Tyrod Di’allo Taylor is an American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers. He played college football for Virginia Tech, leading the Hokies to the 2009 Orange Bowl as a Sophomore and 2011 Orange Bowl during his senior year. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. Taylor was signed by the Buffalo Bills as a free agent in 2015, taking over the starting quarterback duties that season and earning a Pro Bowl appearance. In 2017, he helped the Bills make their first playoff berth in 17 years. In 2018, he was traded to the Cleveland Browns in March 2018, with the Bills drafting Josh Allen to replace him. He signed with the Chargers in 2019, where he had backed up starting quarterback Philip
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Tyrod Di’allo Taylor is an American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League. He played college football for Virginia Tech, leading the Hokies to the 2009 Orange Bowl as a Sophomore and 2011 Orange Bowl during his senior year. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft and served as the backup to starting quarterback Joe Flacco. Taylor was signed by the Buffalo Bills as a free agent in 2015, taking over the starting quarterback duties that season and earning a Pro Bowl appearance. In 2017, he helped the Bills make their first playoff berth in 17 years. In 2018, he was traded to the Cleveland Browns in March 2018, with the Bills drafting Josh Allen to replace him. He signed with the Chargers in 2019, where he had backed up starting quarterback Philip Rivers before being named the starter in 2020. At Hampton High School, in Hampton, Virginia, Taylor was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and track. During his four years as starter, he led the team to a 34–4 record. He accumulated 7,690 yards of offense and scored 100 total touchdowns, breaking every passing record of previous Hampton standout Anthony Mastrocola. He passed for 5,144 yards and 44 touchdowns, while rushing for 2,546 yards and 56 touchdowns. When Taylor graduated from Hampton in 2007 he was rated as the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback at Rivals. com.
He is 6’1\” and 200 pounds, and ran a 4. 55-second 40-yard dash. Taylor narrowed his final two choices down to Virginia Tech and the University of Florida, and chose to attend Virginia Tech. Taylor’s first action of college football came in the game against the LSU Tigers on September 8, 2007. In that game, Taylor completed 7-of-18 passes for 62 yards, rushed for 44 yards on nine attempts including his first collegiate touchdown. After starting every game of the 2008 season leading up to the Florida State game on October 25, Taylor suffered a high ankle sprain on the first play of the game. Taylor returned in a game at Georgia Tech, but did not start for the rest of the season and rotated time with starter Sean Glennon. Throughout the season, Taylor accumulated 1,356 total yards, including 927 passing and 429 rushing. In his first start against Ohio, Tyrod threw for 287 yards, adding a rushing touchdown. On October 13, in the second quarter of a game against Duke, Taylor Suffered a high ankles sprain which forced him to miss two games. He then started in the ACC Championship Game over Boston College the next week. He completed 72- of-134 passing attempts, for a completion percentage of 53.7, and scored 11 touchdowns during the year, five passing and six rushing. He also led a crucial fourth quarter to make it a two-point game with less than two minutes to go with the 4th and 3rd quarter.
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