“I was happy,” said Taylor. “I just wanted to have an opportunity to reach my lifelong dream of making it to the NFL. So once the Eagles drafted me, I was super excited and ready to go to Philadelphia.”
Even though the rookie found himself in the starting lineup after just four games, Taylor didn’t find adjusting to the NFL to be an easy task.
“It was kind of difficult coming from college and playing against bigger receivers, faster receivers that ran better routes,” Taylor said. “And you also have to add the quarterback aspect. We had quarterbacks that were able to get balls into very small windows.