Tight end, North Carolina, 2006–10
Ryan Taylor
- Number
- No. 49
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Born
- Nov 16, 1987, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Ryan Taylor played tight end at North Carolina (2006–10). The Green Bay Packers took Taylor in round 7, No. 218 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
Career highs
9catches, best game on filevs. Tennessee, 201085receiving yards, best game on filevs. Tennessee, 2010Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | North Carolina | 36 | 330 | 9.2 | 2 | 40 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006N | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007N | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008N | 13 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2010 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| On file | 25 | 12 | 37 | |
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | North Carolina | 49 | TE | |
| 2010 | North Carolina | 49 | TE | 6′3″ |
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
2010 North Carolina 11 games, 36 catches, 330 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. LSU | L 24–30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sep 18 | vs. Georgia Tech | L 24–30 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sep 25 | at Rutgers | W 17–13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 6 |
| Oct 2 | vs. East Carolina | W 42–17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Oct 9 | vs. Clemson | W 21–16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| Oct 23 | at Miami | L 10–33 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 |
| Oct 30 | vs. William & Mary | W 21–17 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 6 | at Florida State | W 37–35 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 27 |
| Nov 20 | vs. NC State | L 25–29 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 18 |
| Nov 27 | at Duke | W 24–19 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 40 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Tennessee | W 30–27 | 9 | 85 | 0 | 18 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2011 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3½″ |
| Weight | 254 lb |
| 40-yard dash | 4.76 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34″ |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ |
| Bench press | 21 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.09 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.47 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 26 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Green Bay Packers | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2012 | Green Bay Packers | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 2013 | Green Bay Packers | 8 | 6 | 30 | 0 |
| 2014 | Cleveland Browns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 26 | 8 | 45 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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