Rice: Exciting talent who became played an increasing role over the last four games and will look to build on that momentum in the spring.
2011: Muti-talented athlete whose run at playing time after a strong spring was delayed after an injury prior to the start of camp... Caught 10 passes for 721 yards and a pair of touchdowns, all in the last four games of the year after completing his injury rehab and making his debut vs. Houston... Completed passes in back-to-back games vs. Northwestern and Tulane for a total of 77 yards... Set up the Owls' lone touchdown late in the game at Northwestern by returning to his quarterback roots and hitting Andre Gautreaux on a 49-yard completion... Completed a 34 yarder to Tyler Smith vs. Tulane... Found the end zone for the first time in his career when he scored the go-ahead touchdown vs. UTEP in the Owls' 41-37 Homecoming win... Six-yard scoring pass from Nick Fanuzzi capped an 83 yard drive midway through the fourth quarter... Caught three passes for 15 yards against the Miners.
2010: Redshirted in his first season on campus.
Denison High School
4A Region II Player of the Year as a quarterback for coach Cody White at Denison High... Earned all state honors from Rivals.com while leading Denison to the 4A Division II semifinals... Ranked by Dave Campbell's Texas Football as one of the top 20 athletes in Texas and a member of its Top 300... Threw for 3,766 yards and 40 TDs and ran for 2,500 yards and 39 touchdowns in his career... Earned all district and honorable mention all state honors as a wide receiver as a sophomore before moving to quarterback as a junior... Caught 29 passes for 546 yards and 11 touchdowns as a sophomore... Also played baseball and earned all district honors as an outfielder as a junior... Ran track as a senior... Academic All State selection.
Personal
Full Name: Jordan Neel Taylor ... Born: February 18, 1992 at Sherman, Texas ... Parents: Randy and Karen Taylor (one brother ... Brother, Ryan, was an offensive lineman at UCLA... Rice major: Undeclared in the Natural Science division.