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2021 Football Roster

20 Daniel Taylor

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 180
  • Hometown Franklin, Tenn.
  • High School Brentwood Academy

Biography

• At Navy: Enters the fall battling for playing time at slot back ... moved from the secondary to slot back in the spring ... has earned one varsity letter.

2020: Did not see any varsity action.

2019: Appeared in 10 contests, including making his collegiate debut in the Mids’ win over Holy Cross in the opener ... closed out the year with 5 tackles and broke up a pass ... turned in a tackle at UConn ... made a solo tackle in the Homecoming win over Tulane ... chipped in a solo stop against USF ... contributed a tackle and broke up a pass, the first of his career, at Tulsa ... recorded his first-collegiate tackle in Navy’s opener against Holy Cross.

2018: Did not see any varsity action.

High School / Personal: A 2018 graduate of Brentwood Academy, Taylor was a three-sport athlete who earned letters in football (4), soccer (3) and track & field (2) ... a two-time All-State (Tenn.) selection in football, who also received all-region honors three times ... also received offers from Air Force, Army, Appalachian State and Charlotte ... a member of the National Honor Society ... comes from an incredibly athletic family ... father, Daniel, played baseball at Southeastern ... mother, Marlena, ran track at LSU ... cousins Ryan Clark (LSU, 1998-01 / New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers), Brandon Taylor (LSU, 2008-11 / San Diego Chargers), Curtis Taylor (LSU, 2005-08 / Oakland Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers) and Jhyryn Taylor (LSU, 2009) played football at LSU ... current LA Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey was Taylor’s “Big Brother” for Brentwood Academy’s mentoring program when Taylor was in the seventh grade ... son of Daniel Taylor and Marlena Gross-Taylor ... majoring in oceanography.

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Historical Player Information

  • 39

    2018Freshman

    DB
    5'10" 180 lbs
    39
  • 9

    2019Sophomore

    CB
    5'10" 180 lbs
    9
  • 11

    2020Junior

    SB
    5'10" 180 lbs
    11
  • 20

    2021Senior

    SB
    5'10" 180 lbs
    20