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Jersey Number 25
Jason Taylor II
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Oklahoma City, OK
- High School:
- Carl Albert
Bio
2020 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2022 Walter Camp All-America Second Team
2022 Season Team Captain (voted by teammates)
2022 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist
2022 First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches & AP)
2022 Honorable Mention Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches)
2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl
Became the most impactful player on OSU’s defense in his final two seasons, earning All-America honors as a senior ... Made several highlight-reel, game-changing plays in his career that made the difference in one-possession games ... Closed his career with 26 consecutive starts ... Played in 54 career games ... Finished his career ranked among the top 10 active FBS players with three career non-offensive touchdowns ... Participated in the 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl.
2022 (Senior): Named to the 2022 Walter Camp All-America Second Team after putting together the most impressive season of his career ... Also a Paycom Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist, first team All-Big 12 selection by both the coaches and AP and an honorable mention for Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year ... On top of that, he was voted a season team captain by his teammates ... Finished the season ranked ranked No. 3 among all FBS players with six total interceptions and was also No. 3 with 6.2 solo tackles per game ... Added several more game-changing plays to an already long career list, including a two-interception game in OSU’s win over Texas, a game-sealing fourth quarter interception at Baylor other game-changing interceptions against Iowa State, Oklahoma and West Virginia ... One of six players who started all 13 games for the Cowboys ... Led the team with 99 tackles on the year, 80 of which were solo stops ... The tackle totals also marked his highest in any season during his career ... Added 3.5 tackles for loss and seven pass breakups to go with his six interceptions ... Recovered an Oklahoma fumble inside OSU’s five-yard line again in the Bedlam game, adding another interception in OSU territory ... Named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for both the Baylor and Texas wins ... Named OSU’s Defensive Player of the Week vs. Texas Tech and Texas ... Set several career highs, including 12 tackles in his final game against Wisconsin in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, two interceptions against Texas and two pass breakups against UAPB ... Also had double-digit tackle games with 11 against Oklahoma and 10 against Texas Tech ... Had multiple tackles in every game ... Served as a game captain vs. Central Michigan, Texas and Wisconsin ... Also included on the preseason All-Big 12 Team ... Participated in the Reese’s Senior Bowl.
2021 (Junior): An honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the league’s head coaches ... Played in all 14 games and started the final 13 ... Built on his big-play reputation he had already established with two marquee game-changing plays ... The first was a field goal block at Boise State ... With OSU leading 21-20 and only 2:09 remaining in the game, Taylor II blocked a 36-yard Boise State field goal attempt to preserve the one-point win for the Cowboys, and prior to the block BSU kicker Jonah Dalmas had missed only one field goal attempt in his career ... The second came at Texas was he returned a second-quarter interception 85 yards for a touchdown, causing a significant shift in momentum as Texas held a 17-3 advantage and had driven to the Oklahoma State 18-yard line in a bid to extend the lead ... It the beginning of a 29-7 Cowboy run to close out and win the game ... The pick-six marked the fourth-longest interception return for any Power Five player in 2021, tied for the fourth-longest interception return in Oklahoma State history and was the longest for OSU since 2001 ... Also finished with seven tackles on the day to rank as the second-most on the team ... Earned Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after the block at Boise State and earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for his play at Texas ... Also named OSU’s Defensive Player of the Week after the Texas game ... Outside of two kickoff return touchdowns, the pick-six was OSU’s next-longest play of the year ... Also had an interception in the win over Kansas ... In addition to game-changing moments, he proved to be a dependable every-down player as well, finishing as the fifth-leading tackler on the team with 48 tackles, including 37 solo stops ... Also filled up the season stat sheet with 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, four pass breakups, three quarterback hurries and forced fumble ... Recorded a season-high eight tackles in the Bedlam win over No. 5 Oklahoma, as well as half a sack ... Recorded one sack each in the West Virginia game and the Big 12 Championship game ... Had at least one tackle in 13 games and at least four tackles in eight games ... In his only game without a tackle, he was named OSU’s Special Teams Player of the Week in the season opener against Missouri State ... Served as a game captain against Iowa State.
2020 (Sophomore): A second team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in all 11 games, rotating in on defense and playing special teams ... Produced two of the highlight plays of OSU’s season with an 85-yard fumble return touchdown at Kansas State and a 48-yard onside kick return touchdown against Texas Tech ... Both plays occurred in the second half and helped seal one-possession wins for the Cowboys ... Named OSU’s Special Teams Player of the Game after the return against TTU ... That play marked the longest play of OSU’s season and was OSU’s first kickoff return touchdown since Tyreek Hill’s 99-yard return at Kansas on Oct. 11, 2014 ... The fumble return at Kansas State gave the Cowboys a 20-12 lead with 6:32 left in the game and proved to be the game-deciding play in a 20-18 OSU win ... The play marked the fourth-longest fumble return in school history ... He also played his most significant time of the season at Kansas State in the absence of safety Kolby Harvell-Peel, who did not play due to injury ... Finished the season with 12 total tackles, including nine solo stops ... Had a season-high of three tackles against Kansas and again versus Texas Tech ... Ranked second in the Big 12 and fifth in the FBS with one kickoff return touchdown.
