Tyrod Taylor

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Tyrod Taylor

College	Virginia Tech
Conference	ACC
Sport	Football
Position	QB
Jersey #	5
Class	Freshman
Nickname	T-mobile
Career	2007 – present
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	206 lb (93 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	August 3, 1989 (1989-08-03) (age 18) Hampton, VA
High school	Hampton High School, Hampton, VA
Awards
ACC Championship trophy
Honors
ACC Player of the Week

Tyrod Taylor (born August 3, 1989 in Hampton, Virginia) is a quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team. Taylor is a true freshman for the Hokies and earned the starting QB position after his first NCAA action in the September 8, 2007 game against the LSU Tigers. In that game Taylor completed 7 of 18 passes for a total of 62 yards. Taylor also rushed for 44 yards on 9 attempts including one touchdown. Taylor led the team in both passing and rushing.^[1] Tyrod was named the starter by Head Coach Frank Beamer several days later. In his first collegiate start against Ohio University Tyrod threw for 287 yards with a rushing touchdown. 119 of those yards were thrown to Josh Morgan.^[2] Glennon has subsequently regained the starting spot after stellar performances in games against Duke, Boston College and Georgia Tech while playing in place of an injured Tyrod.

1 Early life
2 Freshman Year
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Early life

Taylor was born in Hampton, Virginia to Rodney and Trina Taylor.

Taylor played quarterback at Hampton High School and by the end of his career had also become the team's kick returner and safety. He led the team to a 34-4 record during his three years as a starter. He accumulated 7,912 yards of offense and threw for 48 touchdowns as a Crabber. Tyrod graduated from Hampton High School in 2007. Taylor, who is 6-foot-1, 200 pounds and runs a 4.39-second 40, was rated the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com. ESPN.com rated him the No. 3 overall quarterback, while Scout.com said he's the nation's seventh-best passer.^[3] Taylor narrowed his final two choices down to Virginia Tech and the University of Florida. Taylor was also an honor-roll student throughout his career at Hampton High School. One of Taylor's early accolades includes rushing for 92 yards and 1 TD as well as passing for 204 yards and 2 TDs in leading Virginia Tech to its first victory against FSU in 2 decades. The win was the first ever for Frank Beamer against FSU coach Bobby Bowden.

[edit] Freshman Year

Taylor rotated at quarterback during his first year at Virginia Tech. He accumulated 1,356 yards of total offense, 927 passing and 429 on the ground. He completed 72 of 134 passing attempts, giving him a completion percentage of 53.7 that season. He also added 11 touchdowns, 5 passing and 6 rushing.