Fall 2010 Football Roster
Troy Taylor
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- High School:
- Brophy College Prep/U. of San Diego
- Major:
- Marketing
Why Lehigh? “I chose Lehigh for the chance to play at a very competitive level of football while attending one of the best academic universities in the country.”
On Coach Coen: “He is a very straight forward coach. He tells us exactly what he wants from us and expects that we give it to him.”
On being part of the Lehigh football experience: “It means that we are able to manage our time to not only succeed on the field, but also off of it.”
Player profile: will make a push for starting linebacker spot … in 2009 … Second Team All-Patriot League selection … Lehigh’s leading tackler with 69 total stops … also totaled 8.0 tackles-for-loss, 2.0 sacks, one forced fumble and one pass breakup … double digit tackle efforts in wins vs. Fordham and archrival Lafayette … had 11 tackles, 1.0 sack, a forced fumble and pass breakup at Fordham … totaled 11 tackles, including 0.5-for-loss vs. Lafayette … had at least two tackles in every game … finished the season quite strong with 46 total tackles in the final five games … sas a junior … appeared in 11 games, making 39 tackles along the way … team MVP on special teams in win over Drake after totaling three stops … season best seven tackles versus Colgate … four games of at least five tackles … registered sacks versus Drake and Harvard … transfer from the University of San Diego … sat out the 2007 season due to NCAA rules.
Personal: son of Earle and Debra Taylor … has one brother, Jeff, and one sister, Judy … father played football at Lehigh.
