Kelvin Taylor’s career in Gainesville has hardly gone as he thought it would after two seasons. During a record-breaking high school career, Taylor carried the ball 1,158 times in five seasons (he played varsity as an eighth grader), averaging just over 21 carries a game. In two seasons playing for the Florida Gators, Taylor has just 227 carries, less than he had in any season since his freshman year of high school.
Taylor came to Florida with as much hype as any player could have. He not only broke a 60-year old national record for rushing yards in a career, he was also attending his father’s old stomping grounds and even decided to wear pop’s old jersey number.