Trent Taylor
Taylor with the 49ers in 2017 | |||||||||||
No. 81 – San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Born: |
Cookeville, Tennessee | April 30, 1994||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 178 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: |
Evangel Christian Academy (Shreveport, Louisiana) | ||||||||||
College: | Louisiana Tech | ||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2017 / Round: 5 / Pick: 177 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2018 | |||||||||||
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Trent Nelson Taylor (born April 30, 1994) is an American football wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisiana Tech.
Early years
Taylor attended Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana.[1] He had 107 receptions for 1,650 yards and 20 touchdowns his senior year and 65 catches for 1,075 yards and 18 touchdowns his junior year. He committed to Louisiana Tech University to play college football.
College career
Taylor attended Louisiana Tech from 2013 to 2016.[2][3] During his career, Taylor had 327 receptions for 4,179 yards and 32 touchdowns. The 327 receptions were a school record.[4] In his final collegiate game, he was named the MVP of the 2016 Armed Forces Bowl after recording 12 receptions for 233 yards and two touchdowns.[5]
College statistics
Receiving | |||||
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Year | Team | GP | Rec | Yards | TDs |
2013 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 28 | 260 | 2 |
2014 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 64 | 834 | 9 |
2015 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 99 | 1,282 | 9 |
2016 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 136 | 1,803 | 12 |
College Totals | 51 | 327 | 4,179 | 32 |
Source:[6]
Professional career
Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yard dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | |
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5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
177 lb (80 kg) |
28 3⁄4 in (0.73 m) |
8 3⁄4 in (0.22 m) |
4.63 s | 4.01 s | 33 in (0.84 m) |
9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
13 reps | ||||
All values from NFL Combine[7] |
The San Francisco 49ers selected Taylor in the fifth round (177th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.[8]
On September 10, 2017, in his NFL debut, Taylor had one reception for eight yards in the season opening 23–3 loss at home to the Carolina Panthers.[9] In Week 3, against the Los Angeles Rams, he had his first career receiving touchdown, a three-yard pass from quarterback Brian Hoyer, in the fourth quarter.[10]
NFL statistics
Regular season
NFL career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
San Francisco 49ers | ||||||||||||||||
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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G | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | |||
2017 | SF | 15 | 1 | 43 | 430 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Career | 15 | 1 | 43 | 430 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Source:[11] |
References
- ↑ "La. Tech's Trent Taylor was nearly overlooked".
- ↑ "La. Tech's Trent Taylor making defenses pay".
- ↑ "La. Tech's Trent Taylor fine tunes abilities".
- ↑ "Trent Taylor relishes record with Tech teammates".
- ↑ Cesak, Tim Owens, Brad (27 December 2016). "Taylor's record setting day leads La Tech to Armed Forces Bowl Victory".
- ↑ "Trent Taylor College Stats - College Football at Sports-Reference.com".
- ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles –". NFL.com.
- ↑ Fann, Joe (April 29, 2017). "San Francisco 49ers Draft Louisiana Tech WR Trent Taylor". 49ers.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Carolina Panthers at San Francisco 49ers - September 10th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers - September 21st, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ↑ "Trent Taylor". Retrieved March 29, 2018.