Taylor Rapp
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| Washington Huskies – No. 21 | |
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| Position | Safety |
| Class | Sophomore |
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| Born: | December 22, 1997 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 212 lb (96 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Sehome (WA) |
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Taylor Rapp (born December 22, 1997) is an American football safety for the Washington Huskies.
Early years
Rapp was born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised primarily in Bellingham, Washington where he attended Sehome High School.[2] He played safety and running back in football and also ran track. In high school Rapp played football for the U-16 and U-17 USA national teams.[3][4] He committed to Washington in the spring of his junior year, choosing the Huskies over several FBS programs including Oregon, Stanford, Nebraska, and Notre Dame. Rapp was ranked as the #1 safety prospect in the state of Washington and the 9th best safety on the West Coast by Scout.com.[5] He received an invitation to play in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl game, but elected not to attend as it interfered with his schedule after enrolling early at the University of Washington.[6]
College career
Freshman
Rapp enrolled early at UW in January 2016 and participated in winter workouts and spring practices. He saw playing time in all 14 games of his freshman season, starting 10 of them. He started to emerge as a play maker in the secondary late in the season after nabbing a pair of interceptions against USC. In the 2016 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, Rapp intercepted back-to-back passes from Colorado QB Sefo Liufau, returning one of them for a touchdown. For his outstanding performance, he was named the Pac-12 Championship Game MVP. Following the regular season, Rapp was named to the USA Today Freshman All-America team.[7] Rapp was recognized by the Pac-12 as the conference's Freshman Defensive Player of the Year.[8] On December 12, Rapp was named to the ESPN True Freshman All-America team.[9] On December 19, he was named to the Pro Football Focus Freshman All-American team.[10] On January 9, Rapp was named to the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America team.[11]
Sophomore
Prior to the 2017 season Rapp was named one of the 100 best players in college football by Sports Illustrated, coming in at number 39 on the list.[12] Earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors for the 2017 season, as well as being named to the Academic All-Pac-12 first team. He was also named a CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 player. Late in 2017 he gained acceptance into University of Washington's prestigious Foster School of Business.
References
- ^ Pac-12 Football Awards and All-Conference Team Announced
- ^ A freshman in name only, Washington's Taylor Rapp is key to the Huskies' defense
- ^ USA Football Selects Coaching Staff and Roster for U.S. Under-16 National Team
- ^ USA FOOTBALL ROSTERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2014 INTERNATIONAL BOWL
- ^ Taylor Rapp. "Taylor Rapp, Washington DB". Scout. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
- ^ Taylor Rapp. "Taylor Rapp - 2016 Football Roster - GoHuskies.com | University of Washington Athletics". GoHuskies.com. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
- ^ USA TODAY Sports' freshman All-America teams
- ^ Pac-12 Football Awards And All-Conference Team Announced
- ^ Alabama QB Jalen Hurts leads true freshman All-America team
- ^ PFF’S FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
- ^ FWAA NAMES 2016 SOUND MIND SOUND BODY FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM
- ^ College football's top 100 players of 2017