Brandon Alexander Taylor (born August 1, 1994) is an American former professional basketball player. He is a small forward-power forward.BRANDON TAYLOR basketball profile.
High school Taylor grew up in Tabernacle Township, New Jersey and played high school basketball at Trenton Catholic Academy, where The Times of Trenton, New Jersey selected him as its 2011–12 boys basketball player of the year.Tarr, Mary Ann. "TCA's Brandon Taylor wins Times' boys' basketball Player of the Year", The Times, March 24, 2012. Accessed October 9, 2017. "He might have been a Golden Eagle but instead Brandon Taylor of Tabernacle chose to do his high-flying high school days at Trenton Catholic Academy in Hamilton. Taylor, who opted to attend TCA instead of his hometown Seneca High, became the Iron in the Iron Mikes’ boys’ basketball program."
College career Taylor played 4 years of NCAA Division I college basketball at Penn State, where he played with the Penn State Lions. In his 4-year college career, he averaged 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.4 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game, in 26.1 minutes per game, over 129 games played. In his senior season, 2015–16, he averaged 16.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game, in 32.3 minutes per game.Brandon Taylor Per Game.
College statistics
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13 | style="text-align:left;"| Penn State | 31 || 18 || 20.2 || .349 || .286 || .688 || 3.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;"| Penn State | 34 || 30 || 24.9 || .395 || .322 || .877 || 4.9 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 1.1 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;"| Penn State | 32 || 25 || 26.9 || .371 || .335 || .633 || 5.3 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 9.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| Penn State | 32 || 32 || 32.3 || .433 || .359 || .727 || 6.5 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 16.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 129 || 105 || 26.1 || .396 || .328 || .753 || 5.0 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.7 || 10.0
Professional career Taylor began his pro career in Greece in 2016, with the Greek Basket League club PAOK.PAOK signed Brandon Taylor. On January 13, 2017, he parted ways with PAOK, after averaging 2.9 points per game in Greek League,ΤΕΪΛΟΡ Μπράντον | ΣΤΑΤΙΣΤΙΚΑ . and 4.2 points per contestBrandon TAYLOR STATISTICS. in Champions League. On February 18, 2017, Taylor signed with the Swiss team 5 Stelle Massagno, of the Swiss League.
On August 7, 2017, Taylor signed with Jämtland Basket of the Basketligan.
Personal Taylor's cousin, Tiffany Stansbury, was also a professional basketball player, and she played in the WNBA. Taylor's uncle, Terence Stansbury, was also a professional basketball player, and he played in the NBA.
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External links
Draftexpress.com profile Penn State Nittany Lions bio ESPN.com college stats