2019 (Freshman): Saw action in all 13 games, primarily on special teams ... With teammate Tre Sterling out for the first half of the Texas A&M game after being called for targeting in the previous contest, Taylor filled in as a starter and delivered an outstanding performance with eight tackles (seven solo) and a tackle for loss against the Aggies ... Season totals included 16 tackles - 12 of which were solo stops - and one tackle for loss ... Of his 16 tackles, two came on kickoff coverage ... Had two tackles against both Oregon State and McNeese and added a single tackle against Oklahoma, Tulsa, Iowa State and Kansas.
2018: Redshirted, but did see action on special teams in the final three games of the season ... Did not record any statistics.
High School: Played for coach Mike Corley at Carl Albert ... Captured his second state championship in 2017, as Carl Albert posted a perfect 14-0 record and a 35-23 victory over Bishop McGuinness in the Class 5A championship game ... The 2017 OKPreps Class 5A Player of the Year ... Caught 42 passes for nearly 800 yards and 14 touchdowns on offense and finished with nine interceptions on defense ... Significant contributor in Carl Albert’s run to winning the Class 5A state championship in 2016 as well ... The Titans also defeated Bishop McGuinness in the 2016 title game, although it was by a score of 34-29 ... Recorded 72 tackles as a junior during Carl Albert’s state title-winning season ... Also intercepted four passes as a safety and recorded one quarterback sack ... The 2017 OKPreps Fan’s Choice Defensive Back, as he collected nearly two-thirds of the 15,000 votes cast for the defensive back honor ... An all-state and district MVP selection ... Also played basketball at Carl Albert and was a member of the Titans’ 2016-17 state semifinalist squad ... Part of FCA and National Honor Society ... A three-star prospect according to Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports ... 247Sports rated him as the No. 6 player in the state of Oklahoma in the class of 2018 ... Chose Oklahoma State over Kansas State, Memphis, SMU and Tulsa.
Personal: Jason Taylor II was born Dec. 30, 1999, in Oklahoma City … Son of Garlynn Taylor … Sister, Ja’Lynn Taylor, plays volleyball at Langston ... Father, Jason Taylor, played on the defensive line at Langston ... University Studies major.
2021 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2022 Walter Camp All-America Second Team
2022 Season Team Captain (voted by teammates)
2022 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist
2022 First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches & AP)
2022 Honorable Mention Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches)
2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl
Became the most impactful player on OSU’s defense in his final two seasons, earning All-America honors as a senior ... Made several highlight-reel, game-changing plays in his career that made the difference in one-possession games ... Closed his career with 26 consecutive starts ... Played in 54 career games ... Finished his career ranked among the top 10 active FBS players with three career non-offensive touchdowns ... Participated in the 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl.
2022 (Senior): Named to the 2022 Walter Camp All-America Second Team after putting together the most impressive season of his career ... Also a Paycom Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist, first team All-Big 12 selection by both the coaches and AP and an honorable mention for Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year ... On top of that, he was voted a season team captain by his teammates ... Finished the season ranked ranked No. 3 among all FBS players with six total interceptions and was also No. 3 with 6.2 solo tackles per game ... Added several more game-changing plays to an already long career list, including a two-interception game in OSU’s win over Texas, a game-sealing fourth quarter interception at Baylor other game-changing interceptions against Iowa State, Oklahoma and West Virginia ... One of six players who started all 13 games for the Cowboys ... Led the team with 99 tackles on the year, 80 of which were solo stops ... The tackle totals also marked his highest in any season during his career ... Added 3.5 tackles for loss and seven pass breakups to go with his six interceptions ... Recovered an Oklahoma fumble inside OSU’s five-yard line again in the Bedlam game, adding another interception in OSU territory ... Named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for both the Baylor and Texas wins ... Named OSU’s Defensive Player of the Week vs. Texas Tech and Texas ... Set several career highs, including 12 tackles in his final game against Wisconsin in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, two interceptions against Texas and two pass breakups against UAPB ... Also had double-digit tackle games with 11 against Oklahoma and 10 against Texas Tech ... Had multiple tackles in every game ... Served as a game captain vs. Central Michigan, Texas and Wisconsin ... Also included on the preseason All-Big 12 Team ... Participated in the Reese’s Senior Bowl.
