Q&A with Green Bay's Ryan Taylor: TE enjoys cabin downtime

Posted Dec 3, 2012
A wide receiver in high school, Taylor never ventured past kickoff and punt return duties on special teams until he arrived at North Carolina. Tar Heels coach Butch Davis stressed proper execution on the special teams units. It came quickly to Taylor, who went on to earn the team’s special teams player of the year honor during his junior year in 2008 and redshirt senior campaign in 2010 . (Green Bay Press Gazette)

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