Taylor named to Outland Trophy Watch List
6/19/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
June 19, 2006
DALLAS -- TCU offensive tackle Herb Taylor has been named to the watch list for the Outland Trophy, honoring the best offensive or defensive lineman in college football.The Outland Trophy, major-college football's third-oldest award, has been presented annually by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) since 1946. It is named after the late John Outland, a lineman at Pennsylvania at the turn of the century.
Taylor, a preseason All-American by Athlon and NationalChamps.net, is also on the Lombardi Award watch list. He was a first-team All-Mountain West Conference selection last season.
A senior from Houston, Taylor started all 12 games and allowed just one sack in the 2005 campaign. He was instrumental in TCU surrendering the second-fewest sacks (18) in the MWC regular season.
Taylor was a TCU Player of the Week in the season-opening 17-10 win at Oklahoma. His 36 career starts, representing every TCU game over the last three seasons, are 11 more than the next-closest Frog (Robert Merrill, 25).
Taylor was instrumental in last year's TCU offensive unit setting a single-season school record with 50 touchdowns, while its 398 points scored ranked second all-time in Frog history.
