Fred Taylor (football player)
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Position (s): running back |
Jersey numbers: 28, 21 |
| born on January 27, 1976 in Pahokee , Florida | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1998 - 2011 | |
| NFL Draft : 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9 | |
| College : Florida | |
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| Career statistics | |
| spilled yards | 11.695 |
| Running average | 4.6 |
| Touchdowns | 66 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Frederick Antwon Taylor (* 27. January 1976 in Pahokee , Florida ) is a former American American football poker players. He played as running back for the New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars in the NFL .
college
Fred Taylor attended the University of Florida from 1994 to 1997 and won the NCAA National Championship with his team in 1996 . Even during his college days, he was considered one of the best young running backs in the country.
Professional time
Taylor was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars as the ninth player in the 1998 NFL Draft . In his first season he achieved the best statistics of all rookie runningbacks of the season with 1223 yards and 17 touchdowns and thus became a star. Often plagued by injuries early in his career, he established himself as one of the best running backs in the league. Taylor is the most successful running back in Jacksonville Jaguars history and currently holds over 30 club records. In November 2007 he was the 21st running back in history to reach more than 10,000 career yards. In the all-time rankings he is in third place with 4.7 yards per attempt and in sixth place with 85.5 yards per game. Since the 2006 season he has alternated on the running back position with Maurice Jones-Drew , together they formed one of the best duos in the league. For the 2009 season he moved to the New England Patriots.
In 2011, Taylor signed a one-day contract with the Jaguars to officially submit his resignation.
Honors
Fred Taylor was long considered the best running back who was never voted into the Pro Bowl . It wasn't until 2007, in his tenth year in the NFL, that he received that honor. He was nominated as a replacement for the injured Willie Parker for the Pro Bowl in February 2008. On June 7, 2012, the Jaguars announced that they intend to include Fred Taylor as the next player in the "Pride of the Jaguars", which also happened on September 30, 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Gene Frenette: Ex-Jaguar Fred Taylor shows true class in his farewell. The Florida Times-Union, September 2, 2011, accessed September 5, 2015 .
- ↑ John Oehser: A special moment. (No longer available online.) In: Jaguars.com. June 7, 2012, archived from the original on June 9, 2012 ; Retrieved August 25, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Taylor, Fred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taylor, Frederick Antwon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pahokee , Florida |