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Jersey Number 10
Willie Taggart, Jr.
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 177
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Tallahassee, Fla.
- High School:
- Florida State University High
- Major:
- Communications
- Birthday:
- 11/28/2001
Bio
At FAU
Redshirt Sophomore
- Saw time in the season opener, versus Charlotte, a game that he was 1-for-3 under center for a total of eight yards and added three carries for 26 yards while also serving as the team's holder for three field goals, (43), (19), (42) and four PATs
- Contributed in the Owls 42-9 win over Southeastern Louisiana on both special teams, as the holder, and at quarterback with a 1-1-0 performance for six yards and added five carries for a total of 12 yards
- Gained work versus UCF
- Served as the team's primary holder at Purdue
- Worked with special teams at UNT
- Provided the holds at UTEP
- Maintained his starting holder duties in the Owls' 24-17 win over UAB
- Continued to handle special teams duties and added two pass attempts and four carries for a total of 18 yards in the Owls 52-7 win over FIU in Shula Bowl XXI
- Called into action for one third and long, while Perry was sidelined, and handled the holding duties at Middle Tennessee
Freshman 2021
- Saw time as a holder in the Owls' 58-21 win over FIU in Shula Bowl XX
- Redshirted
Freshman (2020)
- Worked through a preseason quarterback battle
- Saw his first collegiate action at No. 22 Marshall with an 11 yard carry
- Had one pass attempt and three carries for minus five yards in the Owls' 24-3 victory over UTSA
- Recorded his first collegiate reception in the Owls' 38-19 Shula Bowl XIX win at FIU
- Contributed to both the passing game with an attempt and to the run game with a carry and lined up as a receiver versus UMass
- Saw action at Georgia Southern
- Had a 19 yard reception at Southern Miss
- Recorded a one-yard carry at the 2020 Montgomery Bowl while lining up throughout the game as a receiver
High School
- Threw for 2,165 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior
- Added another 876 yards (with a per-carry average of 9.0) and 10 scores on the ground
- Led the Seminoles to a 12-2 record and the squad finished as Class 3A runners-up in the school’s first ever appearance in the title game
- Rated as the No. 125 athlete in the country and given three stars by 247Sports
- Also three stars, and as the No. 36 dual-threat quarterback nationally, by ESPN
- Considered Florida State, Oregon and Appalachian State
- Undecided major
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