Among the most renowned gamers in Jacksonville Jaguars history has actually been chosen as a Semifinalist by the Pro Football Hall of Popularity.
Fred Taylor signs up with 27 other Modern-Era gamers, consisting of 5 first-year qualified prospects, in the 2023 Hall of Popularity Class.
The previous running back tallied 2,428 efforts for 11,217 backyards in Jacksonville, each of which are franchise records. He ranks 2nd in group history in both overall goals (to Maurice Jones-Drew) and Approximate Worth (to Jimmy Smith).
Taylor invested 11 years wearing teal and gold, and after investing 2 twilight seasons in Foxborough, he retired as a Jaguar in 2011. He is among 31 gamers in league history to hurry for over 10,000 profession backyards.
The previous Gator is likewise among 4 previous gamers to be inducted to the Jaguars Ring of Honor, and this marks his 4th successive season as a Hall of Popularity finalist.
Jones-Drew made Taylor’s case for a gold coat in an NFL.com short article:
Taylor ranks 17th all-time in hurrying backyards (11,695), and every non-active running back above him because list is currently in the Hall. He had 7 seasons with a minimum of 1,100 hurrying backyards (T-sixth in NFL history) and led the league in rush backyards per video game (107.6) in 2000. He was an outright displace of the backfield, and I experienced Taylor’s success firsthand in Jacksonville over my very first 3 seasons in the league (2006-08). Taylor was a remarkable colleague who exhibited whatever it implied to be an expert. On the field, he had speed, vision and the capability to shred through defenses. His ruthless work principles– both physically and in the movie space– enabled him to be among the very best of his age.
Taylor would be Jacksonville’s 2nd Hall of Popularity gamer after Tony Boselli was inducted in 2015.
After waiting 5,983 days considering that he formally signed his one-day agreement to retire with the Jaguars on March 20, 2006, Tony Boselli is formally preserved in Canton:
Now, #Jaguars Hall of Popularity left take on Tony Boselli: https://t.co/u7VZVPPEDk
— Demetrius Harvey (@Demetrius82) August 6, 2022
College football’s biggest gamers are understood for providing “Heisman minutes.” I ‘d state this was Taylor’s Hall of Popularity minute.
