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2007 - SENIOR SEASON
Entered the game for the first time in four weeks at Baylor, completing 7-of-13 pass attempts for 57 yards ... came on in the fourth quarter against Iowa State and completed 4-of-6 attempts for 35 yards ... appeared for the third time this season, completing 9-of -12 attempts for 196 yards and the first touchdown passes of his career in the third and fourth quarters against Northwestern State ... the first back-up quarterback at Tech to throw for three touchdown passes in a game since B.J. Symons did it against Baylor in 2003 ... completed six of his 11 pass attempts for 67 yards at Rice in his second appearance of the season ... saw first collegiate action in the season opener after redshirting during the 2006 season ... the primary back-up at quarterback, he orchestrated the offense for the final two drives of the fourth quarter at SMU, completing 6-of-7 passes for 54 yards ... led a six-play scoring drive that culminated with Shannon Woods' five-yard touchdown run to make the score 48-9 ... found himself amongst familiar faces, completing two of his passes to former high school teammate Lyle Leong and handing off four times to another former Abilene High School product, Kobey Lewis.
2006 - FRESHMAN SEASON
Spent his first season as a member of the scout team, preparing the defense for each week's opponent ... a highly sought after high school talent who chose Tech for its pass offense.
ABILENE HIGH SCHOOL
Abilene High School in Abilene, Texas ... Four-Star Recruit (Scout.com) ... Three-Star Recruit (Rivals.com) ... No. 13 pro-style quarterback nationally (Rivals.com; Scout.com) ... No. 47 overall prospect in Texas (Rivals.com) ... Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Fab 44 ... Texas Class 5A Honorable Mention senior season ... Class 5A Region I First Team (TexasHSFootball.com) ... All-Big Country Class 4A-5A Offensive Player of the Year (Abilene Reporter-News) ... completed 230-of-332 passes for 3,155 yards and 23 touchdowns ... passing yards ranked sixth in Class 5A ... also rushed for four scores ... All-District 3-5A first team after completing 172-of-272 for 2,897 yards and 30 touchdowns during junior season ... also recruited by Michigan, Baylor, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M ... High School Coach: Steve Warren.
PERSONAL
Taylor Potts ... born October 13, 1987, in Abilene, Texas ... son of Avery and Cathy Potts ... has an older brother, Bryan ... participated in baseball, basketball and football in high school ... hobbies include hunting, fishing and most sports ... major is pre-physical therapy.
PASSING G C-A-I Pct Yds Yds/gm TD Lg
2007 5 32-49-1 65.3 409 81.8 3 50
