Darrell Floyd
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| Born | 1932 Thomasville, North Carolina |
| Died | March 7, 2000 (aged 67) Greenville, South Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
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| High school | Fair Grove (Thomasville, North Carolina) |
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| NBA draft | 1956 / Round: 3 / Pick: 17th overall |
| Selected by the St. Louis Hawks | |
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 33 |
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Darrell Floyd (1932 – March 7, 2000) was an American college basketball All-American while playing for Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina from 1953–56. He was a two-time national scoring champion, two-time Consensus NCAA Division I All-America Second Team selection, two-time South Carolina Player of the Year and two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year. Floyd was just the second player to repeat as NCAA scoring champion. The first was Frank Selvy who also played for Furman with Floyd for one season (1953–54) and won consecutive scoring titles in 1953 and 1954.
Darrell Floyd began his college career in 1952–53 at Wingate (N.C.) Junior College, where in his only season there he was named a Junior College All-American. From there he transferred to Furman University where he played for three years.
As a junior in 1954–55, Floyd led the nation in scoring while averaging 35.9 points per game. On January 2, 1955 he scored 67 points in a win over Morehead State, which stands as the ninth-highest single-game scoring total in NCAA history. Also in his junior season he scored 56 points against Clemson, which is still the highest opponent total against the Tigers. Floyd was named to the Consensus All-America Second Team in 1955.
In 1955–56, Floyd repeated as the national scoring leader by averaging 33.8 points. By the time his Furman career had ended he owned a 32.1 points per game scoring average, which is the eighth-highest in NCAA history and ahead of other college greats like Elgin Baylor and Larry Bird. In 71 career games, the 6'1" (1.85 m) guard scored 2,281 points and topped 40 points in a game on 15 occasions.
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