Benjamin Frazier Taylor (born August 31, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies. 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.

College career

Taylor was a standout for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team, earning All-American honors in 2000 and 2001. He led the Hokies in tackles his junior and senior seasons with 103 tackles in 2000 and 121 in 2001.

Professional career

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.

Cleveland Browns

Taylor selected by the Browns in the fourth round (111th overall) of the 2002 NFL draft. His best year was in 2005 when he was second on the Browns with 113 tackles.

Green Bay Packers

On March 26, 2006, the Packers signed Taylor to a one-year contract.

NFL career statistics

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! colspan="2"| Legend

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| Bold

| Career high

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!rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

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! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD

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! 2002 !! CLE

| 7 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

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! 2003 !! CLE

| 13 || 8 || 81 || 65 || 16 || 0.0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

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! 2004 !! CLE

| 3 || 2 || 8 || 2 || 6 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

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! 2005 !! CLE

| 16 || 16 || 113 || 77 || 36 || 0.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

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! 2006 !! GNB

| 10 || 0 || 12 || 11 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

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! colspan="2"| !! 49 !! 26 !! 218 !! 157 !! 61 !! 0.0 !! 7 !! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 4 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0

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College Coaching

After finishing his pro career, Taylor is a wide receivers coach for the Shenandoah University football team.

References

  • NFL.com player page