Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Taywan Taylor was born on March 2, 1995 in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a wide receiver in the NFL.

Taylor attended Pleasure Ridge Park High School in Louisville, Kentucky. As a senior, he had 52 receptions for 1,169 yards and 18 total touchdowns for the football team. He committed to Western Kentucky University to play college football. Taylor also played basketball in high school.

As a true freshman at Western Kentucky in 2013, Taylor played in 11 games with seven starts and had 24 receptions for 270 yards.[5][6] As a sophomore in 2014, he played in all 13 games with seven starts and recorded 45 receptions for 767 yards and seven touchdowns. Taylor set numerous school records his junior year in 2015. He finished the year with 86 receptions for 1,467 yards and 17 touchdowns, all school records. He also broke school records for career receiving yards and receiving touchdowns during the season. As a senior in 2016, Taylor broke the previous year's records with 98 receptions for 1,730 yards and 17 touchdowns. He also broke the school career receptions record during the season.[15] For his career, he had 253 receptions for 4,234 yards and 41 touchdowns.

On June 5, 2017, the Tennessee Titans signed Taylor to a four-year, $3.68 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $916,012.