Taylor Houser Jacobs (born May 30, 1981) is an American former college and professional football wide receiver in the

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(NFL) for five seasons during the early 2000s. Jacobs played college football for the

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, and thereafter, he played professionally for the

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and

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of the NFL.

Early years

Jacobs was born in

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in 1981.Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players
Taylor Jacobs
Retrieved March 18, 2011. He attended

Florida A&M University Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), commonly known as Florida A&M, is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida. Founded in 1887, It is the third largest historically black university in the Un ...

's Developmental Research High School in Tallahassee,databaseFootball.com, Players
Taylor Jacobs
. Retrieved March 18, 2011. and played high school football for the FAMU DRS Rattlers.GatorZone.com, Football History, 2002 Roster

. Retrieved March 18, 2011. He was named to PrepStar's high school

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team. He caught thirty-seven passes for 685 yards and six touchdowns as a senior. As a junior, he caught thirty-three passes for 708 yards and eleven touchdowns and rushed for 362 yards. He was also an outstanding

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player and gifted track athlete. In 1999, he clocked automatic times of 10.50 and 22.05 seconds, respectively, in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash finals at the Florida Class 1A track and field championship meet.

College career

Jacobs accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier and coach

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team from

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to 2002.
2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide
'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 85, 97, 125, 136, 143–145, 148, 159, 162, 173, 182 (2011). Retrieved August 30, 2011. In 1999, Jacobs was the only true freshman wide receiver to play, appearing in ten of twelve games including the Citrus Bowl. As a sophomore in

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, he played in all twelve regular-season games with five starts, and recorded seventeen

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s for 198 yards and two touchdowns. As a junior in 2001, Jacobs played in all twelve games with three starts including the

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, and posted thirty-eight catches for 712 yards and seven touchdowns. As a senior team captain in 2002, Jacobs was Florida's most productive receiver—he finished with seventy-one

s for 1,088 yards, an average of 98.8 receiving yards per game, and had four 100-yard receiving games. He started all eleven games, was one of ten semifinalists for the

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, was a first-team All-

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(SEC) selection, and played in the

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and the

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all-star games. Jacobs returned to the University of Florida after his NFL career was over, and completed his bachelor's degree in sociology in 2009.

Professional career

The Washington Redskins, led by Jacobs' former head coach at Florida, Steve Spurrier, selected Jacobs in the second round (forty-fourth pick overall) in the

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. He played for the Redskins from to .National Football League, Historical Players
Taylor Jacobs
Retrieved March 18, 2011. Jacobs saw limited playing time as he struggled through a series of injuries in his rookie season in 2003. He finished his rookie campaign with eight games played, three catches for 37 yards and a touchdown. In 2004, he appeared in 15 games with four starts. He logged 16 catches for 178 yards, an 11.1 yards per catch average, with a long of 45. Jacobs was traded to the

on August 14, 2006 for

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, and released on October 2, 2007. He was signed by the

on November 6, 2007, and released on August 26, 2008.

References

Bibliography

* Carlson, Norm, ''University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators'', Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). . * Golenbock, Peter, ''Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory'', Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). . * Hairston, Jack, ''Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told'', Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). . {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Taylor 1981 births Living people African-American players of American football American football wide receivers Denver Broncos players Florida Gators football players Florida Gators men's track and field athletes Players of American football from Tallahassee, Florida San Francisco 49ers players Washington Redskins players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people

Early years

College career

Professional career

See also

References

Bibliography