Tyrod Taylor

Tyrod Taylor

Infobox NCAA Athlete
color = Maroon
fontcolor = Orange
name = Tyrod Taylor



caption =
college = Virginia Tech
conference = ACC
sport = Football
jersey = 5
position = QB
class = Sophomore
major =
minor =
nickname = T-mobile
career_start = 2007
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 206
nationality =United States
birth_date = birth date and age|1989|8|3
birth_place = flagicon|Virginia Hampton, VA
death_date =
death_place =
highschool = Hampton High School,
Hampton, VA
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career_highlights =
awards = ACC Championship trophy
honors = ACC Player of the Week
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Tyrod Taylor (born August 3, 1989 in Hampton, Virginia) is the starting quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team. He is a true sophomore who was born to Rodney and Trina Taylor.

High School

At Hampton High School, Taylor lead the team as quarterback, while also becoming the team's kick returner and safety. During his three years as starter, he led the team to a 34-4 record. He accumulated 7,690 yards of offense and scored 100 total touchdowns. He passed for 5,144 yards and 44 touchdowns, while rushing for 2,546 yards and 56 scores. [ http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players/2008/taylor/t.html ]

When Tyrod graduated from Hampton High School in 2007, he was rated as the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback as Rivals.com. ESPN.com rated him the No. 3 overall quarterback, while Scout.com said he's the nation's seventh-best passer. [cite web|url=http://msnbc2.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1184&CID=692547|title=Past or Present Best Tidewater QB|publisher=MSNBC|date=2007-07-18|accessdate=2007-09-11] . Taylor, who was 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds, ran a 4.39-second 40 yard dash.

Taylor narrowed his final two choices down to Virginia Tech and the University of Florida, and eventually choose to attend Virginia Tech.

Taylor was an honor-roll student throughout his career at Hampton High School.

College

Freshman Year

During Taylor's freshman year, he shared time for most of the season with the junior quarterback Sean Glennon.

His first action of college football came in the game against the LSU Tigers on Semptember 8, 2007. In that game, Taylor completed 7 of 18 passes for 62 yards, rushed for 44 yards on 9 attempts including his first collegiate touchdown. [cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=236838|title=Tyrod Taylor 2007 Stats|publisher=ESPN.com|date=2007-09-09|accessdate=2007-09-11] After that game, Tyrod was name the starter by Head Coach Frank Beamer. In his first collegiate starter against Ohio University, Tyrod threw for 287 yards, adding a rushing touchdown. cite web|url=http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/20070910aaa.html|title=Beamer announces quarterback change|date=2007-09-10|accessdate=2007-09-10|publisher=hokiesports.com]

One of Taylor's early accolades was rushing for 92 yards and a TD as well as passing for 204 yards and 2 TDs in leading Virginia Tech to its first victory against Florida State in two decades. The win was the first ever for Frank Beamer against FSU coach Bobby Bowden.

On October 13, in the second quarter of a game against Duke, Taylor suffered a high ankle sprain which forced him to miss two games. Taylor returned in a game at Georgia Tech, but did not start for the rest of the season, and rotated time with starter Sean Glennon.

Throughout the season, he accumulated 1,356 total yards, including 927 passing and 429 rushing. He completed 72 of 134 passing attempts, for a completion percentage of 53.7. He scored 11 touchdowns during the year, 5 passing and 6 rushing.

ophomore Year

Coming into the 2008 Season, Taylor was intended to be redshirted. After Virginia Tech's loss to East Carolina though, Tyrod's redshirt was taken off due to Tech's need for more offense. His first appearance of the season came in the second of game the season against Furman, where he rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown. His first sophomore start came in the following week vs. Georgia Tech.

College Stats

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*"As of Western Kentucky game (October 4, 2008)"

References

External links

* [http://www.hokiesports.com/football/players/2008/taylor.t.html Official Bio From Hokiesports.com]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=236838 ESPN Profile]


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