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Name: JMari Taylor (Transfer from North Carolina Central)
College: Virginia
Number: 3
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 5-09 Weight: 204
Position: Pos2: KR
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2026
40 Low: 4.50 40 Time: 4.56 40 High: 4.63
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Data Scout Notes: X-Up to HPFA/Transfer Up Starter-RB1 in Stable in 25/Decent All-Around 2025: 1stC...2024: NAC...12-09-24 Transfer from North Carolina Central
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JMari Taylor, Virginia, Player News
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J'Mari Taylor became the first Atlantic Coast Conference running back since 2021 to run for a touchdown and throw for a score in the same game as No. 17 Virginia beat Virginia Tech 27-7 on Saturday night to clinch a spot in the conference championship ga me. Taylor ran for 80 yards and a score and quarterback Chandler Morris threw for 182 yards and ran 8 yards for a touchdown as the Cavaliers beat the Hokies for just the second time in the last 21 meetings between the schools. Virginia (10-2, 7-1 ACC) tu rned an interception off a deflected pass on Tech's first possession into a touchdown and never looked back. The Cavaliers' defense held Tech to a season-low 197 total yards in front of 58,832, the largest crowd at Scott Stadium since 2011. Virginia line backer Maddox Marcellus, playing in place of injured star Kam Robinson, had nine tackles, an interception and was in on a sack. The Hokies (3-9, 2-6) got a 57-yard touchdown pass from Kyron Drones to Shamarius Peterkin with 4:20 left to play to get on th e scoreboard. - Virginia/AP College Football
(DS#8 RB) rSr/2026  RB JMari Taylor, Virginia
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WEEK 12 ACC RUNNING BACK OF THE WEEK: J'Mari Taylor, Gr., RB, Virginia (Charlotte, North Carolina),...Rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries in Saturday's 34-17 road win at Duke...Added four receptions for 25 yards to record his sixth game this season with 100 or more all-purpose yards...Broke a 78-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter to put UVA up 31-3, it was tied for the 11th longest TD run in UVA history...The 100-yard rushing performance was his third of the season and the tw o-touchdown game was his fourth multi-rushing TD game of the season...His 917 rushing yards on the season are now tops in the ACC and his 13 rushing touchdowns are the most of any running back in the league. - ACC Football
(DS#8 RB) rSr/2026 RB JMari Taylor, Virginia
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Chandler Morris passed for 316 yards and two touchdowns, J'Mari Taylor ran for 133 yards and two scores on 18 carries, and No. 20 Virginia kept its conference title hopes intact with a 34-17 victory over Duke on Saturday. Morris, who left last week's los s to Wake Forest following a hit to the head, went 23 of 35 through the air for the Cavaliers, who piled up 540 total yards. He also threw two interceptions, including one that Duke linebacker Tre Freeman returned 18 yards for a touchdown. Trell Harris p aced Virginia (9-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) with eight catches for 161 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown that made it 20-3 in the third quarter.Duke reached the Virginia 8-yard line on its next possession, but Darian Mensah was sacked on fourth down by Mitchell Melton. Three players later, Taylor sprinted for a 78-yard touchdown to put the game out of reach. Mensah finished with 213 yards and one touchdown on 18 of 35 passing as Duke (5-5, 4-2) dropped its second straight. Virginia star ted fast, marching 75 yards on 14 plays on the game's opening drive and scoring on Taylor's 3-yard run. Duke went the entire first quarter without a first down, totaling only 16 total yards. Todd Pelino's 49-yard field goal got the Blue Devils on the sco reboard with 5:33 left in the second quarter. But the Cavaliers scored twice more before halftime, including a 12-yard pass from Morris to Sage Ennis, to extend the lead to 17-3. - Virginia/AP College Football
(DS#8 RB) rSr/2026 RB JMari Taylor, Virginia
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J'Mari Taylor ran for two touchdowns and No. 15 Virginia extended its winning streak to seven straight games for the first time since 2007 by beating California 31-21 on Saturday. Taylor scored on two of the first three drives of the game to get the Cava liers (8-1, 5-0 ACC) off to a fast start in their first meeting with the Golden Bears (5-4, 2-3). "It's the month of November, right," coach Tony Elliott said. "The way we kind of outline our season, this is go time. This is where we got to be trying to to prime up and get rolling on all cylinders. It was important for them to get off to a fast start and put together some drives and score some points." Virginia held on from there, getting a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown by Kam Robinson wit h 34 seconds left in a win that lifted the Cavaliers to their first 8-1 start to a season since 1990. "Everyone calls them the Cardiac Cavs," Elliott said. "But really it's a mindset. These guys believe. They're going to find a way to win. It's a mindset . Then because of that mindset, they're able to go out and just find a way." Kendrick Raphael scored three TDs for the Bears, who have lost 14 straight games against ranked opponents since beating No. 21 Oregon in 2020.Cal got back into the game w ith a trick play midway through the third quarter. Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw a lateral to tight end Mason Mini, who then passed to Raphael open down the field for a 42-yard score that cut Virginia's lead to 17-14. But Chandler Morris and the Cavalie rs responded with a 75-yard drive capped by Eli Wood's 3-yard touchdown run. Raphael scored again on a 1-yard run after a shanked punt gave Cal the ball at the Virginia 25, making it a three-point game early in the fourth quarter. The Bears failed to mov e the ball on their next two drives and then Sagapolutele's late interception ended any comeback hopes. "The want to and the effort was there but we missed out on some opportunities," coach Justin Wilcox said. "On defense it was the third downs, offense we had a couple we didn't quite connect on. Ultimately against a team like that, you have to make those and we didn't do that." - Virginia/AP College Football
(DS#8 RB) rSr/2026 RB JMari Taylor, Virginia
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J'Mari Taylor scored on a 1-yard run in overtime, lifting No. 16 Virginia to a 17-16 victory over North Carolina on Saturday. The Tar Heels answered with Davion Gause's 9-yard touchdown grab, but Ben Hall was stopped just short of the end zone on the ens uing 2-point try. Chandler Morris threw for 200 yards with one touchdown and one interception for the Cavaliers (7-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who are off to their best start since 2007. Gio Lopez finished with 208 yards, one touchdown and two int erceptions for the Tar Heels (2-5, 0-3), who lost their fourth straight.For the second time in two weeks, a goal-line gaffe by North Carolina proved costly when wide receiver Kobe Paysour fumbled at the 1 while stretching for the pylon early in th e first quarter. The football trickled out of the end zone, resulting in a touchback. A week earlier in a loss to California, Nathan Leacock coughed up the ball in similar fashion as the Tar Heels were on the verge of grabbing a fourth-quarter lead and p ossibly their first ACC win under coach Bill Belichick. The teams traded field goals before Virginia took a 10-3 lead with 6:36 left in the second quarter on Trell Harris' 30-yard touchdown grab. North Carolina tied it again on a 1-yard run by Lopez just 1:24 before halftime. North Carolina turned it over once more in the red zone later in the game when defensive end Mitchell Melton picked off Lopez at the Cavaliers' 5. The Tar Heels' five red-zone turnovers are tied for most in FBS. - Virginia/AP Colle ge Football
(DS#8 RB) rSr/2026 RB JMari Taylor, Virginia
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