# 48 DEMETRIUS TAYLOR




POSITION Defensive Lineman
HEIGHT 6-1
WEIGHT 275
CLASS Senior
HOMETOWN Miami, Fla.
HIGH SCHOOL Northwestern

2019: First-team All-Sun Belt as a defensive lineman … Played all 14 games and started 13 as a defensive end … Finished season with 44 tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks, eight QB hurries, three forced fumbles, two blocked kicks (one punt, one field goal), four PBUs, one interception and one fumble return for a touchdown … Named the national defensive player of the week by multiple outlets for his dominant performance in a 34-31 win at North Carolina, where he came off the bench to score on a 20-yard fumble return created by his forced fumble on a blindside hit, also return an interception 19 yards, force a second fumble and finish with 2.5 sacks … Became the first FBS player this millennium with 2.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble return for a TD and an interception in the same game … With two blocked kicks, was part of a tie for second place nationally … Led the Sun Belt and ranked No. 12 nationally with 92 yards lost on TFLs … Had a sack, a stop on a fourth-and-goal rush from the one and a punt-forcing QB hurry in the Mountaineers’ 17-7 victory at Louisiana …


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