Former Badger Taylor's future up in the air
MADISON, Wis. All the seniors off last year's Wisconsin football team with a realistic opportunity to make an NFL roster showcased their skills in some fashion Wednesday during the team's annual pro timing day drills. All, that is, except one.
Former Badgers linebacker Mike Taylor remained on the sideline in a gray Wisconsin sweat suit, unable to perform after undergoing...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
March 07, 2013
|
Discuss
SOTT Draft Profile : Mike Taylor, Wisconsin
Mike Taylor has flown a bit under the radar in the upcoming draft but is First Team All Big Ten for 2012 by the media and Honorable Mention All Big Ten by coaches. He was named preseason candidate for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Lombardi Award and the Lott IMPACT Award. Prior to his senior year, he was consistently awarded within the Big Ten by media and coaches alike and won University...
Badgers defense confident, looking to erase past Rose Bowl memories
For the seniors on this years team they're part of history they'd rather forget, losers of two straight Rose Bowls and all. Those memories aren't lost on the likes of Devin Smith or Mike Taylor who will be part of a group of Wisconsin seniors on the defensive side of the football and along with a renewed focus on the game itself it has the Badgers defense confident about...
Notes: Trio of Talent
After combining for 32 tackles in the win over Illinois Saturday, Wisconsin linebackers - senior Mike Taylor and juniors Ethan Armstrong and Chris Borland - are the heart of the Badgers' defense.
Via wisconsin.scout.com
October 09, 2012
|
Discuss
Badgers aim to shore up porous pass defense
MADISON, Wis. You'd think a guy who led Wisconsin's football team with 13 total tackles and left Camp Randall Stadium a winnerlast Saturday would be in high spirits. But linebacker Mike Taylor has been walking around campus a grumpy man this week.Taylor is a perfectionist, and even if the stats suggest success, they don't contain a listing for missed tackles and big...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
September 05, 2012
|
Discuss
Badgers aiming for third straight Rose Bowl
MADISON, Wis. Don't get Mike Taylor wrong. The spectacle of playing in the Rose Bowl on national television is plenty appealing for any college football player.
It's just that Taylor, a University of Wisconsin linebacker who has participated in the past two Rose Bowls, would like a little more. He'd like to actually win one.
"You get to the fireworks show and...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
August 13, 2012
|
Discuss
The Sconnie Scoop: Borland and Taylor projected among best
ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg continued his countdown of the top players in the Big Ten on Friday and Wisconsin wide receiver Jared Abbrederis came in at No. 21. Abbrederis joins teammate Mike Taylor as the second Badger listed in the top-25.
Sticking with the Big Ten blog, Brian Bennett released his list of the top linebackers in the conference and Taylor and Chris Borland are...
Camping with the Badgers: Linebackers
That's right folks... All the silly off-season talk and banter is about to come to a close as football season is right around the corner. Yesterday we debuted our Fall Camp preview called "Camping with the Badgers" with a look at the defensive backs for Wisconsin and today we're sticking on the defensive side of the ball as we look into one of the more intriguing...
Spring Football - Linebackers
Wisconsin fans finally got their wish - to see Mike Taylor and Chris Borland on the field at the same time all season long this past year and boy was it magical. The two were enough to make the Badgers LB group the best in the Big Ten last year, but this is a new season and gone is Kevin Claxton due to graduation. There's also a change in the coaching of this position as...
Badgers' grit exemplified by stellar linebackers
MADISON, Wis. Chris Borland and Mike Taylor each say they don't much care that most college football fans probably have no idea who they are. The attention is not important, they concur, even if both players happen to be two of the best linebackers in the entire country, standing just a few feet apart on the same team.At the University of Wisconsin, flash never has been a sticking...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
December 17, 2011
|
Discuss
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HOT 40









