No. 72 – Carolina Panthers | |||||
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Lansing, Michigan, U.S. | August 18, 1994||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||
Weight: | 325 lb (147 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Okemos (Okemos, Michigan) | ||||
College: | Western Michigan (2012–2016) | ||||
NFL Draft: | 2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 64 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2022 | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Taylor Moton (born August 18, 1994) is an American football offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Western Michigan. He was selected by the Panthers in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
Moton attended Okemos High School in Okemos, Michigan. He played football, basketball and ran track.
Moton played at Western Michigan from 2012 to 2016. [1] [2] [3] During his career he set a school record with 52 career starts. [4] [5]
Moton received an invitation to the Senior Bowl and played offensive tackle for the North who lost 15-16 to the South. [6] He attended the NFL Combine and completed all of the combine and positional drills. A dozen NFL scouts attended Western Michigan's Pro Day, as Moton only ran positional drills with 13 other prospects. [7] NFL draft experts and analysts projected him to be a second or third round pick in the 2017 NFL draft. He was ranked the fourth best offensive tackle in the draft by NFL analyst Mike Mayock and was ranked the fifth best offensive tackle by Sports Illustrated , NFLDraftScout.com, and ESPN. [8] [9] [10]
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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6 ft 5+1⁄4 in (1.96 m) | 319 lb (145 kg) | 34+1⁄8 in (0.87 m) | 10+5⁄8 in (0.27 m) | 5.18 s | 1.84 s | 3.01 s | 4.58 s | 7.73 s | 30+1⁄2 in (0.77 m) | 9 ft 1 in (2.77 m) | 23 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine [11] [12] |
The Carolina Panthers selected Moton in the second round (64th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft. [13] The pick used to select Moton was acquired in a trade with the New England Patriots in a trade that sent Kony Ealy to the Patriots. [14] On May 4, 2017, the Carolina Panthers signed Moton to a four-year, $4.15 million contract with $2.28 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.16 million. [15]
Moton was named the Panthers starting right tackle in 2018, and started every game the next three seasons.
Set to be an unrestricted free agent, the Panthers placed the franchise tag on Moton on March 9, 2021. [16] He signed the one-year contract two days later. [17] On July 15, 2021, Moton signed a four-year, $71.25 million contract extension with the Panthers, worth $43 million in guarantees. [18]
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