Darrell Taylor

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Experience: 5 years

Height: 6-4

Age: 28

Weight: 255 lbs

College: Tennessee

2024 SEASON

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Biography

TRANSACTIONS: Drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round (48th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft...Placed on Reserve/Non-football injury on Sept. 5, 2020...Re-instated on Feb. 10, 2021...Traded to the Chicago Bears on Aug. 23, 2024...Signed by the Houston Texans on March 14, 2025

CAREER:

Sixth-year defensive lineman enters first season with Houston in 2025 after spending one year with the Bears (2024) and three with the Seahawks (2021-23). He's recorded 118 tackles (84 solo), 43 quarterback hits, 25 tackles for loss, 24.5 sacks, eight forced fumbles, five passes defensed and one fumble recovery in 65 career games
Spent four seasons with the Seahawks, accumulating 86 tackles (22 solo) including 21.5 sacks
His 24.5 sacks rank fifth amongst players drafted in the 2020 NFL Draft

2024 (Chicago 16/0):

Recorded 32 tackles (25 solo), 13 quarterback hits, seven tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, one pass defensed and one forced fumble in 16 games with the Bears
His 2.0 sacks in Week 1 against the Titans tied for the second-most sacks in a Bears debut since 1984. He also tied for the fifth-most tackles (eight) in a Bears debut since 1991

2023 (Seattle 17/5):

Recorded 28 tackles (17 solo), eight quarterback hits, seven tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, one pass defensed and one forced fumble in 17 games with the Seahawks

2022 (Seattle 16/3):

Notched 26 tackles (22 solo), 13 quarterback hits, 9.5 sacks, eight tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery on the season
Tied for the team-lead (Uchenna Nwosu) with a career-high 9.5 sacks, including 6.5 sacks in his final six games, and tied career-high with 13 quarterback hits
His career-high four forced fumbles ranked tied for third in the NFL
He and Nwosu became the only pair of teammates to each record at least nine sacks and three forced fumbles in a season

2021 (Seattle 16/5):

Recorded 32 tackles (25 solo), 13 quarterback hits, seven tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, one pass defensed and one forced fumble in 16 games (five starts)

2020 (Seattle 0/0):

Spent the season on the Reserve/Injured list

COLLEGE:

Finished his career at Tennessee (2016-19) with 19.5 sacks (10th-most in UT history), 26.5 tackles for loss and 118 total tackles in 43 games played with 22 starts
Started all 13 games played his senior season and finished second in the SEC with a career-high 8.5 sacks as a team captain and totaled 46 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, four passes defensed, six hurries, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble
Finished tied for second in the SEC with 8.5 sacks in 2019 after totaling 8.0 sacks in 2018
Notched 36 tackles (27 solo), 8.0 sacks, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in 12 games his junior year (2018)
Played in 10 games as a sophomore, recording 27 tackles (15 solo), 3.0 sacks, two passes defensed, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery (2017)
Saw action in eight games as a freshman, tallying nine tackles (six solo) and one pass defensed
Made starts at both defensive end and linebacker during his Volunteers career.
Became the third Volunteer ever to have a four-sack game when he accomplished the feat against Kentucky in 2018. He also had a three-sack, two-forced-fumble game at Georgia
Named team MVP in 2018

PERSONAL:

Was a consensus four-star defensive end prospect and one of the top players in Virginia out of Hopewell (Va.) High School
Earned second-team all-state honors as a defensive end as a senior in 2014 with totals of 60 tackles, 11 sacks and 19 tackles for loss. He also had 29 receptions for 356 yards and five touchdowns as a senior
Played basketball in high school
Was a recipient of the Brady & Horne Athletic Endowment and Jack Brewer Athletic Scholarship Endowment
Majored in communications and graduated in December 2019

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