Jordan Taylor (basketball)’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American basketball player
Is Athlete 
Basketball player 
From United States of America 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 30 September 1989, Bloomington
Age: 30 years
Stats
Height: 185
Weight: 88

Jordan Michael Taylor (born September 30, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

High school career

Named Minnesota Mr. Basketball as a senior, averaging 22.3 points and 7.1 assists per game. Led Benilde-St. Margaret’s to the Minnesota state Class AAA title in 2008 and was a 2-time all-state and 4-time all-conference honoree. He is also the All-time leading scorer in Benilde-St. Margaret’s history with 2,068 points over his career. Took his school to a runner-up finish as a junior, earning North Suburban Conference MVP and Class AAA All-Tournament that year and averaged 19.5 points, 6.2 assists and 5.5 rebounds as a junior. Was named honorable mention all-state as a sophomore. Was a member of the National Honor Society and earned the Minnesota State High School League Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.

Collegiate career

Taylor was one of eleven finalists for the 2011 Bob Cousy Award which is given to the nation’s top point guard.

Taylor was awarded 2nd team All-American by Yahoo Sports. He was joined by guards Kemba Walker of Connecticut and Ben Hansbrough of Notre Dame also forwards Derrick Williams of Arizona and Kawhi Leonard of San Diego State. He was picked to the First Team All-America by Fox Sports.

For the 2011-12 season, Taylor was named to multiple preseason watchlists:

  • Wooden Award Top 50 list
  • All-Big Ten team
  • All-American team (AP, Blue Ribbon Yearbook and Athlon Magazine)
  • Naismith Trophy Top 50 list

On February 26, 2012, Taylor scored 19 points in an upset win over then 10th ranked Ohio State in Columbus. Taylor then moved into 10th place on Wisconsin’s all-time scoring list with 1,418 points. He passed both Cory Blackwell (1,405) and Clarence Sherrod (1,408) during the game. The next game on February 28, Taylor scored 22 points in a win over Minnesota. Taylor then moved into 9th place on Wisconsin’s all-time scoring list passing Devin Harris.

On March 22, 2012, Taylor played in his final college basketball game losing in the sweet sixteen to the number one seeded Syracuse Orange, 64-63. In this game, Taylor made 23 three-pointers in NCAA Tournament games for his career. Taylor broke the school record of 19, held by Jon Bryant. Taylor also broke the all-time NCAA assist-to-turnover ratio.

Professional career

After going undrafted in 2012, Taylor agreed to play for the Atlanta Hawks in the 2012 NBA Summer League.

On August 6, 2012, Taylor signed with Virtus Roma of the Italian League. He parted ways with them on February 5, 2014.

In 2014, Taylor agreed to play for the Milwaukee Bucks Summer League team.

He spent the 2014–15 season with Hapoel Holon in Israel where he averaged 14.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists.

On August 7, 2015, Taylor signed with Alba Berlin in Germany. After one season, he parted ways with Alba.

On December 28, 2016, Taylor returned to Hapoel Holon.

Personal Life

Jordan was born in Bloomington, Minnesota to parents are Louis and Lezlie Taylor. Jordan has one older brother, Brandon (27). Prep teammate of Armond Battle (University of Tulsa) at Benilde-St. Margaret’s and is majoring in business marketing.

College statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers 33 0 13.2 26.0 19.2 58.8 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.0 1.6
2009-10 Wisconsin Badgers 33 17 29.5 39.5 32.7 71.8 3.2 3.6 0.9 0.1 10.0
2010-11 Wisconsin Badgers 34 34 36.5 43.3 42.9 83.2 4.1 4.7 0.7 0.1 18.1
2011-12 Wisconsin Badgers 36 36 36.0 40.2 36.9 78.5 3.8 4.1 1.0 0.0 14.8
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