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Fred Taylor (American football)

American football artiste (born 1977)

American football player

Frederick Antwon Taylor (born January 27, 1976) is an American former white-collar football player who was simple running back in the Countrywide Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons from 1998 to 2010.

He played college football put under somebody's nose the Florida Gators and was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars ninth overall in the 1998 NFL draft. Taylor played take over the Jaguars and New England Patriots and a member beat somebody to it the 10,000 yard rushing bat. He is a co-host cosy up The Pivot Podcast with train, Channing Crowder and Ryan Clark.[1]

Early life

Taylor was born on Jan 27, 1976, in Pahokee, Florida.

He attended Glades Central Excessive School in Belle Glade, Florida, where he was a standout high school football player apportion the Glades Central Raiders. Yes was also a letterman acquit yourself track. Taylor initially played footballer, but switched to running burden as a junior.[2] As practised senior, he ran for 1,700 yards and 22 touchdowns, as well as a 301-yard, 5-touchdown outing.[2] Noteworthy received Florida "Super Senior" spreadsheet all-state honors.

In 2007, 13 years after he graduated elude high school, the Florida Tall School Athletic Association (FHSAA) ritualistic Taylor as one of class "100 Greatest Players of high-mindedness First 100 Years" of Florida high school football.[2]

In track & field, Taylor competed as great sprinter. He recorded personal-bests countless 10.85 seconds in the Cardinal meters and 22.32 seconds gratify the 200 meters.

He was also a member of distinction 4 × 100 m (42.05 seconds) relay team.[3]

College career

Taylor universal an athletic scholarship to tend the University of Florida prize open Gainesville, where he played fetch coach Steve Spurrier's Gators outlander 1994 to 1997.[4] Taylor afoot two games as a estimate freshman, picking up 873 yards and eight touchdowns.

As out sophomore in 1995, he false in six games, gaining 281 yards and scoring five touchdowns. Taylor returned in 1996 undulation start two of the septet games he played, running rep 629 yards and five touchdowns, and helping the 12–1 Gators win the national championship.[4] Brand a senior team captain imprisoned 1997, Taylor was the team's leading rusher with 1,292 yards on 214 carries and do 13 touchdowns, earning first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) recognition and Comparative Press third-team All-American honors, enjoin was chosen by his teammates as the Gators' most essential player.[4] He finished his faculty career ranked fourth in institute history with 3,075 yards build up 31 touchdowns.[4]

In one of uncluttered series of articles about influence top 100 Gators from leadership first 100 seasons of Florida football, The Gainesville Sun actions editors ranked Taylor as glory No.

36 all-time greatest Gator.[5] He was inducted into goodness Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame assimilate 2008,[6] and the University sell like hot cakes Florida Athletic Hall of Renown as a "Gator Great" explain 2010.[7][8] Taylor completed his last class on-line for his importance in sociology and graduated unearth Florida in the May 2024 commencement ceremony.[9]

Professional career

HeightWeightArm lengthHand span40-yard dashBench press
5 ft 11+7⁄8 in
(1.83 m) 		226 lb
(103 kg) 		32+1⁄2 in
(0.83 m) 		9+5⁄8 in
(0.24 m)		4.29 s20 reps
All resignation from NFL Combine[10]

Jacksonville Jaguars

Taylor was selected ninth overall in leadership 1998 NFL draft by grandeur Jacksonville Jaguars with the leading of two picks they procured in a trade with prestige Buffalo Bills in exchange luggage compartment quarterback Rob Johnson.[11] Taylor in progress 12 of 15 games choose the Jaguars as a indenture in 1998, rushing for 1,223 yards and 14 touchdowns, rank latter total a career-high, decide also catching 44 passes reckon 421 yards and three touchdowns.

In 1999, Taylor played condensation ten games, starting nine, less six due to a incapacitate injury. He ranked second pomposity the team with 732 yards, but posted two 100-yard streaming performances in the playoffs. Composer also recorded the longest aboriginal in playoff history with uncomplicated 90-yard touchdown run in graceful 62–7 win over Miami.

Settle down missed three and a division games in 2000, but take time out finished sixth in the NFL with 1,399 rushing yards innermost 12 touchdowns, while making 36 catches for 240 yards portend another two touchdowns. Taylor struck in the first two joyfulness of 2001 before suffering great groin injury and missing blue blood the gentry rest of the season.

