Devin Taylor

Position:
Cornerback
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lansing, Mich.
High School:
Sexton
Prev School:
Virginia Tech

HONORS
• 2021 third-team All-MAC
• 2021 first-team Pro Football Focus All-MAC

2021
• Started all 12 of BGSU's games
• Enrolled at BGSU eight days before the first game and started the opener at Tennessee
• Made 44 tackles, broke up eight passes and notched two interceptions
• Lockdown corner that teams stayed away from
• Had season highs in tackles (6) at Buffalo and at Miami (OH)
• Secured key interception at Minnesota to halt a late drive in BGSU win
• Made another key interception at Buffalo, while also break up three other passes
• Named College Sports Madness MAC Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts at Buffalo

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
• Comes to Bowling Green after spending the 2020 season at Virginia Tech
• Appeared in 10 games with the Hokies, starting the final eight contests of the season
• Finished fourth on the team with 55 tackles (36 solo)
• Also notched two interceptions, 1.5 tackles for loss and broke up four passes
• Previously appeared in 35 games at Illinois State (2017-19) where he was named a third-team FCS All-American in 2019 and a first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honoree
• Left Illinois State with 80 career tackles, nine interceptions and 31 passes defended
• Redshirted in 2016 at ISU and using his COVID year from the NCAA in 2021

HIGH SCHOOL
• Three-year letter winner for head coach Dan Boggan at Sexton High School
• Earned all-district, all-area and all-conference honors as a senior
• Split time as a wide receiver and defensive back
• As a junior, led team to a 13-1 record and a state runner-up finish
• Earned all-state, all-area and all-conference honors as a junior
• Was also a standout in basketball and track
• Won the state championship as part of the 4x100 meter relay team as a senior

PERSONAL
• Son of Donavan Taylor and Tamara Baker
• Has an older sister, TiAnna
• His father, Donavan, played football at Michigan State and his grandfather, Larry Williams, played football at Indiana State
• His cousin, Roland James, played collegiate football at Tennessee and later played in the NFL for the New England Patriots
• Earned a degree from Virginia Tech in human development