Billy Taylor
William Turner Taylor
Born: July 6, 1956
San Antonio, TX USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 215
College: Texas Tech
High School: John Jay (San Antonio, TX)
Career: 1978-1984
Drafted: 1978 in Round 4, #90 overall by the New York Giants
Billy Taylor played from 1978 to 1984 during his career with the Boston Breakers, Los Angeles Raiders, New York Giants, New York Jets and Washington Federals. Taylor ran for 2,900 yards in his career on 773 attempts, scoring 18 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 194 passes for 1,558 yards and 7 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 73 | 250 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 198 | 700 | 3.5 | 31 | 7 |
| 1980 | NFL New York Giants | 147 | 580 | 3.9 | 35 | 4 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 36 | 110 | 3.1 | 14 | 2 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Washington Federals | 171 | 757 | 4.4 | 34 | 5 |
| 1984 | USFL Washington Federals | 142 | 499 | 3.5 | 22 | 0 |
| NFL | 460 | 1644 | 3.6 | 35 | 13 | |
| USFL | 313 | 1256 | 4.0 | 34 | 5 | |
| Totals | 773 | 2900 | 3.8 | 35 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 18 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 28 | 253 | 9.0 | 43 | 4 |
| 1980 | NFL New York Giants | 33 | 253 | 7.7 | 42 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 39 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Boston Breakers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Washington Federals | 64 | 523 | 8.2 | 55 | 2 |
| 1984 | USFL Washington Federals | 51 | 387 | 7.6 | 20 | 1 |
| NFL | 78 | 647 | 8.3 | 43 | 4 | |
| USFL | 116 | 911 | 7.9 | 55 | 3 | |
| Totals | 194 | 1558 | 8.0 | 55 | 7 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 11 | 192 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 31 | 0 |
| NFL | 17 | 323 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Totals | 17 | 323 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 13 | 1 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | -11 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1979 | NFL New York Giants | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| 1980 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1983 | USFL Washington Federals | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | ||
| 1984 | USFL Washington Federals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| NFL | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
| USFL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | |
| Totals | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 152 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL | New York Giants | 11 | 10 |
| 1981 | NFL | New York Giants | 5 | 3 |
| 1981 | NFL | New York Jets | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL | Los Angeles Raiders | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL | Boston Breakers | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL | Washington Federals | 15 | 13 |
| 1984 | USFL | Washington Federals | 18 |
