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Appeared in 13 games.
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Played in five games ... Appeared in games Furman, Purdue, North Carolina,
Virginia and the Independence Bowl against Tulsa … Was in on 15 plays on
special teams during the regular season at long snapper.
2 0 1 4
Was the back-up long and short snapper, but did not appear in any games …
Posted a 275-pound bench press and a 445-pound squat in spring max testing.
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Dressed for several games late in the season, but didn’t see any action on the
field … Set a new specialist record for the program with a 36.5-inch vertical
jump in spring testing.
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An invited walk-on graduated high school early and enrolled at Virginia Tech in
January, 2013 … Went through off-season workouts with the team.
H I GH SCHOOL
Lettered three times for Coach Stephen Magenbauer at Salem High School.
PERSONAL
Colton Austin Taylor … Born April 3, 1994 in Salem, Va. … Son of Greg and
Jackie Taylor … Has an older sister … Majoring in human development.
2 0 1 6
Played in two games ... Made a tackle in his collegiate debut against Liberty ...
Made one tackle versus Tennessee.
H I GH SCHOOL
Coached by Phil Padgett and Charlie Dempsey at Southwest-Onslow …
Ranked the No. 36 player in the state of North Carolina and the No. 74 overall
as a defensive end in the country by ESPN … Listed No. 27 by position in the
country and No. 24 in the state by 247Sports … Scout ranks him the fourth-
best defensive end in the state and No. 124 in the country, while Rivals lists him
overall at No. 24 in the state and No. 27 overall by position... As a junior, had 71
tackles, 15.5 sacks and 11 more tackles for a loss at Southwest Onslow High.
PERSONAL
Jimmie Lee Taylor, IV … Born April 19, 1998 in Fort Worth, Texas … Son of
Jimmy Lee Taylor, III … Has an older sister, Jazsman, and a younger brother,
Kenneth … Majoring in BIT.
6-1 · 222 · R-SENIOR · SALEM, VA. · SALEM
6-2 · 250 · R-FRESHMAN · JACKSONVILLE, N.C. · SOUTHWEST-ONSLOW
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SEASON GP GS
2016 13 0
SEASON GP GS SOLO AST TOTAL TFL-YDS NO-YDS INT BU PD QBH RCV FF KICK
2016 2 0 0 2 2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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