2015 Football Roster
Bates Taylor
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 186
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Wilmington, N.C.
- High School:
- New Hanover
2015: Named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll • Played in five games as a senior.
2014: Taylor appeared in 8 games for the Cats, mostly on special teams• Had a pass breakup against Morehead State (9/20)
2013: Appeared in four contests.
2012: Did not see any game action.
Prep Years: Played football for coach Kevin Motsinger at New Hanover High School • Two-time all-conference pick • Named second-team all-area • Holds school career and single-season passing yards and touchdown records • Also holds single-game passing yards record • Received school’s Trey Barrett Award (leadership) and David Hewlett Award (senior MVP) • Team advanced to second round of state playoffs • Four-year letterwinner in baseball, earning first team all-conference and second team all-area accolades • Member of National Honor Society and Beta Club • Carolina Panthers Community Captain Award Winner (Fall 2011) • NHHS Nancy Stovall Horton Academic Achievement Scholar • U.S. Army Reserves National Scholar Athlete Award • Coach Jap Davis Achievement Award.
Personal: Born September 15, 1993 • Son of Walker and Amy Taylor • Mother, the former Amy Crittenberger, played on Davidson’s field hockey and basketball teams and was the 1983 Rebecca Stimson Award Winner • Father, Walker Taylor IV, played golf for Clemson and qualified to play in a PGA Tour event • Has two siblings – Jackson (23) and Juliet (16) • Brother, Jackson, graduated from Davidson in 2012 and was a four-year starter on the golf team • Grandfather, Walker Taylor III, was a 1948 graduate of Davidson • Cousin, Victor Taylor, Jr. ‘83, and aunt, Katherine Taylor Cammack ‘82, played men’s and women’s tennis, respectively, at Davidson • Cousin, Jennifer Crittenberger, plays soccer at Florida Gulf Coast University • Four other aunts and uncles played NCAA Division I sports • Cousin, Lee Crittenberger ‘14, currently attends Davidson • Cousin, Frances Morton ’93, and great uncle, Victor Taylor ’52, also attended Davidson.
