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Tory Taylor, P, Iowa
Selected: Round 4, Pick 22, Overall Pick 122 by Bears
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Name: Tory Taylor
College: Iowa
Number: 9
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-4 Weight: 223
Position: Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: Sr/2024
40 Low: 4.77 40 Time: 4.87 40 High: 4.96
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Data Scout Notes: X-3-4/47.9 Ave in 23/Weapon-Could Return for 24 again but doubt it-45.4 Punt Ave-22/No KOS but Can **2023: PunterOYC/1stC...2022: 3rdC...PGuy...2021: HMC...PGuy...**2020: POYC/1stC/GuySemifinalist
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Dates: 03/18/24
Hand: 09 Arm: 32 1/8
Wingspan: 79
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Tory Taylor, Iowa, Player News
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2023 ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM: Punter Tory Taylor, Iowa,...Taylor was a unanimous first-team selection after leading the Big Ten and ranking fourth nationally with a 47.9 average. He had 86 punts - the most in FBS - in 2023, booming 36 punts 50 or more yar ds (six punts of 60+), 27 have been fair caught and 30 have been downed inside the 20, 12 inside the 10 and six inside the 5. The Australian, who set the Iowa single-season punt yardage mark for a third straight season and both the career punts and caree r yardage records, only has six touchbacks in 2023. - Iowa Football
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024  P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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2023 BIG TEN EDDLEMAN-FIELDS PUNTER OF THE YEAR: Tory Taylor, Iowa,...Taylor was named the Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year for a second time, having previously won the award as a freshman in 2020. He is the first punter in league history to earn the d istinction more than once. Taylor leads the Big Ten and ranks third nationally with a 47.7-yard punting average on 79 punts - the most in FBS - in 2023. The Australian has boomed 31 punts 50 or more yards (five punts of 60+), 26 have been fair caught and 29 have been downed inside the 20, 11 inside the 10 and six inside the 5. Taylor, who set the Iowa single-season punt yardage mark for a third straight season and both the career punts and career yardage records, only has five touchbacks in 2023. - Iowa Football
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
News Source: Iowa Football
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Tory Taylor has been called the most valuable player on Iowa's football roster at times. Without a doubt, he certainly is the program's "MVP" - most valuable punter - since Reggie Roby in the early 1980s. Taylor was already a popular Hawkeye with his pun ting exploits. And now, he'll be even more beloved by his fans. Taylor has decided to return for his senior year and put off NFL dreams for another year. "Even though the time was probably right to leave, I will be coming back next year," Taylor said Sat urday after Iowa's 21-0 win against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl. "Just really looking forward to it. It's going to be a special year."Already 25 years old, Taylor gave serious thought to making the jump to a professional career. He said Saturd ay that he was "85/15" or "80/20" a month ago that he would probably go to the NFL. But he was excited by incoming quarterback Cade McNamara and the chance to be a part of a successful Hawkeye team for one more year. The affable Australian also has learn ed that there are maybe one to three open punting slots a year at the NFL level. Even with someone of his pedigree, there's no guarantee that he would be on an NFL gameday roster nine months from now. "I really think this team can go far, and I want to b e a part of it," Taylor said. "There's a couple things I want to tweak with my game. ...From a specialists point of view, there's not going to be anyone better than myself, (long snapper) Luke (Elkin) and (kicker) Drew (Stevens). So I'm really looking fo rward to that." - Iowa City Press-Citizen
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
News Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen
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2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Punter Tory Taylor, Iowa,...Punter Tory Taylor was a first-team selection in the media voting and third team by coaches. Kicker Drew Stevens earned second-team honors on the media team and third team recogn ition by coaches. Taylor has handled all punting duties, averaging 45.1 yards on 74 punts, with a long of 70 yards. In his junior season Taylor has placed 32 punts inside the 20 with just 11 touchbacks. He has 22 punts of 50 yards or more, while opponent s are averaging just 3.7 yards on 18 returns. - Iowa Football
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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SEPT 26 BIG TEN SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tory Taylor, Iowa, P - Jr. - Melbourne, Australia - Haileybury College,...Punted five times for a 42.6 average, pinning the Scarlet Knights inside the 20 four times with a long of 51 in the Hawkeyes' 27-1 0 win in Piscataway, N.J...Pinned Rutgers at the 4, 7, 11 and 6, leading the conference in punting and ranking fifth nationally with a 47.2 average...Garners the third Special Teams Player of the Week honor of his career...Last Iowa Special Teams Player of the Week: Lukas Van Ness (Sept. 12, 2022). - Big Ten Football
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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SEPT 5 BIG TEN SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tory Taylor, Iowa, P - Jr. - Melbourne, Australia - Haileybury College,...Registered a career-high 10 punts for 479 yards, averaging 47.9 yards per attempt to pin the Jackrabbits deep in their own territor y and secure the 7-3 victory for the Hawkeyes...The Australia native had seven of his 10 punts downed inside the 20-yard line, including punts downed at the 1-, 2-, 6-, 8- (twice) and 12-yard lines...Three of Taylor's punts traveled 50 or more yards in t he game, including a 57-yarder...Garners the second Special Teams Player of the Week honor of his career...Last Iowa Special Teams Player of the Week: Caleb Shudak (Nov. 29, 2021). - Big Ten Football
