The Las Vegas Raiders selected safety Trey Taylor in the seventh round. The Jim Thorpe Award winner has the mindset to be an impact player.
Last season, Taylor was the Jim Thorpe Award winner as the nation's top defensive back. Taylor registered 71 tackles and three interceptions during the season.Despite being taken late in the draft, Taylor does not doubt his ability to be an impact player with the Raiders." fits me well coming from the Academy and I feel like I'm a killer on the field," Taylor said.
When Taylor was asked about his vision as a Raider, he made it clear he didn't see the seventh-round ceiling. "I'm going to do what the team needs me to do as soon as I get on there because I feel like I'm going to make my team better wherever I'm at," he said."But I'm competing for a starting spot wherever I go. So, I'm glad I landed at a spot like Vegas where they got a lot of good safeties there ... I have a really good feeling they're going to allow me to compete and do I love to do.Our Hondo Carpenter Sr.
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