2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 19
Nick Taylor
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 189
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Gainesville
- Prev School:
- Appalachian State
2025 (So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Conference First-Team Honors
- Added depth at cornerback and safety
- Used extensively on special teams
- Saw action in 11 games
- Used on 351 plays, including 144 on defense and 207 on special teams
- Season-high 73 plays against Utah, including 52 on defense
- Season-high 23 plays on special teams against at Kansas and at UCF
- Finished with 20 tackles for the season, including 11 unassisted tackles and an interception
- Missed the Arizona State game with an upper-body injury
- Added three tackles with one solo stop against TCU
- Co-led the defense with a career-best eight tackles, including four solo stops, and added his first career interception vs. Utah
- Co-led the defense with four tackles at Kansas
- Notched his first WVU tackle on the road at Ohio
- Made his WVU debut in the season opener vs. Robert Morris
- Transferred to WVU from Appalachian State in Spring 2025
2024 (Fr.) - Appalachian State
- Played cornerback for coach Shawn Clark at Appalachian State
- Appeared in seven games, starting one (against Georgia State) at cornerback
- Saw action on 147 snaps
- Finished the season with 10 tackles and one pass breakup
High School
- Two-time all-region performer for coach Josh Niblett at Gainesville High
- Standout defender as a senior for a team that won its first 12 games and finished 12-1
- Totaled 51 tackles, one interception, five breakups, one sack, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in 2023
- As a junior, he was named to the all-region team as a standout at Fayette County High
- Recorded 36 tackles, one interception and two breakups in 2022
- Also appeared frequently at quarterback during his time at Fayette County
- Started boxing at the age of five and has enjoyed great success in that sport
- Was a four-sport athlete until his junior year of high school
Personal
- Son of Mario Taylor and Kristen Colyott
- One of four children (2 brothers, 1 sister)
- Majoring in sport management
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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