Jim Taylor

James Charles Taylor

Position: FB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 214 lbs.

Born: September 20, 1935 in Baton Rouge, LA
College: LSU (school history)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 2nd round (15th overall) of the 1958 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 103 (117th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1976, finalist in 1973, 1974, 1975

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News -- May 2013

5/22 FootballPerspective.com: Wherefore Art Thou Fullback?: When you think of the fullback in today’s game, you probably think of a player like Vonta Leach, widely regarded as the...
5/22 FootballPerspective.com: Wherefore Art Thou Fullback?: When you think of the fullback in today’s game, you probably think of a player like Vonta Leach, widely regarded as the...

4/12 FootballPerspective.com: Which Player Has Scored the Most Game-Winning Touchdowns: Five years ago, Doug wrote an interesting post about game-winning touchdowns. Let’s be clear: tracking things like game-winning...

3/2 Lombardi Ave: Jim Taylor to be honored as a ‘Hometown Hero’ this week: Thursday, March 7, the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate Insurance will team together in its ongoing program to honor Hall...

2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...
2/3 FootballPerspective.com: Losing in the title game: the Harbaugh 49ers and the Lombardi Packers: Congratulations to Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Joe Flacco, and the Baltimore Ravens on winning Super Bowl XLVII. The Ravens and 49ers...

1/7 FootballPerspective.com: Jamaal Charles’ 2012 was one of the most inconsistent seasons in RB history: A couple of weeks ago, I heard my buddy and co-worker Sigmund Bloom say on the Footballguys Podcast that Jamaal Charles was having...

12/29 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losses: Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He’s also averaging...

10/10 FootballPerspective.com: Career Rushing Yards over 50 yards in each game: Career statistics can be very misleading, since a player can hang around for a bunch of meaningless years but really pad his totals....
10/9 FootballPerspective.com: And then Tom said to his offense, “Bama Left”: One thing I’d like to do more of here at Football Perspective is to point you in the direction of some great content you...

6/19 FootballPerspective.com: Steven Jackson: the Ollie Matson of the 21st century: Steven Jackson is the Ollie Matson of the 21st century. What does that mean? Before we answer that, take a look at Steven Jackson’s...