Ben Taylor | |
Birth Date: | 31 August 1978 |
Birth Place: | Bellaire, Ohio, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lbs: | 245 |
Position: | Linebacker |
Number: | 58 |
High School: | Bellaire (OH) |
College: | Virginia Tech |
Draftyear: | 2002 |
Draftround: | 4 |
Draftpick: | 111 |
Pastteams: | |
Pastcoaching: |
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Highlights: |
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Statlabel1: | Tackles |
Statvalue1: | 218 |
Statlabel2: | Passes defended |
Statvalue2: | 4 |
Statlabel3: | Interceptions |
Statvalue3: | 1 |
Pfr: | TaylBe20 |
Benjamin Frazier Taylor (born August 31, 1978) is a former professional American football player. Taylor was elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. He now teaches physical education and coaches football at Shenandoah University in Virginia.
Taylor was a standout for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team, earning All-America honors in 2000 and 2001.[1] He led the Hokies in tackles his junior and senior seasons with 103 tackles in 2000 and 121 in 2001.[2]
Taylor played in a total of 49 NFL games and had 218 tackles in four seasons with the Browns and one for the Green Bay Packers.[3]
Taylor selected by the Browns in the 4th round (111th overall) of the 2002 NFL draft.[4] His best year was in 2005 when he was second on the Browns with 113 tackles.[5]
On March 26, 2006, the Packers signed Taylor to a 1-year contract.[6]
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |||
CLE | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
CLE | 13 | 8 | 81 | 65 | 16 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
CLE | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
CLE | 16 | 16 | 113 | 77 | 36 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
GNB | 10 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
49 | 26 | 218 | 157 | 61 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
After finishing his pro career, Taylor is a wide receivers coach for the Shenandoah University football team.[7]