Lafayette College Athletics

2021 Spring: Started two of the Leopards' three games...secured All-Patriot League First-Team honors...earned the Dave Nelson '06 Award of Valor, given to a player who displays an exceptional amount of heart and courage, battling through a host of injuries...had a catch vs. Colgate (3/13) and Bucknell (3/27)...one of 38 Leopard selections to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll after achieving a 3.54 semester GPA.

2019: Played in 10 games with five starts, starting four of the last six games...caught 16 passes for 171 yards, recording at least one reception in every game...snagged three passes for a career-high 35 yards in the home opener with Sacred Heart (9/14)...had a career-best four catches for 24 yards in a win at Holy Cross (11/9)...

2018: Started the first four games of 2018 before injury slowed down his season...had five catches for 23 yards on the season, including three grabs for 17 yards at Delaware (9/8).

2017: Played in 11 games with four starts as a rookie...longest pass catch of the season came again No. 7 Villanova (9/16), a 25-yard grab...made first career start vs. Holy Cross (9/30), a game the Leopards' won on a field goal at the final horn, and followed with a start vs. Fordham (10/7)...had a season-high three catches for 20 yards at Harvard (10/14)...started the final two games of the season for an injured Dylan Wadsworth.

AT HAVERLING: All-State Second-Team selection at tight end...earned All-Livingston County honors in three seasons, helping lead his squad to county Division I championships in 2014 and 2015...part of a 2015 team which was the Far West regional champion before advancing to the New York State Class C Final Four...made 46 tackles in his senior season at middle linebacker and reeled in 11 catches for 219 yards and two touchdowns at tight end...in 2015, made 71 tackles with two forced fumbles while also catching 18 balls for 251 yards and five touchdowns...played defensive end/tight end in his freshman and sophomore campaigns...three-sport athlete who was an all-star center in basketball and also played lacrosse...high honor roll student and National Honor Society member...service volunteer who helped feed community's less fortunate.

Personal: Son of John and Alicia Taggart...has an older sister, Samantha, who was a swimmer at SUNY Fredonia, and younger sisters, MacKenna and Cadin...born 2/28/99.