Jonathan Taylor (American football)

Jonathan Taylor

Taylor in 2020
No. 28 – Indianapolis Colts
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	(1999-01-19) January 19, 1999 (age 25) Salem, New Jersey, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	226 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:	Salem
College:	Wisconsin (2017–2019)
NFL draft:	2020 / round: 2 / pick: 41
Career history
Indianapolis Colts (2020–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pro (2021) Pro Bowl (2021) NFL rushing yards leader (2021) NFL rushing touchdowns leader (2021) Bert Bell Award (2021) PFWA All-Rookie Team (2020) 2× Doak Walker Award (2018, 2019) 2× Unanimous All-American (2018, 2019) Second-team All-American (2017) 2× Big Ten Running Back of the Year (2018, 2019) Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2017) 3× First-team All-Big Ten (2017–2019)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2024
Rushing yards: 5,290 Rushing average: 4.9 Rushing touchdowns: 45 Receptions: 136 Receiving yards: 1,066 Receiving touchdowns: 4 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Jonathan Taylor (born January 19, 1999) is an American professional football running back for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). Taylor played high school football at Salem High School, where he set a New Jersey state rushing yards record. He played three seasons of college football for the Wisconsin Badgers, finishing his college career as the sixth all-time rusher in the NCAA and becoming the first player in history to rush for more than 6,000 yards in any three-year span.

Taylor finished in the top ten of Heisman Trophy voting three times,^[1] was named a unanimous first-team All-American, and was a recipient of the Doak Walker Award in both the 2018 and 2019 seasons.^[2] Taylor was selected in the second round of the 2020 NFL draft with the 41st pick by the Colts. With the Colts, Taylor led the NFL in both rushing yards and touchdowns in 2021, becoming a unanimous All-Pro and Pro Bowler in the same season.