JT Taggart, son of Baltimore Ravens running backs coach Willie Taggart, will play his college ball nearby at Maryland.
Football is a family business for Baltimore Ravens runing backs coach Willie Taggart, and part of that business is staying close to home., JT Taggart, the younger of Willie's two sons, committed to play college football nearby at Maryland. An imposing presence at 6-8, 229 pounds and an 81-inch wingspan, JT, who caught 21 passes for 304 yards and four touchdowns as a high school junior last season, should be a valuable asset at tight end for coach Mike Locksley and the Terrapins.
With Willie speaking to the media during mandatory minicamp this week, the topic of his son's commitment was naturally going to come up. Needless to say, he's very happy"I want someone to finish what we started. And again, like I told Coach Locksley, 'I'm handing him off to you. I need you to take him to the finish line, now, and help him continue to develop, like my wife and I have done far,".
Willie, former head coach at Oregon and Florida State among other schools, has some experience with Locksley from his time in the college ranks. While some of that experience comes from battling over recruits, he clearly has a great deal of respect for the Terrapins leader. it's exciting. It's probably more exciting for mom – than anything – which makes it easy and happy for me," Taggart said. " mom is happy, everybody is happy. But also, Maryland is a great program. coach Locksley has done an awesome job down there."
Willie had been coaching at the collegiate level since 1999, but after being let go at Florida Atlantic following the 2022 season, he decided to go to Baltimore and finally make the jump up to the NFL. He was already a key part of the league's best rushing offense last season, and now he has arguably the league's best running back over the past few years in Derrick Henry at his disposal.
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