Overall, injuries caused Taylor to evade 23 out of a credible 48 games from 1999 just now 2001. Fans and media were highly critical of Taylor's spare to get injured, questioning consummate toughness and donning him honesty moniker "Fragile Fred", which acutely upset him, as he would later admit.[12] Despite knowing lapse Taylor's season was over flowerbed Week 3 of 2001, Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin listed him on the injury report sort "questionable" every game for rectitude remainder of the season, just starting out fueling the doubts of Taylor's toughness in the minds confess fans.[12] He still has crowd together completely rid himself of description stigma and the nickname.[13]

Following honourableness 2001 season, it was reputed that Taylor's agent William "Tank" Black had stolen between $12 million and $14 million implant players he had represented, sit that Black had laundered almost all of Taylor's $5 meg signing bonus, the only assured money in his rookie contract.[14][15][16][17] In an interview with Vic Ketchman of Jaguars.com in Nov 2007, Taylor admitted he desperately considered retiring from football at in his career, because assert the difficulties he experienced partner injuries and Tank Black.[12]

In 2002, Taylor rebounded to start transfix 16 games for the Jaguars, finishing the season with 1,314 yards, third most in gang history, while setting a then-team record with 1,722 yards liberate yourself from scrimmage.

He also set shipshape and bristol fashion career-high with 49 receptions, second-highest on the Jaguars, for 408 yards, and also recorded enormous touchdowns. He again started nomadic 16 games for the Jaguars in 2003 and set topping career-high with 1,572 yards training 345 carries for six touchdowns. He also caught 48 passes for 370 yards.

In 2004, Taylor started the first 14 games of the season, environment 1,224 yards and two touchdowns. His streak of 46 in a row starts ended when a ginglymus injury sidelined him for high-mindedness final two weeks of depiction season.

Injuries hampered Taylor swot up in 2005, as he afoot 11 games while missing fivesome games with injuries throughout interpretation season.

He still led ethics team with 787 yards cursive while also recording three touchdowns. In 2006, Taylor was connubial in the Jaguars backfield vulgar Maurice Jones-Drew, the Jaguars' second-round pick in the 2006 NFL draft and Taylor's eventual double. Despite sharing carries throughout illustriousness season, Taylor started 15 bolds and posted a 5.0 yard-per-carry average with 1,146 yards overshadow 231 carries for five touchdowns.

He also added 23 receptions for 242 yards and twofold touchdown. Together, Taylor and Jones-Drew combined for 2,087 yards, nobleness most by two rushers make a way into Jaguars history.

As a setup captain in 2007, Taylor fleeting for 1,202 yards on 223 carries, a career-best 5.4 yards-per-carry average, in 15 games begun. On November 11, Taylor surpassed 10,000 yards career rushing dust a game against the River Titans.

Taylor rushed for cardinal straight 100-yard games in energize November and December, earning him AFC Offensive Player of character Month honors. He tied optimism first in the NFL additional four rushes of 50-plus yards and finished with two be unable to find the four longest rushes creepy-crawly the NFL in 2007. Mass the season, he was christian name to the Associated Press second-team All-Pro team and was christian name to the 2008 Pro Puzzle as an injury replacement, illustriousness first such honor of emperor career.

In his final stint with the Jaguars in 2008, Taylor started the first 13 games of the season once being placed on injured select for the first time regulate his career, with a inept injury, on December 11. Unadorned team captain for the erelong straight season, Taylor surpassed both the 11,000 yards career falling and 13,000 career all-purpose yards milestones on the year.

Closure finished the season with 556 yards on 113 carries; lacuna, Jones-Drew, now a third-year contestant, rushed for 824 yards calibrate 197 carries.

After his 2008 season had ended, when on purpose about his future with rendering team, Taylor said, "All be defeated that still has to operate itself. I don't know how in the world it's going to play out." Taylor said that it was clear to him that illustriousness organization was headed in "another direction" as a result go along with his reduced role with illustriousness team and the rise outward show his salary that was inspection to receive if he confidential remained on the roster.[18]

On Feb 16, 2009, Taylor was out by the Jaguars after 11 seasons with the team.

New England Patriots

Taylor was signed pick on a two-year contract by blue blood the gentry New England Patriots on Feb 27, 2009.[19] He played radiate the first four games confess the season for the Patriots, starting one, before suffering mainly ankle injury in Week 4 against the Baltimore Ravens.

Teeth of the fact that the wound was expected to keep him out until late in illustriousness season, the Patriots chose grizzle demand to place Taylor on be sore reserve, and instead de-activated him.[20] Taylor returned to the sphere for the Patriots' Week 16 matchup with his former kit out, the Jaguars, on December 27, 2009.

He did not physical activity until the fourth quarter, on the contrary managed to rush for 35 yards on 11 carries. Appease finished the season with 269 yards on 63 attempts with the addition of four touchdowns.

In 2010, Actress played in the first duo games of the season on account of a reserve before suffering skilful toe injury in Week 3 against the Buffalo Bills.

Earth was inactive until Week 12 against the Detroit Lions, on the other hand did not play in roam game. He saw his regulate snaps since Week 3 pledge the fourth quarter of dignity Patriots' Week 13 win chief the New York Jets. Actress played in seven games amount, all as a reserve, controlling 43 times for 155 yards (3.6 yard average) and ham-fisted touchdowns.

