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Alontae Taylor
Alontae Devaun Taylor (born December 3, 1998) is an American professional football cornerback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers.
Taylor attended Coffee County Central High School in Manchester, Tennessee. He played quarterback in high school and during his career, he had 8,225 yards of total offense and 75 touchdowns. Taylor played in the 2018 Under Armour All-American Game. He committed to the University of Tennessee to play college football.
Taylor played at Tennessee under head coaches Jeremy Pruitt and Josh Heupel from 2018 to 2021. He originally played wide receiver at Tennessee before transitioning to cornerback prior to his freshman year. He became a starter his freshman year and overall started 31 of 45 career games. Taylor finished his career with 162 tackles, four interceptions, one pick-six, and one fumble recovery for a touchdown. He decided to sit out the 2021 Music City Bowl in preparation for the 2022 NFL draft.
The New Orleans Saints selected Taylor in the second round (49th overall) of the 2022 NFL draft. He was the eighth cornerback selected in 2022.
On July 19, 2022, the Saints signed Taylor to a four–year, $7.20 million rookie contract that includes $3.45 million guaranteed upon signing and an initial signing bonus of $2.41 million.
He entered training camp projected to be a backup cornerback and competed to be the third cornerback on the depth chart against veteran Bradley Roby. Head coach Dennis Allen named him a backup and listed him as the fourth cornerback on the depth chart to begin the season, behind Marshon Lattimore, Paulson Adebo, and Bradley Roby.
On September 11, 2022, Taylor made his professional regular season debut in the New Orleans Saints' season-opener at the Atlanta Falcons, but only saw limited snaps on special teams as they won 27–26. On September 24, 2022, the Saints officially placed Taylor on injured reserve after he injured his knee during practice. On October 20, 2022, the Saints activated him from injured reserve and added him back to their active roster after he was inactive for the last four games (Weeks 3–6). He was immediately named the No. 2 starting cornerback alongside Bradley Roby after Marshon Lattimore was placed on injured reserve due to an abdominal injury he suffered in Week a 5 and Paulson Adebo injured his ankle in Week 6 and was subsequently inactive for Week 7. On October 20, 2022, Taylor earned his first career start and recorded three solo tackles during a 34–42 loss at the Arizona Cardinals. In Week 13, he set a season-high with eight combined tackles (six solo) and made one pass deflection as the Saints lost 16–17 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The following week, Taylor made four solo tackles and tied his season-high of three pass deflections during a 21–18 win against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 14. In his rookie season, Taylor appeared in 13 games, starting the last nine consecutive games and finished with a total of with 46 combined tackles (39 solo) and 11 passes defended.
He entered training camp slated to be a backup cornerback under new defensive coordinator Joe Woods following the departure of Bradley Roby. He also competed for the role as the starting nickelback against Isaac Yiadom and Lonnie Johnson Jr. Head coach Dennis Allen named him the starting nickelback to begin the season and listed him as the third cornerback on the depth chart behind starting tandem Marshon Lattimore and Paulson Adebo.
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Alontae Taylor
Alontae Devaun Taylor (born December 3, 1998) is an American professional football cornerback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers.
Taylor attended Coffee County Central High School in Manchester, Tennessee. He played quarterback in high school and during his career, he had 8,225 yards of total offense and 75 touchdowns. Taylor played in the 2018 Under Armour All-American Game. He committed to the University of Tennessee to play college football.
Taylor played at Tennessee under head coaches Jeremy Pruitt and Josh Heupel from 2018 to 2021. He originally played wide receiver at Tennessee before transitioning to cornerback prior to his freshman year. He became a starter his freshman year and overall started 31 of 45 career games. Taylor finished his career with 162 tackles, four interceptions, one pick-six, and one fumble recovery for a touchdown. He decided to sit out the 2021 Music City Bowl in preparation for the 2022 NFL draft.
The New Orleans Saints selected Taylor in the second round (49th overall) of the 2022 NFL draft. He was the eighth cornerback selected in 2022.
On July 19, 2022, the Saints signed Taylor to a four–year, $7.20 million rookie contract that includes $3.45 million guaranteed upon signing and an initial signing bonus of $2.41 million.
He entered training camp projected to be a backup cornerback and competed to be the third cornerback on the depth chart against veteran Bradley Roby. Head coach Dennis Allen named him a backup and listed him as the fourth cornerback on the depth chart to begin the season, behind Marshon Lattimore, Paulson Adebo, and Bradley Roby.
On September 11, 2022, Taylor made his professional regular season debut in the New Orleans Saints' season-opener at the Atlanta Falcons, but only saw limited snaps on special teams as they won 27–26. On September 24, 2022, the Saints officially placed Taylor on injured reserve after he injured his knee during practice. On October 20, 2022, the Saints activated him from injured reserve and added him back to their active roster after he was inactive for the last four games (Weeks 3–6). He was immediately named the No. 2 starting cornerback alongside Bradley Roby after Marshon Lattimore was placed on injured reserve due to an abdominal injury he suffered in Week a 5 and Paulson Adebo injured his ankle in Week 6 and was subsequently inactive for Week 7. On October 20, 2022, Taylor earned his first career start and recorded three solo tackles during a 34–42 loss at the Arizona Cardinals. In Week 13, he set a season-high with eight combined tackles (six solo) and made one pass deflection as the Saints lost 16–17 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The following week, Taylor made four solo tackles and tied his season-high of three pass deflections during a 21–18 win against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 14. In his rookie season, Taylor appeared in 13 games, starting the last nine consecutive games and finished with a total of with 46 combined tackles (39 solo) and 11 passes defended.
He entered training camp slated to be a backup cornerback under new defensive coordinator Joe Woods following the departure of Bradley Roby. He also competed for the role as the starting nickelback against Isaac Yiadom and Lonnie Johnson Jr. Head coach Dennis Allen named him the starting nickelback to begin the season and listed him as the third cornerback on the depth chart behind starting tandem Marshon Lattimore and Paulson Adebo.