2021 Football Roster

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47 Jhi'Shawn Taylor

  • Position Outside Linebacker
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 211
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Cordele, Ga.
  • High School Crisp County

Biography

CAREER STATISTICS

ACADEMIC HONORS
• Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll, 2019-20
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Spring 2019; Fall 2019; Spring 2020; Spring 2021

AT GEORGIA STATE: Four-year letterwinner at outside linebacker, including 12 starts in 2019 and 12 in 2021 ... Made 100 career tackles with 5.5 sacks and eight tackles for loss ... Member of the 2017 signing class who took a redshirt year before earning playing time in 2018.
    
2021: Started 12 games ... Made 32 tackles with two sacks ... Career-high eight tackles with a sack in win at Georgia Southern ... Made five stops with a sack in win over Troy ... Added five tackles each against Army and North Carolina.

2020: Backup at outside linebacker who had three tackles for loss and two sacks in nine games ... Had two of Georgia State’s six sacks in win over ULM ... Added a tackle for loss vs. No. 19 Louisiana.

2019: Moved into the starting lineup in Game 2 ... Made 40 tackles with three tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks ... Made one of the key defensive plays of the season with his fumble recovery in the win at Tennessee; with GSU leading 28-23 in the fourth quarter, he recovered a fumble by the Vols quarterback at the UT 39, setting up Dan Ellington’s clinching touchdown run five plays later. Also had six tackles in the game ... Career-high seven tackles in win over South Alabama ... Had a sack in his first start vs. Furman.
               
2018: Backup at outside linebacker who played in nine games and made 20 tackles ... Career-high five tackles in back-to-back games against Western Michigan and ULM ... Added four tackles vs. Memphis and three against Troy.
               
HIGH SCHOOL: First-team All-Region 1-AAA for Crisp County High School … Playing safety, he had 97 tackles with eight tackles for loss and two interceptions as a senior … Helped Crisp County reach the Class AAA state semifinals ... Coached by Shelton Felton.
               
PERSONAL: First name pronounced juh-SHAWN ... Son of Montrellus Taylor and Demetris Daniels ... Born Nov. 11, 1998.

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 47

    2017Freshman

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 201 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 211 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 211 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 211 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 211 lbs
    47