Devin Taylor Season 2020

2020: Played in 10 games, starting the final eight contests of the season … Made 55 tackles (36 solo) to rank fourth on the squad … Also posted two INTs for 12 yards, 1.5 TFL, and four passes defensed … Recorded four stops in his first game in a Tech uniform vs. NC State (9/26) … Got an interception and broke up a pass vs. Boston College (10/17) ... Made eight total tackles at Wake Forest (10/24) ... Recorded an INT for a 12-yard return and had four tackles at Louisville (10/31) ... Produced seven total tackles vs. Liberty (11/7) ... Posted a season-high 11 tackles vs. Miami (11/14) ... Racked up nine stops at Pitt (11/21) ... Finished the season with five tackles apiece vs. Clemson (12/5) and vs. Virginia (12/12). 
 
Illinois State: Played in 35 contests at Illinois State, registering 80 tackles, nine INTs, 31 passes defended and one sack before transferring to Virginia Tech in August 2020.
 
2019: Named a third-team FCS All-American by Phil Steele.com ... All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First-Team selection ... Started all 15 games at cornerback for the Redbirds … Led the Missouri Valley with 24 passes defended, including a league-high 19 breakups … Finished the season sixth in the FCS in passes defended with 1.6 per game … Those 24 passes defended was one shy of the ISU single-season record of 25 set by Sam Young in 1999 ... Led ISU and tied for third in the MVFC with five interceptions … Ranked fifth on the team with 65 tackles … Had a career-high 10 tackles and an interception in a win at Western Illinois (10/19) … Named the MVFC Defensive Player of the Week after he recorded his team-leading third interception and finished with a career-high five pass breakups in a win vs. Missouri State (11/16) ... Added his first career sack in the quarterfinal playoff game at No. 1 North Dakota State (12/14).
 
2018: All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Second-Team selection ... Started all 11 games at cornerback … Led the MVFC with 15 passes defended (12 breakups, three INTs) … Ranked sixth in the FCS with 1.4 passes defended per game … Tied for third on the team with 51 tackles, including 32 solo stops … Tied for second on the team with three interceptions on the season … Named MVFC Defensive Player of the Week, after recording eight tackles and an interception in a win at Colorado State (9/22).
 
2017: Played in nine contests, mostly on special teams ... Finished the season with two tackles ... Recorded first career interception at South Dakota State (11/11).
 
2016: Redshirted.
 
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: Born in Lansing, Michigan ... 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 … Majoring in human development.