THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2018: Played in all ten games with six starts at linebacker in 2018...Finished the season as the team's leading tackler with 62 total stops, 31 solo and 31 assists...9.5 tackles for loss of 29 yards, 2.5 sacks for 16 yards, one pass break-up, two forced fumbles, two recovered fumbles that he returned 49 yards and one safety...Top game was in the season-opener at Southern Utah with 12 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack and a forced fumble...Had at least four tackles in every game...UNA 2017: Earned first-team All-Gulf South Conference and GSC Defensive Freshman of the Year honors as a true freshman...Selected third-team Don Hansen All-South Region...GSC Defensive Player of the Week and GSC freshman of the Week for his performance against Valdosta State on Sept.16... In just his second collegiate game, Taylor recorded six tackles and picked off a pass in the fourth quarter that he returned 36 yards for what would prove to be the game-winning touchdown, breaking a 24-24 tie and giving UNA a 30-24 win...Finished the season as UNA's second leading tackler with 67 total stops (38 solo, 29 assists)...5.5 tackles for loss of 24 yards, 1.5 sacks for 14 yards, three interceptions for 129 yards and one touchdown and forced one fumble...Had a 59-yard interception return against Florida Tech and a 34-yard return against Shorter... Season-high 1 tackles against West Alabama and had 13 against Central Washington...Eight starts in 10 games...HIGH SCHOOL: Played linebacker and defensive end under head coach Josh Niblett at Hoover High School…Helped lead the Bucs to state playoffs from 2013-2016 and a state championship in 2016 and #11 national ranking as a team…Named three time 2014 Metro Player of the Week, three-time all-area player, second-team all-state in 2014, first-all-state in 2015 and 2016, 2016 Area Player of the Year…Also lettered in wrestling…PERSONAL: Full name is Christon J. Taylor…Son of Jerome and Christie Taylor and has two brothers and one sister…Major is Sport Management.

Year       UT    AT     TT    TFL-YDS     INT-YDS    
2017       38    29      67    5.5-24          3-129
2018       31    31      62    9.5-29          0-0
Career    69    60    129    15.0-53        3-129