Mike Taylor
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Linebacker, Wisconsin, 2009–⁠12

Mike Taylor

Number
No. 53
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Ashwaubenon, WI
Born
Oct 7, 1989, in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin

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Mike Taylor played linebacker at Wisconsin (2009–⁠12).

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010, 2011 and 2012

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009Wisconsin1
2010Wisconsin2
2011Wisconsin2
Career5

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
200972125466.511110
2010N12273158812–––
2011146090150922332
20121469541231530400
On file17720037738.575–––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Wisconsin53LB
2010Wisconsin53LB
2011Wisconsin53LB
2012Wisconsin53LB6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Wisconsin 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 1vs.NebraskaW 48–⁠171
Nov 5vs.PurdueW 62–⁠171
2010 Wisconsin 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 6atPurdueW 34–⁠131
Nov 27vs.NorthwesternW 70–⁠231
2009 Wisconsin 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 26vs.Michigan StateW 38–⁠301

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2013
Height6′1⅜″
Weight234 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9¼″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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