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28 Fred Taylor RB

Height: 6-1
Weight: 234 lbs.
Pos: Running Back
Born: January 27, 1976, Pahokee, FL
Drafted: 1998, 1st Round, 9th Pick by Jacksonville Jaguars.
College: University of Florida


Career

First-round draft choice selected with the ninth overall pick in 1998 on a choice obtained from Buffalo in the Rob Johnson trade.
Holds the team single-season as well as single-game rushing title.
Holds the title as the only 1,000-yard rusher in Jaguars history in 1998, 2000 and 2002.
Set 29 team records in 1998 which included an NFL postseason record in 1999.
Currently holds 34 Jaguars records.
Holds 11 of the top 12 rushing performances in Jaguars history (234, 183, 181, 151, 145, 145, 142, 137, 136, 128, 128 and 128 yards)
Has six of the seven-longest runs in Jaguars history (77t, 71, 70t, 63t, 52t and 52 yards), as well as the longest run in NFL postseason history (90 yards)
Caught two of the five-longest pass receptions in Jaguars history (78t and 72 yards).
Rushed for 100 yards in nine consecutive games in 2000, tied with Walter Payton for the third-longest longest streak in NFL history behind Barry Sanders (14) and Marcus Allen.(11)
Has 493 rushing yards and three touchdowns in four postseason games
Second Jaguar (tied with Natrone Means in 1996) to have back-to-back 100-yard rushing games in the postseason.


College

Attended University of Florida
Ranks fourth on school’s all-time rushing list with 3,075 yards
Carried 537 times for a 5.7-yard average and 31 touchdowns
Played in three bowl games in four years
Team was 14-0 when he rushed for 100 yards
Third-team All-America selection by Associated Press and The Sporting News as a senior in 1997, when he was a consensus All-Southeastern Conference first-team pick and team captain
Team’s leading rusher with 1,292 yards on 214 carries (6.0-yard average) and 13 touchdowns
Yardage total ranked fourth on school’s single-season list, and only Emmitt Smith (14 in 1989) and Buford Long (14 in 1952) scored more rushing touchdowns in a season
Joined Smith (1988) as the only players in school history to begin the season with five straight 100-yard rushing performances
Closed out his career with 234 yards on 43 carries vs. Penn State in the Citrus Bowl, setting a school bowl-game record for rushing yardage
Ran for two touchdowns in a victory over Florida State in the Sugar Bowl for the national championship
Majored in sociology.

Personal

Married Andrea with daughter Nataajah born 7/31/97 and son Inari born 12/3/02

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