Taylor Decker
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Offensive line, Ohio State, 2012–⁠15

Taylor Decker

Number
No. 68
Height
6′8″
Weight
315 lb
Hometown
Vandalia, OH
Born
Aug 23, 1994, in Vandalia, Ohio

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Taylor Decker played offensive line at Ohio State (2012–⁠15). He was a consensus All‑American in 2015. The Detroit Lions took Decker in the first round, No. 16 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2015
Consensus All-American, Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year and 1 more
Drafted
No. 16
Overall, 2016 NFL Draft (Detroit Lions)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams

Linemen have no individual stat lines in our source.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2012Ohio State68OL
2013Ohio State68OL
2014Ohio State68OL
2015Ohio State68OL6′8″315

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.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′7″
Weight310 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size10″
Wingspan80⅛″W
40-yard dash5.23 s
10-yard split1.80 s
Vertical jump29″
Broad jump8′5″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill7.70 s
20-yard shuttle4.76 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

His NFL seasons aren’t on this page yet: our NFL numbers are matched to college players by an ID his college record doesn’t carry. His NFL career is in his Wikipedia article.

Pro Bowl: 2024

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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