Darrell Taylor

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Darrell Taylor
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Taylor with the Seattle Seahawks in 2021
No. 52 – Seattle Seahawks
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1997-03-24) March 24, 1997 (age 24)
Hopewell, Virginia
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school:Hopewell
(Hopewell, Virginia)
College:Tennessee
NFL Draft:2020 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career NFL statistics as of 2021
Total tackles:38
Sacks:6.5
Forced fumbles:1
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Darrell Lamond Taylor (born March 24, 1997) is an American football defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tennessee.

Early life and high school[]

Darrell Taylor grew up & played football all his life in Hopewell, Virginia and attended Hopewell High School, where he played basketball and football. Rated a four-star recruit, Taylor committed to play college football at the University of Tennessee over offers from Florida and Virginia Tech.[1]

College career[]

Taylor redshirted his true freshman season. As a redshirt freshman, he made nine tackles (one for loss) in eight games played.[2] Taylor missed two games of his redshirt sophomore year due to a suspension for an altercation with a teammate.[3][4] He finished the season with 27 tackles, four tackles for loss, three sacks and two forced fumbles.[5] As a redshirt junior, Taylor led the team with eight sacks and 11 tackles for loss with 36 total tackles.[6]

Taylor entered his redshirt senior year on the Chuck Bednarik Award watchlist.[7] Taylor finished the season tied for second in the SEC with 8.5 sacks and led the Volunteers with 10 tackles for loss along with 46 total tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and four passes defended.[8] Taylor finished his collegiate career with 118 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, and 19.5 sacks with six forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and seven passes defended in 38 games.[9]

Professional career[]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span Wonderlic
6 ft 3+5⁄8 in
(1.92 m) 		267 lb
(121 kg) 		33 in
(0.84 m) 		9+3⁄4 in
(0.25 m)		 12
All values from NFL Combine[10]

Taylor was invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, but did not participate in any drills due to an offseason surgery.[11] Taylor was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round with the 48th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.[12] He was placed on the active/non-football injury list at the start of training camp on August 3, 2020.[13] He was moved to the reserve/non-football injury list at the start of the regular season on September 5, 2020.[14] He returned to practice on January 5, 2021, but the team did not activate him before the end of the season.[15]

On October 17, 2021, in a Sunday Night Football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Taylor suffered what appeared to be a serious neck/head injury, and left the field injured on a stretcher under medical care.[16] After the game, the Seahawks confirmed that Taylor had feeling in all of his extremities and that he was expected to fly back to Seattle with the rest of his team.[17]

References[]

  1. ^ Kolenich, Eric (September 26, 2014). "Hopewell's Darrell Taylor commits to Tennessee". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  2. ^ Brown, Patrick (March 29, 2019). "Darrell Taylor 'determined' to deliver in increased role for Vols". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  3. ^ Megargee, Steve (October 12, 2017). "Tennessee suspends outside linebacker Darrell Taylor ahead of Gamecocks game". ABC4News.com. Associated Press. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Taylor, John (October 28, 2017). "Tennessee's Darrell Taylor returning from suspension for Kentucky game". CollegeFootballTalk. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  5. ^ Toppenmeyer, Blake (July 25, 2018). "Why Darrell Taylor matters to UT Vols defense". USA Today. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  6. ^ Megargee, Steve (August 21, 2019). "Tennessee pass rush relying heavily on Darrell Taylor". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  7. ^ Lambert, Terry A. (July 15, 2019). "Jarrett Guarantano, Darrell Taylor added to 2019 award watchlists". RockyTopTalk.com. SB Nation. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  8. ^ Brown, Patrick (January 17, 2020). "Stat Pack: Where Vols finished in national and SEC stat rankings". 247Sports.com.
  9. ^ Lee, Nick (February 27, 2020). "Seahawks NFL Draft Profile: Darrell Taylor". SI.com. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "Darrell Taylor Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  11. ^ Fann, Joe (April 24, 2020). "Seahawks 2nd round pick Darrell Taylor wants to be NFL's best rookie pass rusher in 2020". NBC Sports Northwest. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  12. ^ Fann, Joe (April 24, 2020). "Seahawks select Tennessee DE Darrell Taylor with 48th overall pick in 2020 NFL Draft". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  13. ^ Boyle, John (August 3, 2020). "Seahawks TE Will Dissly Passes Physical; RB Rashaad Penny Opens Camp On PUP List". Seahawks.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  14. ^ Boyle, John (September 5, 2020). "Seahawks Make Roster Moves To Establish Initial 53-Man Roster". Seahawks.com. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  15. ^ Loohuis, Patrick Olde (January 5, 2021). "Rookie DE Darrell Taylor returns to team practice from NFI list". USAToday.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  16. ^ "Seahawks pass-rusher Taylor stretchered off field". ESPN.com. October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  17. ^ "Seahawks LB Darrell Taylor leaves on stretcher with injury". New York Post. October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.

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