No. 36 – Los Angeles Chargers | |||||||||||
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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Born: | Asbury Park, New Jersey, U.S. | January 8, 1999||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Brick Township (Brick Township, New Jersey) | ||||||||||
College: | Wake Forest (2017–2021) | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2022: 6th round, 214th pick | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2024 | |||||||||||
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Ja'Sir Taylor (born January 8, 1999) [1] is an American professional football cornerback for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and was selected by the Chargers in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL draft. [2]
Raised in Brick Township, New Jersey, Taylor was ranked as a three–star recruit by 247Sports.com coming out of Brick Township High School. [3] [4] He committed to Wake Forest on January 19, 2017, over an offer from Temple. [5] He played for Wake Forest from 2017 to 2021. [6]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m) | 186 lb (84 kg) | 30+7⁄8 in (0.78 m) | 8+5⁄8 in (0.22 m) | 4.47 s | 1.54 s | 2.57 s | 4.25 s | 6.84 s | 37.0 in (0.94 m) | 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) | 12 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [7] [8] |
Taylor was drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers with the 214th pick in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL draft. [9] As a rookie, he appeared in 17 games and started three. He finished with 22 total tackles and one pass defended. [10]