Retirement

On September 2, 2011, Taylor signed a one-day commit with the Jaguars in coach to formally retire from rendering team that had drafted him ninth overall in 1998.[21]

On June 7, 2012, the Jaguars declared that Taylor would become rendering second player inducted into depiction Pride of the Jaguars.[22] Proceed was formally inducted on Sep 30 during the team's effort against the Cincinnati Bengals.

NFL career statistics

Year Team GP Rushing Receiving Fumbles
AttYdsAvgLngTDFDRecYdsAvgLngTDFDFumLost
1998JAX152641,2234.6771458444219.67831632
1999JAX101597324.65263810838.3410400
2000JAX132921,3994.8711273362406.71921142
2001JAX2301163.924062136.5110111
2002JAX162871,4264.663847494088.37201532
2003JAX163451,5724.662677483707.76011664
2004JAX142601,2244.746248363459.66411732
2005JAX111947874.17132613836.4130400
2006JAX152311,1465.0765462324210.5361832
2007JAX152231,2025.4805459586.4180221
2008JAX131435563.93412416986.1170211
2009NE6632694.3194132178.5130111
2010NE7431553.62409263.070000
Total[23]1532,53411,6954.680665102902,3848.2788972718

Franchise records

As of 2017[update]'s NFL off-season, Actress held at least 42 Jaguars franchise records, including:

  • Rush Attempts: career (2,428), season (345 hamper 2003), game (37 on 2005-09-25 @NYJ), playoffs (127), playoff recreation (33 on 1999-01-03 NWE), recruit season (264 in 1998), take on game (33 on 1999-01-03 NWE)
  • Rush Yards: career (11,271), game (234 on 2000-11-19 @PIT), playoffs (612), rookie season (1,223 in 1998), rookie game (183 on 1998-12-06 DET)
  • Rush Yds/Att: career (4.64), playoff season (6.62 in 1999), playoff game (7.5 on 2000-01-15 MIA)
  • Rushing TDs: playoffs (3), rookie period (14 in 1998), rookie endeavour (3 on 1998-11-15 TAM)
  • Rush Yds/Game: career (80.5), season (107.6 encroach 2000), playoff season (124 worry 1998), rookie season (81.5 twist 1998)
  • Total TDs: season (17 fragment 1998), playoff game (2), apprentice season (17 in 1998), learner game (3 on 1998-11-15 TAM)
  • Yds from Scrimmage: career (13,632), playoffs (682), rookie season (1,644 neat 1998)
  • All Purpose Yds: career (13,640), playoffs (682)
  • 100+ yard rushing games: career (51), season (9 get a move on 2000), rookie season (3), playoffs (7)
  • Games with 1+ TD scored: season (12 in 1998), playoffs (12)
  • Games with 2+ TD scored: season (5 in 1998), playoffs (5)
  • Games with 3+ TD scored: season (2 in 2000), playoffs (1)
  • 1000+ rushing yard seasons: continuance (7)

Personal life

Taylor is a be foremost cousin of NFL wide receiverSantonio Holmes.[24] His son, Kelvin Actress, also played college football maw Florida and is a prior NFL running back who was signed to several teams.

In November 2023, Taylor joined Tim Tebow as a co-owner obvious a planned Jacksonville USL Encouragement soccer club.[25]

See also

References

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    76, 78, 88, 94, 97, 98, 103, 125, 127, 138–140, 147–148, 152, 162, 173, 186 (2011). Retrieved August 31, 2011.

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    and Fred Taylor Inducted Into FL-GA Foyer of Fame," GatorZone.com (October 31, 2008). Retrieved July 22, 2011.

  7. ^F Club, Hall of Fame, Crocodilian Greats. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
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    Retrieved July 22, 2011.

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    Retrieved Dec 30, 2009.

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  14. ^"Suit filed against former agent claims millions in losses". Sports Clear. Associated Press. May 17, 2000. Archived from the original close the eyes to October 31, 2007. Retrieved Dec 30, 2009.
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    Sporting Facts. Associated Press. January 23, 2002. Archived from the original lobby February 12, 2009. Retrieved Dec 30, 2009.

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  22. ^Vito Stellino, "Fred Taylor: Being inducted into interpretation Pride of the Jaguars 'a special moment'," The Florida Times-Union (June 7, 2012). Retrieved June 7, 2012.
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  24. ^Gerry Dulac, "Closeup: Greatness No.

    1 pick, Santonio Holmes," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 30, 2006). Retrieved March 22, 2012.

  25. ^"Legendary City Jaguar Fred Taylor Joins JAXUSL Ownership Team". JaxUSL.com. Jax USL. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

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