(Excerpted from Floyd's bio at the Georgetown Basketball History Project.)

The most prolific scorer in Georgetown basketball history, Eric (Sleepy) Floyd stands among the greatest players in Big East history. Blessed with an outside shot few could match, his shooting obscured other elements of the game that truly set him apart among the those that played alongside him from 1978 through 1982.

A native of Gastonia, NC, Floyd was not heavily recruited by ACC schools, which had set their sights across town at a junior forward named James Worthy. It would not take long for an ACC school to learn the error: in only his second collegiate game, "Sleepy" dropped 28 on Maryland in the Hoyas' 68-65 win. The game earned Floyd a place in the starting lineup, the first of 128 consecutive starts for the 6-3 guard.

For his freshman year, Floyd scored in double figures 26 times. In a lineup that included two All-Americans in John Duren and Craig Shelton, Floyd led the team in scoring with a record freshman total of 480 points, but also finished second in steals, third in assists, and fourth in rebounds. His 14 rebounds versus Holy Cross set a record for a Georgetown guard that only Perry McDonald has matched since. He was especially effective at the free throw line, averaging 81.3% and going 15 for 15 down the stretch late in the season.

Floyd became an even more consistent shooter in his sophomore year, the era of the "Heart Attack Hoyas". A master at the 16 to 20 foot shot, Floyd shot nearly 56 percent as a sophomore and again led the team in scoring with an 18.7 point average, scoring 20 or more points in 13 of the last 14 games of the season and 19 overall, while becoming the first (and only) Georgetown guard ever to lead the team in blocked shots.

In the year before the arrival of Patrick Ewing, Floyd was still the king. He opened with 52 points in the 1980 Great Alaska Shootout, then turned in an amazing 11 for 11 from the field effort in the home opener versus St. Leo. Save for a two game slump which saw him shoot 7 for 29 in a two point loss to Penn and 7 for 19 in a eight point loss to St. John's, Floyd's numbers were strong almost all season. Topping 50 percent from the field for a second straight season, Sleepy averaged 19 points per game and set a new scoring record with 607 points. Between points and assists, the 1981-82 press guide noted that Sleepy accounted for over 35% of the team's entire scoring output in 1980-81, part of a season which earned Floyd All-Big East and second team All-America honors. By the second half of the NCAA game against James Madison, his 24th game that season leading the team in scoring, Floyd became the school's all time leading scorer. Ands there was still one more year to go.

With three talented freshmen and a pair of rising sophomores in the rotation, Eric Floyd had become the elder statesman of sorts for the 1981-82 Hoyas. Despite an uncharacteristic slow start to begin the season, Floyd set sights on a new and remarkable record: leading his team four straight seasons in scoring. He scored a combined 41 in games with American and George Washington, and 27 against UNLV. In a slowdown game versus Columbia, Georgetown was held to 38 points, but Floyd picked up 14 of them. In Big East play, Floyd was one of the most feared scorers in the league, leading the team in scoring in nine of the first 11 Big East games and 11 overall. He scored a season high 29 against Villanova, 20 and 27 in two games against Syracuse, and 16 in the Hoyas upset of #4 Missouri. He was named a consensus All-Big East and All-America selection.

Floyd ended his Georgetown career with four consecutive scoring titles, and following graduation in 1982 was a first round draft pick of the New Jersey Nets, Floyd's rookie year was anything but notable, averaging 5.3 points a game. Traded in mid-year to the Golden State Warriors for Micheal Ray Richardson, Floyd's NBA career took off with the Warriors. He averaged 20 or more points in six of his seven seasons there, with the "off" year being an average of only 19.6. On May 10, 1987, Floyd made NBA history in one of the greatest single playoff performances ever seen. Facing the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers, the Warriors were down 3 games to none and trailing entering the fourth quarter. Floyd scored 29 points in the fourth quarter and 51 for the game as the Warriors won their only game of the series, 129-121. The 39 points in a half remain an NBA playoff record. Floyd went on to a six year run with the Houston Rockets before retiring in 1995.