Keenan Taylor

Height:
6-4
Weight:
290
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
High School:
Booker T. Washington

CAREER HONORS
2013
-- Second Team Academic All-Big 12

CAREER: An athletic and strong lineman who has become a fixture at right guard over the final two years of his career... Started 22-straight games from the beginning of his junior season until midway through his senior campaign when he was forced to sit out due to injury.

2013: Started the first nine games of the year until an injury effectively ended his K-State career... A member of the first senior class to go to four-straight bowl games since the 2003 senior class, while he helped the Wildcats win their first bowl game in 11 years.

2012: Started all 13 games at right guard, helping the Wildcats win their second ever Big 12 Championship.

2011: Saw increased playing time throughout the season... Started the season opener against Eastern Kentucky and played in 11 other games.

2010: Appeared in all 13 games, mainly on special teams... Also saw some time as a reserve lineman on offense.

2009: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three star prospect and the 33rd-best prospect in the state of Oklahoma by Rivals.com while playing for Booker T. Washington... Was a 2008 all-state selection by The Daily Oklahoman... Led Booker T. Washington to its first state title since 1984 as the 2008 squad went 13-1... Earned a 3.0 GPA.

PERSONAL: Born July 16, 1991... Son of Anthony and Chequita Taylor... Brother, Anthony, Jr., was a center at Tulsa... A high school teammate of Wildcats Dante Barnett and Tyler Lockett... A sociology major.