Austin Taylor is in his first season at South Dakota State University and will serve in the dual role of special teams quality control and video coordinator during the 2018 season.
A native of York, Nebraska, Taylor began his collegiate career at Northwest Missouri State, where he was a member of the Bearcats’ NCAA Division II national championship football team in 2013 and played on the 2014 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association title squad. He later transferred to Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska, where he was a three-year starter on the offensive line.
Taylor graduated in 2018 with bachelor of science degrees in computer science and biology. He is pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at SDSU.