Jon Taylor Embree (born October 3, 1988) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who was recently the running backs coach for the
New York Jets
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college football
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San Diego Chargers
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Playing career
Taylor played wide receiver for 4 years at UCLA. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chargers in 2012 but was cut at the end of the preseason.
2012
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, where he was credited for helping convince
Jerry Rice Jr.
Jerry Lee Rice Jr. (born July 27, 1991) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and the UNLV Rebels. The Washington Redskins signed him as an undrafted free agen ...
to transfer from UCLA to UNLV for his final season of eligibility. He was also a graduate assistant at his alma mater UCLA for two seasons before joining the Kansas City Chiefs in
2016
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as a defensive assistant.
Embree joined the San Francisco 49ers as an offensive quality control coach in
2017
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, working with his father Jon. He was hired as the tight ends coach at Colorado in
2020
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, serving on the coaching staff of first-year head coach
Karl Dorrell
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Embree was named the running backs coach for the
New York Jets
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in
2021
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, working under former 49ers defensive coordinator
Robert Saleh
Robert Saleh (born January 31, 1979) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). A defensive coach for much of his 20-year coaching career, Saleh has served as an assistant co ...
2024
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Personal life
Embree's father
Jon
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John Embree
John Fee Embree (August 26, 1908 – December 22, 1950) was an American anthropologist and academic who specialized in the study of Japan. He was a professor at Yale University when he was struck and killed by a motorist.
Career
Born in New Ha ...