Jason Taylor II (born December 30, 1999) is an American professional football safety. He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Taylor was born and grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and attended Carl Albert High School.[1] He was named the state Defensive Player of the Year by The Oklahoman as a senior after intercepting nine passes.[2] Taylor committed to play college football at Oklahoma State over offers from Tulsa and SMU.[3]
Taylor played in three games during his true freshman season at Oklahoma State before redshirting the year. He played primarily on special teams as a redshirt freshman. Taylor became a starter one game into his redshirt junior season following an injury to first-string safety Tre Sterling.[4] He was named honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference at the end of the season after recording 48 tackles with 2.5 sacks, one forced fumble, four passes defended and two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.[5] Taylor made 99 tackles with six interceptions as a redshirt senior and was named first team All-Big 12 and a second team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.[6] After the season he announced that he would enter the 2023 NFL draft.[7]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 11+5⁄8 in (1.82 m) |
204 lb (93 kg) |
32 in (0.81 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.50 s | 1.52 s | 2.55 s | 4.20 s | 7.16 s | 43.0 in (1.09 m) |
10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
14 reps | |
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Taylor was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round, 234th overall, of the 2023 NFL draft.[10] He was placed on injured reserve on September 15, 2023, and later activated on November 25.[11]
Taylor was waived by the Rams on August 27, 2024, and re-signed to the practice squad.[12] He was released on September 10.[13]
On September 17. 2024, Taylor signed with the Arizona Cardinals practice squad.[14] He was released on October 29.
On January 9, 2025, Taylor signed a reserve/future contract with the Kansas City Chiefs.[15]
On May 1, 2025, Taylor was waived by the Chiefs.[16]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Sfty | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | ||
| 2023 | LAR | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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