2011 Football Roster
Taylor Fallin
- Position:
- OL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 340
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bowie, Md.
- Prev School:
- Hargrave Military Academy
At Memphis: Appeared in 44 career games, with 35 starts ... Voted to the American Athletic Conference first team in 2015 ... Played in 2,509 of 2,013 possible snaps on the offensive line for Memphis, protecting the back side for quarterback Paxton Lynch for his last three seasons.
2015 (Senior): Appeared in 11 of 13 games, all starts, for the Tigers ... Started the season on the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List ... Named to Athlon Sports preseason all-conference second team ahead of the 2015 season ... On Phil Steele's American Athletic Conference preseason third team ... Would go on to earn American Athletic Conference first team honors in a vote of the coaches ... Accepted an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Game in Florida ... Blocked for a Memphis offense that set a single season school record with 6,330 yards of total offense and that ranked 19th in the NCAA in total offense in 2015 (486.9 ypg) ... Tigers' also ranked 13th in team pass efficiency (158.23) and 11th in scoring offense (40.2 ppg) ... Memphis converted third downs at a rate of 48.8 percent, eighth in the NCAA and the red zone offense was tied for 18th in the country at 88.9 percent.
2014 (Junior): Started 12 games and played in all 13 contests as the Tigers captured their first conference title since 1971 and just the program’s second, 10-win season … The 2014 season marked Memphis’ first, 10-win season since 1938 … Memphis closed out the year with a seven-game winning streak … All 12 starts came at left tackle … Played 890 of 1,012 offensive snaps during senior campaign (87.9 percent) … Played every snap in four games during the year as well as four games in which he played 80+ snaps … Blocked for a Memphis offense which accounted for 5,552 total yards of offense (427.1 yards per game) … Memphis’ offense accounted for 5,000+ yards for the first time since 2008 and had the most total yards and best per game average since 2007 … The Tigers averaged 190.5 yards rushing (2,476 yards) and 236.6 yards passing (3,076 passing yards) during the season … Member of offensive unit which made a 61-position improvement in total offense from 2013 … Memphis produced 300+ yards of offense in every win including 400+ yards seven times and 500+ yards three times … Memphis’ offense accounted for 54 touchdowns, part of a school-record 58-touchdown season … Blocked for a team which shattered the school, season scoring record with 471 points which broke the old mark of 430 points (2004) … Blocked for an offense which ranked third nationally in the Red Zone, converting on 93 percent of its trips inside opponents’ 20-yard line (56-of-60) … After playing just 48 of 82 snaps in the season opener against Austin Peay, would be on the field for every offensive play of the Tigers’ next three nonconference games against UCLA (81), Middle Tennessee (86) and Ole Miss (62) … Memphis opened American Athletic Conference play with a 41-14 win over Cincinnati and played 83 of 94 snaps in the game … Memphis had 610 yards of total offense in the victory over Cincinnati (299 rushing, 311 passing), third most in school history … In 40-20 win over Tulsa during the stretch played all but four snaps snaps (68) and blocked for running back Brandon Hayes who rushed for 199 yards and three touchdowns in the win … Closed out the regular season by blocking for quarterback Paxton Lynch who completed 22-of-41 passes for 194 yards and four touchdowns in the Tigers’ win over UConn to lockup a conference title … Both Hayes’ performance against Tulsa and Lynch’s performance against UConn led to American Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors … Played all but one offensive series in the Tigers’ 55-48 double-overtime victory over BYU at the Miami Beach Bowl … Despite missing three offensive snaps in the bowl victory, played a career-high 94 offensive plays in the game.
2013 (Sophomore): Started the first 10 games of the 2013 season ... Would log 695 of 799 offensive snaps during the year ... Played every snap over nine of the Tigers' first 10 games of the year ... Had a streak of 464 snaps played during a seven-game streak, including a career-high 81 snaps on the road at Houston ... Member of an offensive line which blocked for a redshirt freshman quarterback who became just the second rookie to pass for over 2,000 yards in a season ... In addition to passing for over 2,000 yards, the offense accounted for over 1,500 rushing yards ... Helped Memphis offense rank fourth in the American Athletic Conference in Red Zone Efficiency, scoring 32 times on 38 chances (84.2 percent) ... Began the year by playing every snap of the Duke (57) and Middle Tennessee (76) games before getting a late-game break in the Tigers' win over Arkansas State ... Played 65 of 71 snaps against A-State ... Started 464-snap participation streak by playing all 74 offensive snaps against UCF, and after the Houston game played 76 snaps against Houston.
2012 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in eight games as a redshirt freshman ... Was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... First playing time came on special teams, seeing action on the Tigers' punt team for the opener against UT Martin as well as the Middle Tennessee game ... Saw action on three plays during the Duke game ... Played 37 of 65 offensive plays at left tackle against Rice in the Conference USA opener before earning first start and playing all 69 snaps at left tackle against East Carolina ... Earned second start against UCF and played 67 of 73 plays ... Missed the Tigers' next three games with an injury ... Returned to have a role in the Tigers' final two games of the season as the team ended the year on a three-game win streak ... Played 47 of 59 snaps against UAB in the Battle for the Bones victory and then came off the bench to play 52 of 62 snaps in the season-finale against Southern Miss ... For the season, was on the field for 275 of 520 offensive snaps.
2011 (Freshman): Officially signed a scholarship with Memphis in January of 2011 ... Enrolled in classes at Memphis in January ... Redshirted.
At Hargrave Military Academic/Bowie High School: Played for Coach Troy Davis at Hargrave Military Academy in 2010 ... Helped pave the way for the Hargrave offense to rush for over 1,200 yards and average nearly five yards a carry in 2010 ... A member of the Tigers' undefeated squad in 2010 ... Rated as a two-star offensive tackle, according to Rivals.com ... Did not start playing football in high school until his junior season ... Prepped at Bowie High School under Coach Lionel Macklin ... Worked on the offensive line in 2009 ... Also logged five tackles as a senior ... Competed in the shot put for the Bulldogs track and field team ... Logged tosses over 40 feet.
Personal: Son of Jacqueline Mays and Allen Fallin ... Born Nov. 2, 1992 in Washington, D.C. ... His sister, Teresa, played women's basketball at Long Island University from 2001-03 ... Interdisciplinary Studies major.
