0 32 2 2009 DEN 2 1 8 117 14.6 44 0 2010 DEN 16 11 77 1,448 18.8 71 11 2011 DEN 4 4 19 283 14.9 44 0 2011 STL 11 10 51 683 13.4 37 5 Tot. N/A 112 71 311 4,784 15.4 89 31 [edit] Music career In addition to his football career, Lloyd has recorded music and attempted to lauch a career as a rapper. In 2008 his single "She All Mine" made the Billboard R&B chart, and his song "Heavy" was featured on the Spike TV show Blue Mountain State.[6] Lloyd has received criticism for trying to balance careers in football and rap, but he says that making music is important to expressing who he really is. Quoted in a 2011 article, Lloyd said, "I have the guts to stand out and do something I'm passionate about, go against the grain and go against the conventional wisdom that the athlete-rap thing is unsuccessful. Yet I'm going to do it. People will say: 'Oh, you're doing hip-hop music? ! Who does he think he is, a rapper? He's trying to be someone he's not.' When in reality, I'd be someone I'm not by not expressing myself in music." [7]
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| Wide receiver | |||
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| Date of birth: July 5, 1981 | |||
| Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri | |||
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| College : Illinois | |||
| NFL Draft : 2003 / Round: 4 / Pick: 124 | |||
| Debuted in 2003 for the San Francisco 49ers | |||
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