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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About two weeks ago, Tory Taylor was brought to tears when one of his Iowa football teammates donated $6,000 toward his campaign to help raise money for "Count the Kicks," a stillbirth prevention awareness organization started by five Des Moines-area wom en. That teammate: Hawkeyes starting quarterback Spencer Petras. Though the donation is publicly visible online, Petras didn't make a big deal about it. He reached out to Taylor ahead of time to tell him about his intent, and the star Hawkeye punter was blown away. "Spencer's one of the kindest and most generous guys on the team. I'll try not to get emotional talking about it," Taylor said during Iowa football's media day on Friday afternoon. "But when he sent that $6,000 to my pledge and the charity, i t really made me appreciate him more as a person."Here's how the donation and the campaign came about: Keith Duncan, a former consensus all-America placekicker for the Hawkeyes, recently helped launch a campaign called "Every Kick Counts," which b enefits "Count the Kicks." In "Every Kick Counts," kickers and punters can sign up with the goal of obtaining pledges and supporters. For example, if a person signs up to support Taylor, he/she would donate $1 for every 40-yard punt and $3 for every punt downed inside the 20-yard line. For kickers, an extra point is worth $1 and field goals $3. Or a person could make a blanket donation. And that's what Petras did. - Iowa City Press-Citizen
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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2022 PRESEASON RAY GUY WATCHLIST: Tory Taylor - Iowa,... Taylor is 6-4, 230 pounds and was born in Melbourne, Australia. Does that necessarily mean he is a product of Australian Rules Football. You betch-ya, mate. He was 23 years old as a true freshman in 2020 after being recruited out of Melbourne' ProKick Acadamy. Taylor never saw an American football game in person until he punted in Iowa's season opener at Purdue. He averaged 44.1 yards per kick in 2020. On his Twitter account, Taylor wrote: "Sacr ifice a little, chase your dreams, and the opportunities are endless." He is making the most of his opportunity. Last year (2021) he set Iowa single season record for punting yards with 3,688 yards (80 punts, 46.1 average)... ranked fifth in the Big Ten with 46.1 season average...39 of 80 punts inside the 20 in 2021 - Iowa Football
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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These days, Tory Taylor isn't doing anything "too exciting." "Just lifting and running and punting," Taylor said Thursday. "Making the most of the nice weather while it is nice. It felt like winter went for ages." As the Iowa punter enjoys weather more c omparable to what he's used to in Melbourne, Australia, he's also well aware of what the next steps are in his development. Hitting more spiral punts was a focus for Taylor last year "because obviously the ball goes farther and the ball is in the air lon ger," Taylor said."I didn't have any of those punts my freshman year," Taylor said. "So to really just rip the Band-Aid off … was a big thing for me - probably something that other people didn't actually really notice." Taylor had 18 punts insid e the 20-yard-line and only one touchback in 2020. That's a staggering 95 percent of punts that pinned opponents rather than rolling into the end zone. Then in 2021, he had 39 punts inside the 20 and 13 touchbacks - 75 percent success instead of 95 perce nt. "That's one area of my game that I really want to clean up," Taylor said. - The Gazette
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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SEPT 13 BIG TEN CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tory Taylor, Iowa, P - So. - Melbourne, Australia - Haileybury College (Melbourne, Australia),...Landed four punts inside the 10-yard line in Iowa's 27-17 at No. 9 Iowa State...Recorded a career-long 6 9-yard punt in the third quarter...Registered four punts of 50-plus yards...Earns the first Special Teams Player of the Week honor of his career...Last Iowa Special Teams Player of the Week: Keith Duncan (Nov. 30, 2020). - Big Ten Football
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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Iowa freshman punter Tory Taylor continues to rack up awards. The Australian was named to the 2020 Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America list on Monday, making him the fourth Hawkeye to ever to make the list. Taylor's punting avera ge of 44.1 was No. 19 in the country, including nine of 50 yards or longer. Opposing returners averaged 4.7 yards on six punt returns and lost two fumbles while fielding punts. - The Gazette
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Punter Tory Taylor, Iowa,...Taylor is the first Hawkeye and first freshman to be named Punter of the Year in the Big Ten in the award's 10-year history. Taylor, a Melbourne, Australia native, earns his firs t career postseason honors in his first season as a Hawkeye. The Ray Guy Award semifinalist averaged 44.1 yards on 40 punts this season, including nine punts of 50 yards or longer and 18 punts downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line. Taylor's 44.1-yard average ranks third in the Big Ten and 20th in the NCAA. Taylor has only one touchback in 40 attempts and opposing returners are averaging only 4.6 yards on six punt returns. Opponents have lost two fumbles while fielding punt returns. - Iowa Football
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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2020 BIG TEN EDDLEMAN-FIELDS PUNTER OF THE YEAR: Tory Taylor, Iowa,...Taylor is the first Hawkeye and first freshman to be named Punter of the Year in the Big Ten in the award's 10-year history. Taylor, a Melbourne, Australia native, earns his first care er postseason honors in his first season as a Hawkeye. The Ray Guy Award semifinalist averaged 44.1 yards on 40 punts this season, including nine punts of 50 yards or longer and 18 punts downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line. Taylor's 44.1-yard avera ge ranks third in the Big Ten and 20th in the NCAA. - Iowa Football
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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2020 RAY GUY AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Tory Taylor, Iowa,...Taylor has averaged 44.6 yards on 32 punts this season, which ranks third best in the conference and 18th best in the nation. Taylor has downed 17 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line, along with zero touchbacks. Iowa opponents are averaging only 5.2 yards on six returns and have lost two fumbles while fielding punts. - Iowa Football
(DS#1 P) Sr/2024 P Tory Taylor, Iowa
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