2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 87
Kole Taylor
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Grand Junction, Colo.
- High School:
- Central
- Prev School:
- LSU
- Played in 58 career appearances with 30 starts
- Finished with 95 career catches for 1,051 yards and eight touchdowns (includes LSU and WVU statistics)
- Ranked No. 4 on the WVU career tight end list with 78 catches
- His 892 WVU career receiving yards was No. 6 on the school’s tight end list
2024 (Sr.)
- Played in all 13 games at tight end and on special teams, including 12 starts
- Second-leading receiver for the Mountaineers with 43 catches for 448 yards and three touchdowns
- Taylor’s 43 catches ranked No. 2 on the school’s single-season list
- His 448 yards ranked No. 6 on the school’s single-season list
- Finished with 44 yards on four catches in the Frisco Bowl against Memphis
- Hauled in one pass for 8 yards at Texas Tech
- Three catches against UCF totaled 8 yards
- Tallied 56 yards and a touchdown against Baylor
- Caught five passes for 30 yards and a long of 14 at Cincinnati
- Posted 28 yards receiving at Arizona
- Finished with 61 yards receiving against Kansas State
- Led the receiving corps with 55 yards and a long of 24 against Iowa State
- WVU Blue Collar Award: Oklahoma State
- Hauled in a pair of catches for 25 yards at Oklahoma State
- Caught two passes for 18 yards and a TD against KU
- Finished with 43 yards receiving, including a long of 17 at Pitt
- Posted his first touchdown catch of the season against UAlbany, a 39-yard scoring reception
- Caught two passes for 25 yards in the season opener against Penn State
2023 (Jr.)
- Earned All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (Coaches)
- Named All-Big 12 Conference Fourth Team (Phil Steele)
- Has played in 13 games at WVU, including 11 starts
- Saw action on 700 offensive snaps and 69 special teams plays
- Used on a season-high 76 offensive snaps at Houston and eight special teams plays at UCF and against North Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl
- Led WVU in receiving with 35 catches for 444 yards, averaging 12.7 yard per catch and four touchdowns with a long of 43 yards
- Hauled in two passes for 33 yards against UNC
2022 (So.) - LSU
- Played tight end for coach Brian Kelly at LSU
- Saw action in 13 games, starting two, helping lead the Tigers to a 10-4 record, an appearance in the SEC Championship Game and a win over Purdue in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
- Finished with five catches for 55 yards with a long catch of 26 yards
- Had two catches for 33 yards with a long of 26 yards against Florida
- Registered an 11-yard reception against New Mexico
- Had an 8-yard catch against Florida State
2021 (Fr.) - LSU
- Played in 12 games, starting three times
- Starts came against McNeese, at Kentucky and Louisiana-Monroe
- Scored first collegiate touchdown on a 41-yard reception in win over Mississippi State
- The 41-yard catch was longest of his career
- Had career-best four receptions for 22 yards in win over McNeese
- Added a 5-yard catch against Arkansas
- Member of the 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 (COVID) - LSU
- Played in seven games, starting two
- Caught six passes for 36 yards
- Biggest catch of career thus far was a 4-yard reception on third-and-10 in fourth quarter in win over Florida
- On that play, his cleat came off and Florida defender tossed it down field, resulting in an unsportsmanlike penalty
- The result was a first down, which extended LSU’s game-winning drive
- Had three receptions for 11 yards vs. Florida and followed that with two catches, including a 20-yarder, the following week in win over Ole Miss
- First career catch came against Texas A&M
High School
- One of the nation’s top tight end prospects in the Class of 2020
- Outstanding all-around player from Grand Junction, Colorado
- Listed as the nation’s 10th-best tight end by 247Sports and the No. 5 overall prospect in the state of Colorado
- Rated four-star prospect by Rivals
- Totaled 1,084 yards receiving and 18 touchdowns during his high school career
- Hauled in 25 catches for 331 yards and five touchdowns as a senior in 2019
- As a junior, caught 29 passes for 510 yards and eight TDs
- Caught 18 passes for 243 yards and a pair of TDs as a sophomore
Personal
- Son of Sean and Cheri Taylor
- Father played football at Western State
- Mother played soccer at Northern Colorado
- One of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
- Graduated with his bachelor’s degree in integrated studies in December 2023
- Currently pursuing a master’s degree in business administration
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- WVU Blue Collar Award: Baylor
- Posted 64 yards on four catches, as well as a long of 26 at Baylor
- Grabbed three catches for 39 yards against Cincinnati
- Caught one pass at Oklahoma and it was a three-yard touchdown reception
- Lone reception against BYU was a 43-yard TD catch
- Added 26 yards on four catches at UCF
- Finished the Oklahoma State game with two catches for eight yards
- Tallied 62 yards on five catches, including a long of 17 at Houston
- Caught two passes for a total of 20 yards at TCU
- Grabbed his second touchdown catch in as many games against Texas Tech, finishing with a team-high 39 yards
- Hauled in his first Mountaineer touchdown in the Pitt game; finished with three catches for 21 yards
- Caught three passes for 55 yards and a long of 29 against Duquesne
- Made his Mountaineer debut in the season opener at Penn State and grabbed two passes for 31 yards
- Enrolled at WVU in January 2023
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