2021 (Junior): An honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by the league’s head coaches ... Played in all 14 games and started the final 13 ... Built on his big-play reputation he had already established with two marquee game-changing plays ... The first was a field goal block at Boise State ... With OSU leading 21-20 and only 2:09 remaining in the game, Taylor II blocked a 36-yard Boise State field goal attempt to preserve the one-point win for the Cowboys, and prior to the block BSU kicker Jonah Dalmas had missed only one field goal attempt in his career ... The second came at Texas was he returned a second-quarter interception 85 yards for a touchdown, causing a significant shift in momentum as Texas held a 17-3 advantage and had driven to the Oklahoma State 18-yard line in a bid to extend the lead ... It the beginning of a 29-7 Cowboy run to close out and win the game ... The pick-six marked the fourth-longest interception return for any Power Five player in 2021, tied for the fourth-longest interception return in Oklahoma State history and was the longest for OSU since 2001 ... Also finished with seven tackles on the day to rank as the second-most on the team ... Earned Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after the block at Boise State and earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for his play at Texas ... Also named OSU’s Defensive Player of the Week after the Texas game ... Outside of two kickoff return touchdowns, the pick-six was OSU’s next-longest play of the year ... Also had an interception in the win over Kansas ... In addition to game-changing moments, he proved to be a dependable every-down player as well, finishing as the fifth-leading tackler on the team with 48 tackles, including 37 solo stops ... Also filled up the season stat sheet with 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, four pass breakups, three quarterback hurries and forced fumble ... Recorded a season-high eight tackles in the Bedlam win over No. 5 Oklahoma, as well as half a sack ... Recorded one sack each in the West Virginia game and the Big 12 Championship game ... Had at least one tackle in 13 games and at least four tackles in eight games ... In his only game without a tackle, he was named OSU’s Special Teams Player of the Week in the season opener against Missouri State ... Served as a game captain against Iowa State.
2020 (Sophomore): A second team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in all 11 games, rotating in on defense and playing special teams ... Produced two of the highlight plays of OSU’s season with an 85-yard fumble return touchdown at Kansas State and a 48-yard onside kick return touchdown against Texas Tech ... Both plays occurred in the second half and helped seal one-possession wins for the Cowboys ... Named OSU’s Special Teams Player of the Game after the return against TTU ... That play marked the longest play of OSU’s season and was OSU’s first kickoff return touchdown since Tyreek Hill’s 99-yard return at Kansas on Oct. 11, 2014 ... The fumble return at Kansas State gave the Cowboys a 20-12 lead with 6:32 left in the game and proved to be the game-deciding play in a 20-18 OSU win ... The play marked the fourth-longest fumble return in school history ... He also played his most significant time of the season at Kansas State in the absence of safety Kolby Harvell-Peel, who did not play due to injury ... Finished the season with 12 total tackles, including nine solo stops ... Had a season-high of three tackles against Kansas and again versus Texas Tech ... Ranked second in the Big 12 and fifth in the FBS with one kickoff return touchdown.
2019 (Freshman): Saw action in all 13 games, primarily on special teams ... With teammate Tre Sterling out for the first half of the Texas A&M game after being called for targeting in the previous contest, Taylor filled in as a starter and delivered an outstanding performance with eight tackles (seven solo) and a tackle for loss against the Aggies ... Season totals included 16 tackles - 12 of which were solo stops - and one tackle for loss ... Of his 16 tackles, two came on kickoff coverage ... Had two tackles against both Oregon State and McNeese and added a single tackle against Oklahoma, Tulsa, Iowa State and Kansas.
2018: Redshirted, but did see action on special teams in the final three games of the season ... Did not record any statistics.
High School: Played for coach Mike Corley at Carl Albert ... Captured his second state championship in 2017, as Carl Albert posted a perfect 14-0 record and a 35-23 victory over Bishop McGuinness in the Class 5A championship game ... The 2017 OKPreps Class 5A Player of the Year ... Caught 42 passes for nearly 800 yards and 14 touchdowns on offense and finished with nine interceptions on defense ... Significant contributor in Carl Albert’s run to winning the Class 5A state championship in 2016 as well ... The Titans also defeated Bishop McGuinness in the 2016 title game, although it was by a score of 34-29 ... Recorded 72 tackles as a junior during Carl Albert’s state title-winning season ... Also intercepted four passes as a safety and recorded one quarterback sack ... The 2017 OKPreps Fan’s Choice Defensive Back, as he collected nearly two-thirds of the 15,000 votes cast for the defensive back honor ... An all-state and district MVP selection ... Also played basketball at Carl Albert and was a member of the Titans’ 2016-17 state semifinalist squad ... Part of FCA and National Honor Society ... A three-star prospect according to Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports ... 247Sports rated him as the No. 6 player in the state of Oklahoma in the class of 2018 ... Chose Oklahoma State over Kansas State, Memphis, SMU and Tulsa.
Personal: Jason Taylor II was born Dec. 30, 1999, in Oklahoma City … Son of Garlynn Taylor … Sister, Ja’Lynn Taylor, plays volleyball at Langston ... Father, Jason Taylor, played on the defensive line at Langston ... University Studies major.
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