Phil
Taylor.
Phil
Taylor.
Baylor· 6'3"· 334 lb· 5.09s 40
Taylor's size and athletic ability are best utilized in a one-gap 4-3 penetrating front, where he can leverage his strength and explosiveness to disrupt the line of scrimmage.
He can immediately contribute as a rotational 3-technique with a ceiling to develop into a dominant every-down interior disruptor.
He would be a poor fit in a true two-gap 3-4 defense where his primary responsibility would be to occupy blockers rather than penetrate.
Taylor's combination of size and burst makes him a valuable asset in schemes prioritizing interior pressure and run stuffing.
Selected #21 overall in Round 1 of the 2011 NFL Draft by Cleveland Browns out of Baylor.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 5.09sp50
- Vertical
- 29.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 100inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.75sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.77sp50
- Bench
- 31repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Baylor | 12 | 25 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Baylor | 13 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | — | 25 | 87 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Parsed from Sports-Reference CFB career page via Firecrawl.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Phil Taylor played defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns from 2011 to 2015. He was a starter for most of his tenure but struggled with injuries throughout his career.
Data note: from Kansas City