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Dustin Taliaferro
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Dustin Taliaferro

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Roswell, Ga,

High School:
Roswell HS

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 220

Position:
Quarterback

Experience:
2L

03/26/2012

Football Returns To Spring Practice Monday

The Bulldogs practiced for about two hours in full pads at Seibert Stadium

03/01/2012

Football Practices In Shorts To Open Spring Practice

The Bulldogs start the spring with two hours of drills in shorts

02/23/2012

Football Honors Players At Annual Banquet

11/19/2011

Football Drops Hard-Fought Game At Auburn, 35-16

Samford head coach Pat Sullivan was honored prior to Saturday's game

11/12/2011

Late TD Lifts Football Over The Citadel, 19-14

Dustin Taliaferro scored on a two-yard run with six seconds left to give Samford the win

2008 SoCon Freshman of the Year

A very talented player who has played a lot of football over the last two years . . . needs to be more consistent . . . has played very well at times . . . is expected to take on more of a leadership role in the offense this season.

2009: Started all 11 games at quarterback . . . completed 190-of-321 passes for 1,692 yards and nine touchdowns . . . he also rushed for 59 yards and five touchdowns . . . completed 20-of-34 passes for 141 yards and a touchdown at UCF . . . was good on 14-of-23 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns against Jacksonville . . . completed 25-of-31 passes for 165 yards against Chattanooga . . . threw for 306 yards at Furman . . . completed 19-of-26 passes for 174 yards at Wofford.

2008: Started all 11 games at quarterback as a freshman . . . named the Southern Conference's Freshman of the Year by both the league's coaches and the SoCon's Sports Media Association . . . completed 151 of 225 passes for 1,745 yards and 13 touchdowns . . . completed 16 of 22 passes for 124 yards at Ole Miss . . . completed 18 of 29 passes for 183 yards and a touchdown at Elon . . . was good on 14 of 16 passes for 154 yards and two touchdowns at Western Carolina . . . completed 12 of 18 passes for 117 yards and a touchdown against The Citadel . . . completed a career-high 22 passes in 28 attempts for a career-high 336 yards and a career-high three touchdowns against Furman . . . completed 14 of 17 passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns at Georgia Southern . . . completed 13 of 18 passes for 190 yards and a touchdown at Chattanooga.

High School: Completed 370 of 638 passes for 5,342 yards in his career at Roswell High School . . . led his team to a combined record of 33-6-1 . . . passed for 1,941 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior . . . passed for 2,059 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior . . . named first-team All-State as a junior . . . led his team to the State AAAAA Championship as a junior and to the quarter­finals as a senior.

Personal: Born Jan. 2, 1990 . . . son of Kim and Tina Taliaferro . . . majoring in business.