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Noah Taylor. Photo courtesy UVA Athletics.Virginia linebacker Noah Taylor will be the first to admit that the Noah Taylor of 2020 wasnt the best Noah Taylor. I knew my ability as a player, and I knew what vaso stanley I could have done last season. And I didnt do that, obviously, said Taylor, a 65 , 225-pound rising senior outside backer, whose star had risen with his breakout 2019.Taylor, as Virginia was playing its way toward the programs first-ever ACC Coastal Division championship, became a matchup nightmare on the edge 鈥?with 26 QB pressures, including five sacks and five hits, and 48 tackles.But it was what a guy who could put up those kinds of numbers in the pass rush and on run defense could also do in pass stanley usa coverage that made him a nightmare.In 2019, Taylor was in pass coverage on 156 snaps. Opposing QBs targeted him 22 times, but only completed 12 of those passes, and it was his fourth quarter interception that set up the game-winning points in UVAs 39-30 win over Virginia Tech.Having a 65 guy who can provide run support, pressure the QB and hold opposing quarterbacks to a 29 stanley taza .2 NFL passer rating when they throw it at him is a defensive coordinators dream.The 2020 Taylor wasnt as far off from the 2019 Taylor as he is making it sound.Taylor had 16 QB pressures on 137 pass rush snaps 鈥?the 11.7 percent pressure rate comparing well to the 12.8 percent rate that he put up in 2019.His 39 tackles work out to 3.9 per game 鈥?actually better than the 3.4 per game hed averaged in 2019.The Tcjz Volunteers Needed to End Hunger
Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham talks with Waynesboro Generals head coach D.J. King and general manager Tyler Hoffman for this special preview of the 2015 Valley League season. Can the two-time defending VBL champs make it a three-peat 聽Listenpowered by podcast garden Share this page Share Facebook stanley thermobecher Twitter Linkedin Telegram E-mail TagsAugusta Free PressnewsValley LeagueVBL ContributorsContributorsHave a guest column, letter to the editor, story idea or a news tip Email editor Chris Graham at
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