Career Transactions
- Originally signed by the Detroit Lions as a rookie free agent (4/28/99) but was later released (9/6/99)
- Signed onto the Patriots practice squad (9/7/99)
- Signed onto the Patriots active roster (1/5/00)
College Highlights
- Taylor was a two-year starter for the University of Massachusetts (1997-98)
- Helped lead the Minutemen to the 1998 Division I-AA national championship
- Finished his college career ranked in the top ten in receptions (third, 100), receiving touchdowns (fifth, 13) and receiving yards (ninth, 1,098) on the Massachusetts career lists
- Named first-team Division I-AA All-America in 1998 by the American Football Coaches Association, The Sports Network and the Walter Camp Foundation
- Voted first-team All-Atlantic 10 selection during his final two seasons (1997-98)
- Recorded 74 receptions, 854 yards and five touchdowns during his senior season
- His reception total was the second-highest single-season mark in school history and his yardage total was fourth in Massachusetts history
Personal
- Kerry Peter Taylor was born the son of Donna Taylor and Peter Osborne Jan. 24, 1977.
- He caught 42 passes for 750 yards and 10 touchdowns on offense at Mansfield (Mass.) High.
- He also recorded 60 tackles and 12 sacks at defensive end.
- Placed third in the triple jump at the New England Championships during his senior season in 1994.
- Established a school record in the long jump of 20’4″.
- Kerry majored in family and consumer studies at the University of Massachusetts.