Collin Taylor

Collin William Taylor (born February 28, 1987) is an arena football player for the Albany Empire of the Arena Football League (AFL).

Taylor attended Carmel High School, in Carmel, Indiana. He played two years as a wide receiver. As a senior in 2004, he led the Greyhounds with 45 catches for 900 yards and 12 touchdowns, helping them to an 8-4 season. After his senior season, he moved on to Indiana University where he redshirted in 2005, played wide receiver from 2006 through 2008 and finished his career as a free safety in 2009.

Early life
Born the son of John and Catherine Taylor, Collin attended Carmel High School, in Carmel, Indiana. He played two years as a wide receiver. As a senior in 2004, he led the Greyhounds with 45 catches for 900 yards and 12 touchdowns, helping them to an 8–4 season.

College career
Taylor walked-on to the Indiana Hoosiers football team in fall of 2005 and redshirted that same season. During the 2006 season, Taylor did not appear in a single game for the Hoosiers. In 2007, Taylor made his college debut against Indiana State. Taylor played in three games during the season, appearing only on special teams. During the 2008 season, Taylor appeared in all 12 games for the Hoosiers games, making his first career receptions against Iowa on October 11. 11 weeks into the season, the Hoosiers were faced with a rash of injuries, so Taylor moved from wide receiver to free safety for the Hoosiers.

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Pre-draft
Prior to the 2010 NFL Draft, Taylor was projected to be undrafted by NFLDraftScout.com. He was rated as the 62nd-best free safety in the draft. He was not invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, he posted the following numbers during his pro-day workouts at Indiana University:

Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz
After going undrafted in 2010, Taylor was assigned to the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz of the Arena Football League. The only game in which Taylor played for the Yard Dawgz came on May 28, when he had an interceptions for touchdown against the Alabama Vipers. He was released before the season's end.

Tulsa Talons
Shortly after his release, Taylor joined the Tulsa Talons. The Talons were short on players due to injury, so they offered Taylor a chance to return to his natural position of wide receiver, and he scored a touchdown on just his second career professional reception.

Reading Express
Taylor joined the Reading Express of the Indoor Football League in 2011. He was 3rd on the team with 651 yards receiving and had 15 touchdowns, as the Express went 8–6 and lost in the IFL United Conference Semi-Finals.

Iowa Barnstormers
Taylor joined the Iowa Barnstormers in 2012. Taylor re-signed with the Barnstormers for the 2013 season.

Cleveland Gladiators
Taylor was assigned to the Cleveland Gladiators on October 1, 2013. He won the Al Lucas Hero Jason Foundation Award in 2016.

Beijing Lions
Taylor was selected by the Beijing Lions of the China Arena Football League (CAFL) in the fifth round of the 2016 CAFL Draft. He earned All-Pro North Division All-Star honors after catching 45 passes for 586 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Guangzhou Power
Taylor was listed on the Guangzhou Power's roster for the 2018 season.

Albany Empire
On April 9, 2018, he was assigned to the Albany Empire. On March 14, 2019, Taylor returned to the Empire when he was again assigned to the team.