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77 DT | TAYLOR HART<br />

VITALS<br />

Height: 6-6<br />

Weight: 305<br />

Date Of Birth: February 22, 1991<br />

Hometown: Tualatin, OR<br />

HS: Tualatin<br />

College: Oregon<br />

NFL Experience: 3rd Year<br />

Draft Pick: D5a-14 (141st<br />

overall) by Philadelphia<br />

A former standout at the University of Oregon, Taylor<br />

Hart was selected by the Eagles in the fifth round<br />

of the 2014 NFL Draft. A second-team All-Pac-12<br />

Conference honoree as a senior, he finished the 2013<br />

season with 64 tackles, six tackles for loss and three<br />

sacks. Hart was a first-team all-state selection at<br />

both offensive tackle and defensive end as a senior at<br />

Tualatin (OR) High School.<br />

2016 HIGHLIGHTS (WITH SF/PHI)<br />

• Appeared in one game with the 49ers, tallying<br />

two solo tackles vs. Ari. (10/6)<br />

INJURY REPORT<br />

• Following his return to the Eagles, was rendered<br />

inactive in three consecutive games with an ankle<br />

injury (10/30 at Dal.; 11/6 at NYG; 11/13 vs. Atl.)<br />

2015 HIGHLIGHTS<br />

• Started his first-career game and notched four<br />

tackles at NE (12/6)<br />

• Notched a career-best five tackles at Car. (10/25)<br />

• Appeared in his first professional game at Atl.<br />

(9/14), recording one tackle<br />

COLLEGE<br />

ACCOLADES<br />

2013: Second-team All-Pac-12<br />

Joe Schaffeld Award winner<br />

2012: Honorable Mention All-Pac-12<br />

Joe Schaffeld Award winner<br />

2011: Honorable Mention All-Pac-12<br />

THREE-STEP DROP<br />

If not playing football, would be: Working in the<br />

lumber industry with his dad<br />

Hobbies: Fishing and hunting<br />

First jobs: Mowing lawns for a landscaping company<br />

Best player he has ever lined up against: Jason Peters in practice<br />

If he could play another sport what team/position: Play on the PGA Tour<br />

Funniest Eagle: Beau Allen. “Just look at him”<br />

Actor that would play him in a movie: Tom Cruise<br />

Favorite quote: “Never forget where you came from and what you represent”<br />

Favorite movie: Remember the Titans<br />

Favorite meal: Street tacos<br />

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS<br />

• Won the Joe Schaffeld Award, given to the team’s<br />

top DL, in both his junior and senior campaigns<br />

• Earned second-team All-Pac-12 accolades as a<br />

senior captain in 2013 after finishing fourth on the<br />

team with 64 tackles, six tackles for loss, three<br />

sacks and three forced fumbles<br />

• Garnered honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference<br />

acclaim as well as league academic honors<br />

as a junior in 2012, collaring 36 tackles, 11 tackles<br />

for loss and a team-best eight sacks<br />

• Was one of two 14-game starters on the defensive<br />

line as a sophomore and earned All-Pac-12 honorable<br />

mention honors, recording 44 tackles, three<br />

tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks<br />

• Appeared in 13 games as a redshirt freshman in 2010<br />

• Redshirted as a true freshman in 2009<br />

PERSONAL<br />

• Was a first-team all-state selection at both offensive<br />

tackle and defensive end as a senior at Tualatin<br />

(OR) High School<br />

• Began playing football in the 3rd grade<br />

• Son of Doug and Kathy Hart and has one younger<br />

brother, Connor. Doug works in the lumber industry<br />

• He and his wife, Lauren, have a dog named Zeke.<br />

Zeke is a Labrador-Border Collie mix<br />

• Earned his degree from Oregon in sociology with a<br />

minor in business<br />

• Twitter: @TaylorHart66

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