Brett Taylor Western Illinois Leathernecks Game Worn & Signed White, Silver & Black Adidas Cleats

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Brett Taylor is a free agent linebacker most recently playing for the Minnesota Vikings. He was signed by the Vikings following rookie minicamp in 2018. Taylor was one of the two camp invitees out of 60 to make the cut. Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman was “very happy with Taylor’s performance.” Taylor played college football for the Western Illinois Leathernecks.

One of the nation’s leaders in tackles (162), stops per game (13.5) and assisted tackles (96), Taylor recently became the fourth-ever Leatherneck to win a conference Defensive Player of the Year award. The native of Macomb, Ill., also logged four Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors and totaled 13.0 tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks, four breakups, two forced fumbles and one quarterback hurry on the season.

A 2016 STATS FCS All-American and three-time All-MVFC honoree, Taylor concluded his Western Illinois career with 469 tackles and 266 solo stops, which are each the third-most in school history, respectively. His 203 career assisted tackles rank fourth in program history.

On September 30th against South Dakota, Taylor matched a program-record previously set by NFL great Rodney Harrison (1993, at Western Kentucky) with 28 tackles in one contest. His 18 assisted tackles in that game are the second-most in a single game in WIU history. Taylor finished his career at least tied for the team lead in tackles in 16 of his last 17 contests, including all but one in 2017. He also recorded double-digit tackles in eight games in 2017.

In 2017, Taylor narrowly missed becoming the third Leatherneck in history to win the 2017 Buck Buchanan Award. In fact, the Macomb native fell just one point short of being recognized as the defensive player of the year in the Football Championship Subdivision. In voting by a national panel of 151 sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries, Taylor was nipped 304-303 in balloting by Jacksonville State defensive end Darius Jackson. Thus, Taylor capped his standout career with a Buck Buchanan runner-up finish.

The featured white, silver and black adidas cleats were game worn by Brett Taylor as a member of the Western Illinois Leathernecks. The talented linebacker has signed the cleats and added his number “44” and “Game Worn” in black. The cleats show good use!!