Taylor Stallworth

Taylor Joseph Stallworth (born August 18, 1995) is an American football defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Carolina.

Taylor Stallworth
Stallworth in 2019
No. 95 – New Orleans Saints
Position:Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1995-08-18) August 18, 1995
Mobile, Alabama
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:305 lb (138 kg)
Career information
High school:Murphy (Mobile, Alabama)
College:South Carolina
Undrafted:2018
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career NFL statistics as of 2019
Total tackles:16
Sacks:1
Forced fumbles:0
Fumble recoveries:1
Pass deflections:1
Interceptions:0
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Early life and high school

Stallworth was born and grew up in Mobile, Alabama and attended Murphy High School. As a junior, he registered 85 tackles and 10.5 sacks. He was named All-State and played in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game after recording 53 tackles, four sacks and 12 tackles for loss in his senior season.[1] Stallworth committed to play college football at South Carolina over offers from Arkansas, Minnesota, Tennessee, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Southern Miss and Tulane.[2]

College career

Stallworth played four seasons with the South Carolina Gamecocks, becoming a starter for the team during his sophomore year. As a junior, his first full year as a starter, Stallworth tallied 41 tackles (three for loss) and a sack.[3] He made 30 tackles, including 2.5 for loss, and had two pass breakups as a senior.[4] Over the course of his career Stallworth had 87 tackles, a sack and 12 quarterback hurries in 41 games (31 starts).[5]

Professional career

Stallworth signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent on May 8, 2018.[6] He made the Saints' 53-man roster out of training camp after a solid performance during the preseason.[7] Taylor made his NFL debut on September 15, 2018 against the Cleveland Browns.[8] He recorded his first career sack on November 29, 2018 in the Saints' 13-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.[9] In his rookie season, Stallworth recorded eight tackles, a sack, and a fumble recovery in 14 regular season games played and five tackles and a QB hit in two playoff games.[10]

Stallworth was waived by the Saints on September 17, 2019 but was re-signed to the team's practice squad two days later after clearing waivers.[11][12] Stallworth was promoted back up to the active roster on December 16, 2019.[13] He finished the season with eight tackles in four regular season games and one tackle in the Saints' Divisional Round Playoff game.[14]

References
  1. Inabinett, Mark (May 10, 2019). "Murphy High School honors New Orleans Saints' Taylor Stallworth". AL.com. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  2. Newhouse, Stephen (February 11, 2014). "'His motor doesn't stop': Stallworth praised for work ethic". The State. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  3. Breiner, Ben (February 25, 2017). "Finally healthy, USC's Taylor Stallworth has big plans for 2017". The State. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  4. Peloquin, Steve (May 9, 2018). "Saints Waive Sae Tautu/Sign Taylor Stallworth". ESPN1420.com. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  5. Kendall, Josh (May 3, 2018). "After 'stressful' NFL Draft, Stallworth happy to be headed (close to) home". The State. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  6. Morale III, Amos (May 8, 2018). "Saints waive linebacker Sae Tautu, sign rookie free agent Taylor Stallworth". The Times-Picayune. NOLA.com. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  7. Erickson, Joel (September 1, 2018). "Undrafted Saints rookie Taylor Stallworth makes second dream come true by following his own path". The Advocate. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  8. Hadley, Greg (September 17, 2018). "Gamecocks in the NFL: Melvin Ingram skips his way to terrorizing rookie QB". The State. www.thestate.com. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  9. Inabinett, Mark (November 29, 2018). "Dallas Cowboys' defense ends New Orleans Saints' winning streak". AL.com. Advance Media Southeast. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  10. "Taylor Stallworth 2018 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  11. "Saints cutting Taylor Stallworth". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports. September 17, 2019.
  12. Sigler, John (September 19, 2019). "DT Taylor Stallworth re-signs with Saints practice squad". Saints Wire. USA Today. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  13. Sigler, John (December 16, 2019). "Saints make several roster moves before MNF game vs. Colts". Saints Wire. USA Today. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  14. Inabinett, Mark (February 18, 2020). "Alabama Roots: 154 NFL players in the 2019 season". AL.com. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
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