Taylor with the Pittsburgh Steelers
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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||
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Date of birth: | May 5, 1980 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Gretna, Louisiana | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | New Orleans (LA) Abramson | ||||||||||
College: | Louisiana–Lafayette | ||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2003 / Round: 4 / Pick: 125 | ||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Tackles: | 517 |
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Sacks: | 3 |
Interceptions: | 14 |
Fumbles recovered: | 5 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Ivan "Ike" Taylor (born May 5, 1980) is a former American football cornerback who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Steelers in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft, and spent his entire 12-year career in Pittsburgh. He played college football at Louisiana-Lafayette.
He is currently an analyst for NFL Now and other shows on the NFL Network.
Ike was born in Gretna, Louisiana, which is located just across the Mississippi river from New Orleans. As a child, he moved with his mother, Cora, to Raleigh, North Carolina, but he returned to Louisiana as a seventh-grader to live with his uncle and aunt, Herman and Judy Francois, in Harvey, Louisiana. He attended Marion Abramson Senior High School in New Orleans where he played football and basketball. In high school, he played running back, defensive end, cornerback and placekicker.
Taylor attended college at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he majored in psychology, but he was academically ineligible to play football his first two years. He joined the football team as a walk on in 2001, earning a scholarship prior to the season. In his first season, he played tailback and special teams and returned kicks.