Taylor Price
{{Short description|American football player (born 1987)}}
{{distinguish|Taylor Pryce}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Taylor Price
| image = Taylorprice2010jpg.jpg
| caption = Price during a practice with the Patriots in July 2010
| number = 17, 15
| position = Wide receiver
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|8}}
| birth_place = Hilliard, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 204
| high_school = Hilliard Darby
| college = Ohio
| draftyear = 2010
| draftround = 3
| draftpick = 90
| pastteams =
- New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|2010}}−{{NFL Year|2011}})
- Jacksonville Jaguars ({{NFL Year|2011}}–{{NFL Year|2013}})
- Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|2014}})*
|highlights =
| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 5
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 80
| pfr = PricTa00
}}
Taylor Price (born October 8, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio Bobcats and was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2010 NFL draft. He was also a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Seattle Seahawks.
Early life
Price was born in Hilliard, Ohio, and attended Hilliard Darby High School. As a junior, he was a second-team all-conference selection and as a senior he was an honorable mention all-district selection. He played in all three phases of the game, and blocked five kicks on special teams as a junior. He also lettered in baseball.{{cite web|url=http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=34184|title=17 Taylor Price WR|publisher=New England Patriots|access-date=2011-10-07|archive-date=2012-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404113117/http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=34184|url-status=dead}}
College career
Price attended Ohio University and played in 14 games as a true freshman in 2006, finishing the year with nine receptions for 77 yards. As a sophomore, Price started at wide receiver and recorded 33 receptions for 464 yards and four touchdowns. He also had six rushes for 23 yards and two passes for 50 yards and a touchdown. In 2008 as a junior, Price started 11 of 12 games made 51 catches for 694 yards and five touchdowns. He also rushed five times for 19 yards and had two kickoff returns for 22 yards. In his senior season in 2009, Price started all 14 games and set a career-high with 56 receptions for 784 yards, and also carried the ball 11 times for 103 yards. His 149 career receptions set an Ohio record, while his 2,019 receiving yards ranked second in school history. Price also had a 14-catch performance against Wyoming, a school record.
=Statistics=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2|Season !! rowspan=2|Team !! colspan=6|Receiving !! colspan=5|Rushing | ||||||||||
| GP | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~2006 | Ohio University
| 14 || 9 || 77 || 8.6 || 27 || 0 || 2 || -20 || –10.0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||
| 2007 | Ohio University
| 12 || 33 || 464 || 14.1 || 54 || 4 || 6 || 23 || 3.8 || 17 || 0 | |||||||||
| 2008 | Ohio University
| 12 || 51 || 694 || 13.6 || 51 || 5 || 5 || 19 || 3.8 || 20 || 0 | |||||||||
| ~2009 | Ohio University
| 14 || 56 || 784 || 14.0 || 50 || 5 || 11 || 103 || 9.4 || 25 || 0 | |||||||||
| || Total
! 52 || 149 || 2,019 || 13.6 || 54 || 14 || 24 || 125 || 5.2 || 25 || 0 |
~includes bowl games
Professional career
{{nfl predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 0+3/8
| weight = 204
| dash = 4.41
| ten split = 1.52
| twenty split = 2.56
| shuttle = 4.34
| cone drill = 6.82
| vertical = 37
| broad ft = 9
| broad in = 6
| bench = 16
| wonderlic =
| arm span = 31+1/4
| hand span = 9+1/2
| note = All values from NFL Scouting Combine.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/taylor--price?id=497316|title=Taylor Price Combine Profile|work=NFL.com|access-date=2010-04-28}}.
}}
=New England Patriots=
Price was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round (90th overall) of the 2010 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2010 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2010/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} On May 25, 2010, he signed a four-year deal with the Patriots. Price was inactive for the first 15 games of his rookie regular season before making his NFL debut in the Week 17 finale against the Miami Dolphins. He caught three passes for 41 yards in the game. Price was waived by the Patriots on December 3, 2011, after playing in only three games in 2011.
=Jacksonville Jaguars=
The Jacksonville Jaguars claimed Price off waivers on December 5, 2011.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/rap_sheet/index.php/2011/12/05/former-patriots-wr-taylor-price-is-now-with-the-jaguars/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-12-05 |archive-date=2020-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308205300/https://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/rap_sheet/index.php/2011/12/05/former-patriots-wr-taylor-price-is-now-with-the-jaguars/ |url-status=dead }} The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had also put in a claim for Price, but he went to the Jaguars because they were higher on the waiver order.{{Cite web |url=http://www.buccaneers101.com/2011/12/05/tampa-bay-buccaneers-put-waiver-claim-in-for-wr-taylor-price |title=Tampa Bay Buccaneers Put Waiver Claim in for WR Taylor Price {{pipe}} Buccaneers 101 {{pipe}} Sports Media 101 |access-date=2011-12-06 |archive-date=2012-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426022558/http://www.buccaneers101.com/2011/12/05/tampa-bay-buccaneers-put-waiver-claim-in-for-wr-taylor-price/ |url-status=usurped }}
Price was waived/injured on August 12, 2012, and subsequently reverted to injured reserve on August 18.
Price was once again waived/injured on August 5, 2013 and placed on injured reserve on August 7
=Seattle Seahawks=
Seattle signed Price to a one-year contract on March 12, 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/transactions/_/name/sea/seattle-seahawks|title=Seattle Seahawks Transactions|work=espn.com|access-date=2014-04-16}} He was placed on injured reserve on July 29, 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/seahawks/2014/07/29/seahawks-officially-sign-three-waive-two-ir-one/|accessdate=2014-07-29|title=The Seattle Times {{pipe}} Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120114055841/http://www.jaguars.com/team/roster/taylor-price/47306f4d-f66a-4c0e-a1e1-60036ce2a541/ Jacksonville Jaguars bio]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100427081101/http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=34184 New England Patriots bio]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090928081449/http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/price_taylor00.html Ohio Bobcats bio]
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Category:People from Hilliard, Ohio
Category:Players of American football from Franklin County, Ohio
Category:American football wide receivers
Category:Ohio Bobcats football players
Category:New England Patriots players